Cleaning Body and Soul. Social Cleaning and Control in Medellin Early in the 20th Century

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Juan David Alzate Alzate

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 This article is intended to show some of the social changes seen in Medellin by the end of the 19th century and early in the 20th century, a moment when the city experienced a process of urban growth not seen before that resulted in the progressive adjustment of new organisms and institutions intended to meet economic and social requirements that were also increasing. Organizing and cleaning urban spaces, according to the ideas of city and citizen being implemented in Europe at that time, were some of the goals set to plan the city and an attempt to mitigate the impact of demographic growth –that was experiencing social difficulties. Charity homes, mental institutions, orphanages, hospitals, prisons, non-profit organizations, theatres, universities, among others, were some of the choices created to prevent such problems and intended to moralize, distract, and punish the actions then seen by elite groups as an improper behavior.

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Juan David Alzate Alzate, University of Antioquia

Licenciado en Geografía e Historia, Universidad de Antioquia. Magíster en Historia en la Universidad Nacional
de Colombia, sede Medellín. Docente de cátedra en la Facultad de Educación de la Universidad de Antioquia
(Licenciatura en Educación con Énfasis en Ciencias Sociales) y de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales
de la misma universidad. Miembro del Grupo de Investigación en Historia Social de la Facultad de Ciencias
Sociales y Humanas de la referida universidad.

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Alzate Alzate, J. D. (2016). Cleaning Body and Soul. Social Cleaning and Control in Medellin Early in the 20th Century. Ciencias Sociales Y Educación, 4(8), 123-139. https://revistas.udem.edu.co/index.php/Ciencias_Sociales/article/view/1747

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