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The following paper comes from an ethnographic work in the National Museum of Colombia, and it aims to analyze the objects exhibited in its halls and the store in order to understand the connection between patrimony and consumption. In this sense, the representation of the National Museum consolidates in the creation of a national identity based on the official history of the national heroes and their descendants, which is expressed in most of the objects displayed in the exhibit halls. On the other hand, another narrative guided by the neoliberal economy is constructed in the museum store. It takes afro, indigenous and rural representations that have been marginalized in most of the museum halls, strenghtened by the ethnic economy and promoted by tourism and advertising. This duality leads the museum visitors to consume both representations: the ones built by the State as well as the ones positioned by companies and multinationals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article analyzes laws relating to the balance sheets of condominiums in Colombia, with a particular focus on Law 675. The author examines the benefits and negative aspects of the imposition of certain accounting and budget requirements for the condominiums. The effects of Law 675 on the properties on which the condominiums are located, referred to as horizontal property, are also considered.

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The article defines what is meant by patrimony in general terms, and then it reviews some understandings that have been derived from this concept. Special interest has been put on the documentary patrimony of a given institution which is the University of Antioquia. The school demonstrating not only to the local community but the international one as well, that all will be nourished by its production and therefore by its cognitive value.