https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/ 2026-04-16T11:17:19+00:00 https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/ https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2026-01-13T14:33:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=01&rev=1768314825&do=diff Air Locals - Air - CH₄ & CO₂ - landfill gas - solid waste & pollutant - La Doña Juana Landfill The La Doña Juana Landfill is emitting high levels of CH₄, which escapes into the atmosphere, altering the local air composition and having a significant impact on global warming (Greenpeace Colombia, 2024). text/html 2026-01-12T15:46:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=02&rev=1768232809&do=diff The Altiplano Cundiboyacense Mountain Range The Altiplano Cundiboyacense, situated in the central portion of the Eastern Cordillera of the Colombian Andes, represents a key geomorphological region composed of interconnected high-altitude basins and plateaus (Grokipedia, 2024). Spanning the departments of Cundinamarca and Boyacá, the plateau stands roughly 2,500 to 3,000 meters above sea level. Its main features include the Bogotá savanna, the Ubaté Valley, and the Chiquinquirá Valley, forming a… text/html 2026-01-12T20:16:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=04&rev=1768249011&do=diff Atmospheric Water Páramo de Sumapaz, by Alfonso Rueda Garzon (2008) Horizontal rain, thick low cloud cover and fog are some of the main sources of water capture in the Páramo, due to the steep slopes of the mountain range, and the Pacific and steady easterly vientos alisios text/html 2026-01-12T16:47:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=05&rev=1768236448&do=diff Anthropic introduction of fire Extract from the Paramo Fire Atlas displaying spatial and temporal distribution of anthropic introduction of fires from 1985 to 2022. (Obando-Cabrera et al., 2025) Surrounding communities rely on the paramo areas for text/html 2025-11-18T16:48:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=06&rev=1763484514&do=diff fragments fragments are moments captured in a photo, recorded and transcribed conversations, specifications, maps, anything transcribed into or emerging from a material witnesses. Actors are intermediators with agency. A list of actors: TransMiCable -Jeffrey, Beining Quebrada Limas River -- text/html 2026-01-06T15:13:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=07&rev=1767712438&do=diff Frailejón The frailejón plant (Rockstroh, 2024) The frailejón, plants of the genus Espeletia, is a quintessential plant in Andean high-altitude paramo ecosystems. The frailejón plays a fundamental role in hydrological regulation. With an extended root matrix and dense, trichome-covered leaves, its morphological features are highly effective in intercepting the atmospheric moisture from fog and text/html 2026-01-12T20:53:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=08&rev=1768251193&do=diff groundwater When the rainfall and fog of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense mountain range are condensed and fall to the hillslopes, the water not only settles into wetlands and streams across the landscape but is drawn deep underground to saturate the earth as groundwater (Baruffol, 2020). The vegetation of the text/html 2026-01-08T02:05:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=09&rev=1767837912&do=diff Doña Juana Landfill serves as a key actor within the network of actors in Bogotá. Its establishment and operation, along with the 1997 landslide incident, constitute the factors influencing Doña Juana Landfill's impact on other actors. Fig 1: (Lozano,J & Ávila, G, 2024) text/html 2026-01-13T17:36:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=10&rev=1768325797&do=diff La Rueda A group of artists initiated collecting abandoned tyres from the Tunjuelo River and using them as media representative of both their basic expression and creativity. Instead of treating the tyres as trash, the project reutilizes them for cultural and political expression. The tyres, once recovered, cleaned, and prepared, are used by invited artists from all over Bogotá by applying the artworks to these surfaces, directly stamping their political, social, and personal messages onto the … text/html 2026-01-12T15:40:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=11&rev=1768232449&do=diff Lake Humboldt Lake Humboldt was a large, naturally occurring body of water that covered the Bogotá savanna during the Pleistocene ice age (Wikipedia Contributors, 2024). Evidence indicates a near continuous deposition in the basin since the Late Pliocene, with geologically rapid depositional cycles and significant water level fluctuations throughout the lake's history. The lake began retreating around 30,000 years BP, fed primarily by glacial melt from the text/html 2026-01-12T20:19:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=13&rev=1768249193&do=diff livestock Livestock functions as an actor in ANT. It neither generates pollution nor makes decisions. It acts as feedback from the actions of other actors, acting as a medium for transmitting non-biological influences. “Distribution of BVDV persistently infected animals in Colombia. Green – Sucre, Purple – Antioquia, Red – Cauca, Orange – Huila, Blue – Caquetá”(Quintero Barbosan et al.,2019) text/html 2026-01-12T01:09:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=14&rev=1768180171&do=diff Bogotá Introduction Fig 1: Population details (Geo-Ref, 2024) [{{:screenshot_2026-01-12_004813.png?direct&400|] Fig 2: Social structure in Bogotá (Urban and Cities Platform) Locals [14] in Bogotá acts as an actor with the population shown in fig 1 of total 7,968,100 and a density of 4,489,1 per kilometre square. Comparing to this data to the fig 2 provided by the Urban and Cities Platform supported by the United Nations has the details demographic of total population 8,480,817 with a tota… text/html 2025-11-18T17:02:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=15&rev=1763485364&do=diff Manitas Station text/html 2026-01-06T15:18:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=16&rev=1767712704&do=diff Mining Operations Gravel quarry near Bogotá (Legaria, 2013) Gravel and sand mining in and around Bogotá, especially in Ciudad Bolívar and nearby rural areas, is not only a local land-use concern but also a source of significant ecological and social issues. A 25.8-hectare open-pit gravel concession in San Francisco de Sales, valid until 2037, is located within a forested highland corridor that connects to text/html 2025-11-18T17:03:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=17&rev=1763485414&do=diff Museo Libre Museo Libre, founded in 2013 by the collective SURVAMOS in Ciudad Bolívar, Bogotá, operates as a socio-spatial network where art, materiality, and collective agency collaborate. The locality, home to around 700,000 inhabitants distributed across more than 360 text/html 2026-01-12T19:51:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=18&rev=1768247482&do=diff Páramo de Sumapaz The Páramo de Sumapaz is a biodiverse grassland-peatland ecosystem at high altitude in the Altiplano Cundiboyacense mountain range. The Páramo experiences low intensity rainfall and frequent fog, which the vegetation (including particularly representative species, sphagnum moss, tussock grass, and freilajones) captures and stores (Correa et al., 2020). text/html 2026-01-12T21:22:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=19&rev=1768252971&do=diff Pollutants Characterisation of Local Pollution Sources by Province in the Bogotá River Watershed (Adapted from Environment & Society Portal, 2014) The Bogotá River is considered one of the most contaminated rivers in the world. Pollution occurs throughout the Río Bogotá watershed, with the mid-basin, where the city of Bogotá is located, having the poorest water quality. The city of Bogotá contributes to most of the pollution (90%) of the Bogotá River. Around 90% of the pollution in the river… text/html 2026-01-12T22:23:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=20&rev=1768256618&do=diff Quebrada Limas About the Creek The Limas Creek (Quebrada Limas) is a small but significant tributary of the Tunjuelo River, which in turn flows into the larger Bogotá River, one of Colombia’s principal waterways. Within the Ciudad Bolívar-the poorest administrative district of Bogotá-the Limas Creek represents both an ecological and social frontier in the city’s southern periphery, where water from the text/html 2026-01-12T20:55:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=21&rev=1768251318&do=diff rainfall [Rainfall prediction in Región Andina ] [Rainfall prediction in Bogotá ] There are two distinct rainy seasons in the region, April-May, and October-November. In these periods, the high peaks and plains that surround Bogotá, including the Páramo de Sumapaz absorb and channel the water from heavy fog and cloud cover and rainfall, storing and balancing it in the soil, which is maintained throughout the drier months (Correa et al., 2020) text/html 2025-12-01T20:53:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=22&rev=1764622429&do=diff recicladora los sauces Definition and Location
 Recicladora Los Sauces is a waste-recycling and transfer facility located in the southern part of Bogotá, in the Ciudad Bolívar City. According to a business directory listing, its address is listed as “Unnamed Road, Bogotá, Colombia,” situated approximately in the Altos de La Cruz / Arborizadora Baja area (Cybo 2025). Although the facility itself is not clearly detailed in municipal reports, similar local recycling points are registered in the UA… text/html 2025-11-18T17:06:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=23&rev=1763485572&do=diff regulatory frameworks text/html 2025-11-20T15:37:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=25&rev=1763653048&do=diff Geology Geology Map of Bogota Columbia (Helmens & van der Hammen, 1994) Elevation Map of Bogota Columbia (Helmens & van der Hammen, 1994) The foundation of modern Bogotá was laid by a major tectonic uplift between approximately 5 and 3 million years ago, which raised the area by some 2000 metres, transforming it from a lower tropical landscape to a text/html 2025-12-02T00:39:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=26&rev=1764635943&do=diff soil Soil is selected as a keyword because it operates simultaneously as a material fragment and an active actor within Bogotá’s waste infrastructures. As a stratified archive, soil accumulates leachate residues, heavy metals, ammoniacal compounds, and sediment displacement, recording infrastructural failures over time in ways that air or surface water cannot. Contamination becomes invisible yet durable, embedding environmental harm directly into the ground. Soil also makes visible the long tem… text/html 2026-01-12T15:25:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=27&rev=1768231529&do=diff solid waste With rapid urbanization, population growth, and long-term reliance on landfill-based waste disposal, Bogotá is facing increasingly severe challenges in soil and solid waste management (World Bank, 2010). The city generates several thousand tonnes of municipal solid waste each day, a substantial proportion of which consists of organic waste. Most of this waste is transported to the text/html 2026-01-13T15:10:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=28&rev=1768317033&do=diff Sphagnum Moss Páramo de sumapaz - vegetation - sphagnum moss - rainfall & groundwater &atmospheric water - soil Sphagnum mosses cover vast areas of the Paramo de Sumapaz, aiding in water retention and playing a vital role in maintaining moisture levels throughout the region (Borawska-Melnyk, 2025). They also constitutes one of the principal components in the formation of the area's grassland-peatland ecosystem. text/html 2026-01-06T15:33:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=29&rev=1767713597&do=diff Sacralisation The páramo, a unique high-altitude ecosystem in the Andes, is often described by outsiders as a vital “water factory” that supports millions. However, for the indigenous communities and local populations living nearby, the páramo is much more than just a source of water; it is a living, spiritual entity that is deeply woven into their cultural and ethical identity. text/html 2025-12-01T19:46:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=31&rev=1764618368&do=diff surface water Bogota's wetland distribution（Publicado，2022） Overview: Bogota is situated in a high-altitude basin. The city and surrounding land are primarily distributed along sub-basins, including: Río Torca (Torca-Guaymaral), Río Salitre (also known as the Juan Amarillo River), Río Fucha, and Río Tunjuelo. These sub-basins contain a complex network of waterways, including streams/tributaries, rivers, wetlands, canals, and artificial waterways—approximately 200 water bodies in total—spread… text/html 2025-11-18T17:08:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=32&rev=1763485687&do=diff The Wheel of Ameed and Jens Lucci shows shows Ameed and Jens how to paint. text/html 2026-01-13T13:27:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=33&rev=1768310863&do=diff TransMiCable TransMiCable is a cable car system in Bogota, Colombia, primarily designed to facilitate easier access for residents of Ciudad Bolívar from the mountaintop to the foot of the mountain. The cable cars utilize electrically driven cable technology, resulting in zero emissions and seamlessly integrating with Colombia's power grid (70% powered by renewable hydropower)(TransMilenio S.A., 2018). text/html 2025-12-08T01:16:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=34&rev=1765156575&do=diff Tunjuelo River The Tunjuelo River is an important tributary of the Bogotá River, descending through southernmost city areas, such as Usme, and an essential river, though highly polluted, reflecting urban challenges - a potential resource for greenery and at the same time a target of waste. Like other rivers in the Bogotá basin, it contributes to wetlands that help manage water and regulate floods. text/html 2026-01-13T15:19:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=35&rev=1768317573&do=diff Tussock Grass Páramo de sumapaz - vegetation - tussock grass - rainfall & groundwater & atmospheric water - soil Overview of the three main vegetation assemblages in the high-altitude páramo ecosystem, with abundance of cushion-forming plants in topographic hollows and valley bottoms, tussock grasses along the hillsides, and forest in areas not easily accessible by humans.(Molina et al., 2024) text/html 2026-01-13T18:53:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=36&rev=1768330412&do=diff Tyres / Wheels Tyre and wheel pollution in Bogotá is one of the main sources of air pollution in Colombia. This is attributed by the resuspension of road dust as well as the emission of particulate matter (PM2.5) generated by tyre wear. On-road traffic is the main contributor of PM10 and PM2.5 emissions. On-road traffic is a major air pollution source. Although the main sources of air pollutants appear to emanate from vehicle exhaust emissions, tyre wear, brakes, and road dust have significant … text/html 2025-12-02T00:15:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=37&rev=1764634512&do=diff waste management operations Waste management in Bogotá is the institutional, operational, and material systems responsible for the collection, transport, sorting, recycling, treatment, and final disposal of solid waste in the city. The system is regulated by the Unidad Administrativa Especial de Servicios Públicos (UAESP), which is responsible for supervising the waste collection and the recycling organisations, the professional recyclers, and the operation of the Doña Juana landfill, Bogotá's … text/html 2025-12-02T02:39:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=38&rev=1764643170&do=diff wastewater Wastewater in Bogotá includes domestic sewage, greywater, industrial effluents, and stormwater runoff entering the city’s combined drainage network. Bogotá’s main wastewater-treatment facility is the El Salitre Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), operated under the Bogotá River Restoration Programme. After its expansion, the plant deals approximately 7 m³/s of wastewater (equivalent to around 600000 m³/day) (AKTOR/CEPS Consortium, 2020). text/html 2026-01-09T16:25:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=39&rev=1767975947&do=diff Weather System Relationship between the parts of a weather system（author，2025） Altiplano—paramo—fog/cloud: According to Luteyn (1999), “This vegetation type is scattered along the crests of the highest mountain ranges or on isolated mountaintops between about 3000 meters (m) and 5000 m, like islands in a sea of ​​forest.” The Andes Mountains provide ample conditions for paramo growth, while paramo, in turn, traps clouds and fog, thus influencing the Andean environment: “vegetation structure … text/html 2026-01-12T19:05:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=cultivation&rev=1768244749&do=diff Cultivation text/html 2026-01-12T19:14:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=fire&rev=1768245287&do=diff Anthropic introduction of fire Extract from the Paramo Fire Atlas displaying spatial and temporal distribution of anthropic introduction of fires from 1985 to 2022. (Obando-Cabrera et al., 2025) Surrounding communities rely on the paramo areas for text/html 2025-11-06T14:56:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.atlas.field-work.eu/doku.php?id=start&rev=1762441000&do=diff It begins with fragments