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This book is a collaborative project which centres on the testimonios of more than 100 survivors of the harsh realities of the 80-year Colombian armed conflict, drawing on multiple disciplinary areas and practices: linguistics, philology and linguistics, education, journalism, academia, art and film, literature, human rights, sociology, urban geography, cosmogony and grassroots activism. Using extracts from testimonios in multiple forms – oral, written, film, textiles – and mobilising the concepts of Testimony, Narrative and Memory, the book explores how survivors of all ages configure and reconfigure their experiences, worldviews and identities, striving towards the building of new knowledges which will help ensure the non-repetition of violence. The book will be of interest to all who are committed to understanding conflict and post-conflict societies in the search for peace.
This book is open access under a CC BY ND licence.
Blanca Yaneth González Pinzón is an independent researcher, committed to transforming pedagogy and curricula. She is a founding member of the Reading and Writing Network in Higher Education of Colombia and External Pedagogical Advisor to the Colombian Association of Universities.
Theresa Lillis is Professor Emeritus of English Language and Applied Linguistics at The Open University, UK. She has published widely on academic, grassroots and professional writing and the politics of participation in knowledge-making.
Map
Contributors
Acknowledgements
About the Production of this Book
Acronyms
Introduction
Part 1: Historical Context of the Colombian Armed Conflict and Theoretical Approaches to Analysing its Narratives
Chapter 1. Luis Eduardo Celis: Colombia, Eight Decades in Search of Peace and Democracy
Chapter 2. Blanca Yaneth González Pinzón and Claudia Bungard: Theoretical Approaches to Analysing Conflict Narratives
Part 2: Narratives of the Colombian Armed Conflict
Chapter 3. Blanca Yaneth González Pinzón: Narrative as an Emotional Resource for the Empowerment of the Survivors of the Colombian Armed Conflict
Chapter 4. José Navia Lame: 'Walking the Word' with the Nasa People: A Perspective from the Narrative of The Strength of the Umbilical Cord (La Fuerza del Ombligo)
Chapter 5. Cecilia Traslaviña González: Narratives to Transform War Imaginaries in Colombia: An Animation Workshop with Ex-Guerrilla Children
Chapter 6. Claudia Bungard: Testimonios of Armed Conflict Survivors: Participants in Narrative Workshops in Medellín
Chapter 7. Mario Ramírez-Orozco: The Memory of the Future: The Voice of FARC-EP Reincorporated Combatants in the Construction of Peace Imaginaries
Chapter 8. Emilia Perassi: Weaving Memory and Unweaving Trauma: Textile Narratives on the Conflict in Colombia
Part 3: Reflections
Chapter 9. Theresa Lillis: Voicing Experiences of Conflict and Violence: Placed, Dis-Placed and Re-Placed Resources
Chapter 10. José Vicente Arizmendi Correa: Chronos and Kairos: A Time to Resist and A Time to Speak Out
Chapter 11. Blanca Yaneth González Pinzón: Closing Thoughts
Index