Prácticas de resistencia cotidiana de las personas lideresas comunales de la región colombiana de El Catatumbo en medio de las violencias del conflicto interno
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2025
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27/01/2025
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Esta disertación es el resultado de una experiencia inmersiva en El Catatumbo, Colombia. Haber habitado e investigado esta región disputada a través de las armas por tres años y medio, permitió analizar las múltiples formas de resistencia de las personas lideresas frente la violencia sistémica. A través de un relato auto etnográfico, y desde mi trabajo como profesional vinculada a proyectos de fortalecimiento y apoyo a las actividades comunitarias de base y sociales en la región, logro adentrarme en las prácticas de resistencias que emergen como respuesta a la violencia extrema. La cotidianidad en medio de la guerra muchas veces es anulada por un relato mediático que aniquila la vida en las zonas en conflicto en Colombia. La muerte, el dolor y la barbarie se ubican como características identitarias de las personas que habitan estas zonas, una narrativa construida para apoderarse de los territorios y usufructuar su tragedia. Es así, como la construcción de un estigma negativo de la región y de sus habitantes, ha servido para justificar su explotación y sometimiento. Lugares como El Catatumbo siguen siendo vistos como la otredad...
This dissertation is the result of an immersive experience in the Catatumbo region of Colombia. Living and researching this war-affected region for three and a half years allowed for the analysis of the multiple forms of resistance of community leaders in the face of systemic violence. Through an autoethnographic narrative and as a professional worker linked to projects aiming at strengthening and supporting grassroots and social organizations in the region, I managed to delve into the practices of resistance that emerge in response to extreme violence.Daily life amid war is often overshadowed by a media narrative that annihilates life in Colombia’s conflict zones. Death, pain and barbarism are portrayed as identity characteristics of its inhabitants, constructed to take power over the territories and make use of their tragedy. Thus, the construction of a negative stigma about the region and its inhabitants has served to justify their exploitation and subjugation. Places like Catatumbo continue to be seen from the otherness...
This dissertation is the result of an immersive experience in the Catatumbo region of Colombia. Living and researching this war-affected region for three and a half years allowed for the analysis of the multiple forms of resistance of community leaders in the face of systemic violence. Through an autoethnographic narrative and as a professional worker linked to projects aiming at strengthening and supporting grassroots and social organizations in the region, I managed to delve into the practices of resistance that emerge in response to extreme violence.Daily life amid war is often overshadowed by a media narrative that annihilates life in Colombia’s conflict zones. Death, pain and barbarism are portrayed as identity characteristics of its inhabitants, constructed to take power over the territories and make use of their tragedy. Thus, the construction of a negative stigma about the region and its inhabitants has served to justify their exploitation and subjugation. Places like Catatumbo continue to be seen from the otherness...
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Tesis inédita de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología, leída el 27-01-2025












