Abstract Summary/Description
This research analyzes the Colombian Armed Conflict from 1970 to 2016, focusing on its historical context, revolutionary and military antecedents, and the country's multiple, often unsuccessful, peace attempts. It explores the 2016 peace agreement and the post-conflict period, particularly concerning reparations and community reconstruction. This study is based on a theoretical framework that includes intersectionality theory (Lugones, 2008), critical race theory (Curiel, 2016), gender theory (Segato, 2021), decolonial theory (Quijano, 2007), and post-conflict theory (Larkin & Rudolf, 2023). Using qualitative methodology, a central aspect of this study is the analysis of testimonies of armed conflict victims collected by the Truth Commission (2022) with particular emphasis on the experiences of racialized Colombian women such as Black, Afro-Colombian, Indigenous, and rural, who were victims of this conflict. This research aims to answer the following questions (1) In what ways did the intersecting concepts of race, gender, and colonialism affect the experiences of peasant, Black, Afro-Colombian, and Indigenous women during the Colombian armed conflict from 1970 to 2016?; (2) how did racialized women, as victims of armed conflict, engage in the creation of collective memory and the reconstruction of their communities in the post-conflict period? This poster presentation will focus on the testimonies provided by women and illustrate how racialized female victims of the Colombian Armed Conflict reconstructed their communities in the post-conflict period through collective memory processes. It is crucial to emphasize that this work facilitates a deeper understanding of the underlying causes of conflicts and their profound impact on society. Moreover, it offers valuable frameworks and methodologies for conflict resolution and peacebuilding, essential for fostering sustainable peace in conflict-affected countries. Refences: Lugones, María. «Colonialidad y Género.» Tabula Rasa 9 (2008): 73-101. 2023. Curiel, O. (2016). Feminism, Race, Transnationalism 14, no. 2 (2016): 46–55. Smith College. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/meridians.14.2.04?seq= Segato, Rita. La guerra contra las mujeres . Prometeo, 2021. Quijano, A. (2007). Coloniality and Modernity/Rationality. Cultural Studies, 21(2–3), 168–178. https://doi.org/10.1080/09502380601164353 Larkin, C., & Rudolf, I. (2023). Memory, violence and post-conflict reconstruction: rebuilding and reimagining Mosul. Peacebuilding, 12(3), 281–298. https://doi.org/10.1080/21647259.2023.2247722
