The duty of memory of the armed conflict: moving from the “I” to the “we” in Colombian society

This article presents the results of a research aimed at analyzing the meanings assigned to the events that occurred during the Colombian armed conflict, according to the accounts of victims, ex-combatants, and civil society, from their human experience. The study was based on hermeneutics with a na...

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Autor: López Álvarez, Solanyer
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Fecha de publicación:2025
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
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collective memory
truths
armed conflict
memoria
memoria colectiva
verdades
conflicto armado
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spelling The duty of memory of the armed conflict: moving from the “I” to the “we” in Colombian societyEl deber de la memoria del conflicto armado: pasar del yo al nosotros en la sociedad colombianaLópez Álvarez, Solanyermemorycollective memorytruthsarmed conflictmemoriamemoria colectivaverdadesconflicto armadoThis article presents the results of a research aimed at analyzing the meanings assigned to the events that occurred during the Colombian armed conflict, according to the accounts of victims, ex-combatants, and civil society, from their human experience. The study was based on hermeneutics with a narrative approach, which takes up Ricoeur’s triple mimesis; prefiguration, configuration and refiguration of the narrative plot. The results reveal that there are uncomfortable and disputed memories that require transcending the subjective and private realm of memory and truth, towards shared and collective memories and truths, which imply moving from an “I” to a “we”. Este artículo presenta resultados de una investigación orientada a analizar los sentidos asignados a los eventos ocurridos durante el conflicto armado colombiano, según los relatos de víctimas, excombatientes y la sociedad civil, desde su vivencia humana. El estudio se basó en la hermenéutica con un enfoque narrativo, que retoma la triple mimesis de Ricoeur; prefiguración, configuración y refiguración de la trama narrativa. Los resultados revelan que se tienen memorias incómodas y en disputa que requieren trascender el ámbito subjetivo y privado de la memoria y la verdad, hacia memorias y verdades compartidas y colectivas, que implican pasar de un “yo” a un “nosotros”.Universidad de Costa Rica2025-03-04info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionContributionartículo originalhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfapplication/epub+ziphttps://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/sociales/article/view/6422410.15517/rcs.v0i185.64224Revista de Ciencias Sociales; No. 185 (2024): History and memory: political and identity constructions (July-September, 2024); 13-31Revista de Ciencias Sociales; Núm. 185 (2024): Historia y memoria: construcciones políticas e identitarias (julio-setiembre, 2024); 13-312215-26010482-5276reponame:Portal de Revistas UCRinstname:Universidad de Costa Ricainstacron:UCRspahttps://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/sociales/article/view/64224/63467https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/sociales/article/view/64224/63468https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/sociales/article/view/64224/63469Derechos de autor 2024 Todos los derechos reservados © Universidad de Costa Rica. Algunos derechos reservados bajo Licencia Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internacionalacceso abiertohttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2025-03-06T17:01:42Zoai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/64224Portal de revistashttps://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/Universidadhttp://www.ucr.ac.crhttps://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/index/oaijorge.polanco@ucr.ac.crCosta RicaNo aplicaNo aplicaNo aplicaopendoar:2025-08-13T10:43:03.676Portal de Revistas UCR - Universidad de Costa Ricafalse
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El deber de la memoria del conflicto armado: pasar del yo al nosotros en la sociedad colombiana
title The duty of memory of the armed conflict: moving from the “I” to the “we” in Colombian society
spellingShingle The duty of memory of the armed conflict: moving from the “I” to the “we” in Colombian society
López Álvarez, Solanyer
memory
collective memory
truths
armed conflict
memoria
memoria colectiva
verdades
conflicto armado
title_short The duty of memory of the armed conflict: moving from the “I” to the “we” in Colombian society
title_full The duty of memory of the armed conflict: moving from the “I” to the “we” in Colombian society
title_fullStr The duty of memory of the armed conflict: moving from the “I” to the “we” in Colombian society
title_full_unstemmed The duty of memory of the armed conflict: moving from the “I” to the “we” in Colombian society
title_sort The duty of memory of the armed conflict: moving from the “I” to the “we” in Colombian society
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collective memory
truths
armed conflict
memoria
memoria colectiva
verdades
conflicto armado
topic memory
collective memory
truths
armed conflict
memoria
memoria colectiva
verdades
conflicto armado
description This article presents the results of a research aimed at analyzing the meanings assigned to the events that occurred during the Colombian armed conflict, according to the accounts of victims, ex-combatants, and civil society, from their human experience. The study was based on hermeneutics with a narrative approach, which takes up Ricoeur’s triple mimesis; prefiguration, configuration and refiguration of the narrative plot. The results reveal that there are uncomfortable and disputed memories that require transcending the subjective and private realm of memory and truth, towards shared and collective memories and truths, which imply moving from an “I” to a “we”. 
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