Maestría Comunicación, Desarrollo y Cambio Social

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Radio para la paz: la participación ciudadana en las emisoras de paz de Colombia
(Universidad Santo Tomás, 2026-10-06) Rincón Castiblanco, Jenny Andrea; Reyes Albarracín, Fredy Leonardo; Universidad Santo Tomás; https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0000707899; https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0002528799; https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nzphMB0AAAAJ&hl=es&oi=ao; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5297-8404; https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0572-8893
Colombia’s "peace radio stations" represent a *sui generis* experience (Reyes, Gómez, and Torres, 2024) resulting from the Final Peace Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Building a Stable and Lasting Peace (hereinafter the Final Peace Agreement), signed between the national government and the former guerrilla group known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia–People's Army (hereinafter FARC-EP). In section 6.5 of the Final Peace Agreement—which addresses dissemination and communication mechanisms—the Colombian State committed to establishing 20 FM radio stations in territories heavily affected by the armed conflict; this task was assigned to RTVC Public Media System. The Final Peace Agreement also included a commitment to conduct a technical training program in radio production in the years following the stations' launch. This training was aimed at representatives of victims' organizations, representatives of peace signatories (via ECOMUN—Social Economies of the Common), and representatives of community organizations in each of the respective territories. Although the text did not explicitly state the reasons for this commitment, it can be inferred that the underlying intent was to foster initiatives that would enable the eventual involvement of social and community sectors in the peace stations' radio production processes. Against this backdrop, in 2020, RTVC Public Media System and the *Consejo de Redacción* Association developed the training project "Waves of Peace: Radio for All Voices from the Regions" (*Ondas de paz: radio para todas las voces de las regiones*). Beyond the provisions of the Final Peace Agreement, the training work was grounded in the recognition that the essential role of peace radio stations lies in rebuilding the social fabric in territories ravaged by multiple forms of violence—a process for which citizen participation is indispensable: “…the goal now is to open the microphones and foster an environment where public-interest stations—such as peace radio stations—serve as… a space for connection and construction that brings together diverse voices…” (Consejo de Redacción, 2020). The outcome also took the form of a manual structured in two sections: the first offers pedagogical tools for radio production from the perspective of public, peace-oriented journalism, as well as insights into radio storytelling and the role of sound; the second documents the experiences and community engagement associated with each of the peace radio stations. A third outcome—which serves as the unit of analysis for this article—consists of thirty radio pieces created and produced by participants in the training sessions held across the seven territories. Thus, the article presents the findings from the systematization and analysis of the radio content generated through the training program *A Radio for Peace: Pedagogical Tools for the Production and Creation of Radio Content*.
Entre la inmediatez y la emancipación - tensiones pedagógicas y comunicativas de la inteligencia artificial en la escuela pública
(Universidad Santo Tomás, 2026-09-16) Rincón Almanza, Yurany; Reyes Albarracín, Fredy Leonardo; Universidad Santo Tomás; https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0000707899; https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0002518986; https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nzphMB0AAAAJ&hl=es&oi=ao; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5297-8404
This article describes the impact of artificial intelligence on cognitive sovereignty and discursive agency among 10th-grade students at Colegio Bicentenario de la Independencia (Bogotá), a public school administered under a concession model. Using a sociocritical paradigm and a mixed-methods approach, quantitative and qualitative data—collected through surveys administered to students, teachers, and school administrators—were triangulated. The results reveal the existence of ubiquitous and unregulated use, in which nearly all students frequently access conversational interfaces—primarily ChatGPT—to complete school assignments, which simultaneously generates a fear among them of losing their cognitive sovereignty. At the same time, teachers face a landscape of digital vulnerability, as they lack the formal training needed to incorporate AI into their teaching practices in a reflective and critical manner. These findings contrast the concepts of algorithmic colonization of thought with the tenets of cognitive capitalism and Latin American pedagogical mediation. Thus, it is concluded that it is both relevant and necessary to propose a harmonious transition toward a critical pedagogy with a digital focus, one that positions the teacher’s role in technological mediation and restores intellectual, discursive, and cultural sovereignty to the school.
“Tejiendo comunicación intercultural: participación y organización entre pueblos originarios e institucionalidad en Bogotá, a través de la experiencia de las casas de pensamiento intercultural”.
(Universidad Santo Tomás, 2026-07-22) Ayos Blanco, Gianni Alessandro; González Barreiro, Paula Andrea; Reyes Albarracín, Fredy Leonardo; Universidad Santo Tomás; https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0000707899; https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nzphMB0AAAAJ&hl=es&oi=ao; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5297-8404
Within the Colombian educational system, tensions and dialogues emerge between hegemonic and alternative perspectives, which find in interculturality a point of both divergence and convergence. In this context, for those who have chosen to engage in the field of communication for development and social change, it becomes essential to understand the processes of organization and participation that have shaped relationships grounded in intercultural communication between service providers belonging to Indigenous peoples and institutional actors, within the framework of comprehensive early childhood care in Bogotá, through the experience of the Casas de Pensamiento Intercultural. Thus, by adopting the role of historical-critical interpreters, this study privileged a reading of realities and the construction of meaning within social contexts over classical and hegemonic notions of research. This approach implies an ethical and political engagement with the processes involved. Consequently, through coordinated participation in decision-making spaces known as mesas puente (bridge roundtables), these settings were approached as spaces for participant observation, grounded in a historical-hermeneutic methodology. This perspective broadened the understanding of interculturality, revealing that, at least in this experience, it is not a romantic narrative of integration but rather a field of forces where meanings are negotiated, interpretations are contested, and power relations are reconfigured. This was key to understanding the importance of de-idealizing the concept and, instead, embracing it as a situated, intentional, and ongoing political practice.
El proyecto eco kids radio como ejemplo de estrategia de transformación social del ejército nacional en el Catatumbo
(Universidad Santo Tomás, 2026-07-23) Manosalva García, Carlos Luis; Torres Sanmiguel, Alexander; Universidad Santo Tomás; https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0001403050; https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=j9S1ub0AAAAJ&hl=es&oi=ao; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1880-4352
The research project aims to analyze the impact of the Eco Kids Radio program of the Colombian National Army on the social transformation of children and young people in the Catatumbo region. Broadcast through the Colombia Estéreo radio network, the program seeks to promote second-language learning through educational podcasts as part of the Colombia Aprende initiative of the Ministry of National Education. The research focuses on how this project contributes to social transformation in a region affected by armed conflict by fostering reconciliation, learning, and resilience against misinformation. It is proposed that Eco Kids Radio changes young people's perceptions, thereby promoting a process of social transformation in the Catatumbo region. The specific objectives of the study are to describe the program's social impacts, characterize the foundations of the social transformation it generates, and assess the feasibility of expanding this experience to other regions of the country facing similar contexts.
Labriego
(Universidad Santo Tomás, 2026-07-21) González Matsuo, Carlos Hisahi; Universidad Santo Tomás; https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0406-981X
This report aims to describe the research-creation process undertaken for the work “Labriego,” which focused on interpreting the mediating function of the work of Colombian artist Rosemberg Sandoval in relation to structures of power, exclusion, and discourses of marginality. This approach involves an analytical examination of the main characteristics that shape the artist's work, whose production spans from 1980 to the present and is characterized by the use of one's own body and the bodies of others, especially those of homeless people, as artistic material. The project was developed through a critical-interpretive approach articulated with the principles of research-creation and the Situationist theory of dérive. The methodology combined in-depth interviews, ethnographic fieldwork in Cali and Jamundí, and the production of an audiovisual documentary in cinema verité format. The analysis integrated four types of voices: the artist's own discourse; the perspectives of critics, curators, and researchers such as Miguel González, Nayibe Ruiz, Ileana Diéguez, Álvaro Villalobos, and Mario Espinosa; that of a direct collaborator in the assisted performances (Robert Aguiño); and that of people without specialized artistic training (a domestic worker, a doctor, a lawyer, a psychologist, a priest, and passersby) exposed to the work “El Cuarto del Artista” as an interpretive survey exercise. From the intersection of these voices, six analytical categories emerged: interpretation and meaning from the social position of the interpreter; systemic violence and the body as political evidence; displacement and precarity as biographical and artistic material; body reading from non-artistic knowledge; symbolic power; and memory and context as the foundation of the work.
Murales que cuentan historias: sistematización de la experiencia en el barrio el código, Bogotá, como práctica de paz y transformación social
(Universidad Santo Tomás, 2026-05-11) Diego Fernando, Rodríguez Rodríguez; Reyes Albarracín, Fredy Leonardo; Universidad Santo Tomás; https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0000707899; https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nzphMB0AAAAJ&hl=es&oi=ao; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5297-8404
El Codito neighborhood, located in the northeastern hills of Bogotá, Colombia, has undergone significant evolution from its pre-Hispanic origins as a Muisca settlement, through its founding in 1539, to becoming a rural area with farms and green fields, and later an urban sector facing social and economic challenges. This master’s thesis focuses on the systematization of a community experience in El Codito, specifically at Colegio El Codito, where the creation of artistic murals was used to narrate the neighborhood's history of social conflict and promote practices of peace and reconciliation. The methodology employed was qualitative and participatory, involving local residents in collaborative art workshops. The murals became a means for the community to express their realities, fostering dialogue and forgiveness. The results demonstrate that community art can be a powerful tool for social transformation, strengthening collective identity and promoting social cohesion. This finding is supported by studies highlighting how art can change and improve social situations, contributing to the organization of new forms of relationships and social inclusion. In conclusion, the experience in El Codito shows that integrating artistic practices in vulnerable communities can facilitate processes of peacebuilding and reconciliation, offering a replicable model in other similar contexts.
Voces en movimiento: sistematización de red voces javerianas y orientaciones para instituciones de educación superior.
(Universidad Santo Tomás, 2026-02-17) Morales Roa, Diana Carolina; Ortíz Nova, Yaneth; Universidad Santo Tomás; https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5_3usesAAAAJ&hl=es&oi=ao; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6036-0388
This research focuses on the systematization of the Red Voces Javerianas communication strategy, implemented at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in 2022. It constitutes the master’s thesis required for the degree of Master in Communication, Development, and Social Change at Universidad Santo Tomás. Its principal aim was to contribute to the creation of a university community free from violence and discrimination. The research emerged from the need to strengthen preventive actions against gender-based violence and discrimination, recognizing communication as a key field for driving cultural and social transformation. The purpose was to identify the achievements, lessons learned, and areas for improvement arising from the strategy’s implementation by analyzing its communicative and educational practices. The analytical categories included a gender approach, a human-rights approach, and communication for social change. Methodologically, the study conducted a systematization of experiences inspired by Jara (2018), complemented by contributions from Torres Carrillo (2013) and ALBOAN (Eizaguirre, Askunze, & Urrutia, 2004), and employed a qualitative hermeneutic perspective (Gumucio-Dagron, 2001) to understand the experience through the accounts of key actors. Within the communication, development, and social change strand, a situated, participatory and oriented approach toward institutional change has been prioritized. The results indicate that the strategy has been consolidated within the university community as a reference for violence prevention, establishing digital channels and on-campus actions that have fostered recognition of diversity and the promotion of networks of care. The research also identified lessons regarding the importance of dialogic communication, student participation, and the need to strengthen awareness of institutional referral routes. Among the opportunities for improvement, the findings highlight the importance of articulating efforts with institutional actors and ensuring the long-term sustainability of actions. In conclusion, the systematization shows how a communication strategy grounded in gender and human-rights approaches can shape university culture and contribute to the prevention of violence.
Relaciones de la comunidad musulmana de la mezquita Abou Barr Alsiddiq de Bogota con la poblacion no musulmana de sus alrededores.
(Universidad Santo Tomás, 2016) Novoa Pinzón, Carlos Andrés; Universidad Santo Tomás
Sentidos de la práctica docente ante los contenidos digitales: Recursos de comunicación en los ambientes virtuales de aprendizaje.
(Universidad Santo Tomás, 2016) Melo Zipacón, Sandra; Universidad Santo Tomás
Acercamiento a una cultura ciudadana en transmilenio
(Universidad Santo Tomás, 2010) Camargo Ramos, Lina Margarita; Cifuentes Mosquera, Laura Daniela; Peñuela Pineda, Carol Viviana; Rojas Hérnandez, Dennys Lizeth; Universidad Santo Tomás
La Fotografía Como una Herramienta de Construcción de Memoria para el Cambio Social: Un Análisis Reflexivo-Conceptual
(Universidad Santo Tomás, 2025-09-11) Villagra Mora, Lissa Marie; De la Nuez García, Perla Massiel; Reyes Albarracín, Fredy Leonardo; Universidad Santo Tomás; https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0000707899; https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nzphMB0AAAAJ&hl=es&oi=ao; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5297-8404
One of the most famous phrases in the world of photography belongs to the photojournalist W. Eugene Smith. Eugene Smith, and it says: "photography could be that faint voice that modestly will help us to change things". Based on these words, the purpose of this paper is to present a proposal for a research work route about the power of photography as a means to achieve a positive social change in the world, combining it also with the essence of memory, as a narrative exercise of the past and the present. The research will focus on a reflexive and conceptual analysis of how photography becomes a tool that literally contributes to the construction of memory. It will study concepts and theoretical approaches that explain how photographic images, from different categories, can be engines of memory and social change. Likewise, through a critical analysis of photographs, we will show how this medium has been used to document realities and evoke memory.
Fogones de Resistencia: la Galería de Pueblo Nuevo de Buenaventura y sus Cocineras Tradicionales
(Universidad Santo Tomás, 2025) Lara Rivas, Diana María; Torres Sanmiguel, Alexander; Universidad Santo Tomás; https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0001403050; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1880-4352
This article analyzes the relationship between traditional cuisine from Colombia’s Pacific region and the identity of Black women in Buenaventura, through a communication and social change lens. Using an audiovisual narrative centered on the Association of Keepers of Traditional Pacific Cuisine, it documents the lived experiences, memories, and everyday practices of four traditional cooks from the José Hilario López market square. The research acknowledges cooking as a cultural and political act that intertwines territory, resistance, intergenerational knowledge transmission, and community agency, within a context historically marked by structural inequality, violence, and marginalization. Through interviews, participant observation, and analysis of the local sociocultural context, the study examines the mechanisms used to preserve gastronomic heritage, the communicative strategies linked to its oral and practical transmission, and the economic, symbolic, and organizational role of the market square as a space of resistance and social cohesion. Findings show how these women’s culinary practices not only safeguard cultural heritage but also foster leadership, entrepreneurship, and social transformation. The study concludes with a communication strategy proposal aimed at strengthening traditional practices as a tool for women’s empowerment, cultural heritage recognition, and inclusive cultural policymaking. This research contributes to making visible the central role of traditional cooks as political subjects, knowledge holders, and agents of change within their communities.
Reporteritos y reporteritas populares de paz en la Institución Eugenio Díaz Castro, en Soacha Cundinamarca
(Universidad Santo Tomás, 2024) Rodríguez Abril, María Alejandra; Gómez, Pablo; Universidad Santo Tomás
Análisis Colectivo del Discurso con Integrantes de la Anuc Cundinamarca, Fusagasugá y la Inspección de la Victoria, Sobre el Rol Otorgado por Medios Impresos a la Participación Campesina en Movilizaciones Sociales Registradas Durante 1957, 1961, 1971, 1977, 1985 y en 2013
(Universidad Santo Tomás, 2023-10-09) Bautista Sánchez, Ciro Ángel; Reyes Albarracín, Fredy Leonardo; Universidad Santo Tomás; https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0000707899; https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=es&user=U3s_FXsAAAAJ; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5297-8404
The present research work is a collective analysis of the discourse through the contrast of categories, classifications and conceptual convergences found in printed media from specific historical periods with the current testimonies of members of the ANUC residing in Cundinamarca, Fusagasugá and the inspection of La Victoria, on peasant participation in the social mobilizations recorded in the initial stage of the National Front and the agrarian reform of 1961; in 1971, with the peasant invasions of land; in 1977, with the Civic Strike; 1985, with the peasant mobilization and in the National Agrarian Strike of 2013 in Colombia.
Estrategia de Comunicación Dirigida a la Prevención del Embarazo Adolescente en el Centro Comunitario de la Upz Lisboa de la Localidad de Suba, Bogotá. Una Propuesta desde la Comunicación para el Cambio Social
(Universidad Santo Tomás, 2023-10-02) Medina Manrique, Santiago Alejandro; Ortiz Nova, Yaneth; Universidad Santo Tomas; https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0001405577; https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0001832849; https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=es&user=6w44KwwAAAAJ; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6036-0388
Adolescent pregnancy in Suba is a challenge in terms of public health. Despite the efforts of the health system, it does not decrease significantly. In this context, the Juan N. Corpas institution, with the Lisbon Community Center, opens its doors to the population that requires health care and is not in economic conditions to pay for a private medical plan. This research seeks to address the issue from a different perspective, from the voice of health managers and young people, with a perspective of communication for social change, with the methodology Action Research Participation. Through a series of interviews, workshops and activities that incorporate audiovisuals, a link is established to discuss possible alternatives for the prevention of teenage pregnancy. The conclusions show that there is a demand on the part of young people for a more direct, open and non-euphemistic dialogue between adults, including parents and teachers on sexual and reproductive education. Concrete communicative actions were identified, such as the creation of podcasts (Van Leeuwenhoek School), workshops and marketing actions (Nosotras brand of sanitary napkins). The work of the health managers is a direct contribution to the communication processes because they manage, through home visits, to establish bonds of trust with the community where there are not necessarily technological mediations but the construction of a social fabric that creates trust between the families and the managers, to address health and welfare issues.
La calidad del Agua en Coello: Una Crisis Silenciosa
(Universidad Santo Tomás, 2023-07-10) Bonilla Acosta, Camila; Macías López, Tatiana; Olivares Lesmes, Laura Gabriela; Vela Rojas, Paula Andrea; Gayon Tavera, Delsar Roberto; Universidad Santo Tomás; https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0001354367; https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0002105530; https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0002104875; https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0002104502; https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0002104506; https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=es&user=2DthNvgAAAAJ; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4805-8565
The quality of water and the efficient provision of the service of this resource is a constitutional duty of the State. However, in Colombia, many municipalities do not have a potable and efficient water service, violating this right. One of these municipalities is Coello, located in the department of Tolima. The municipality has an aqueduct and sewage company, Espucoello, but the population affirm that the water is not drinkable and that it comes with waste; the service tends to be inconsistent and this affects the population in various ways. When inquiring about the problem, the mayor's office and Espucoello do not provide adequate information, but say that the service provided is adequate and complies with health condition
Guerra civil en El Salvador, un conflicto histórico por la tenencia de la tierra.
(Universidad Santo Tomás, 2020-12-30) Montoya Blanco, Yudy Ivette; Universidad Santo Tomás
El Salvador is a Central American country that since the time of the Spanish colonization has experienced continuous political, social and economic conflicts caused by the land tenure dispute, conflicts that trigger the civil war that formally begins at the beginning of the years 80 between the guerrilla of the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional and the government army supported by the United States. This conflict not only develops with the warlike confrontation, communication is also instrumentalized as a weapon of war for and between each of the parties to the conflict, just as it plays an important role in the post-conflict after the Peace Accords, to through memory The following text will show between communication, memory and peace in the Salvadoran conflict between 1980 and 1991, and in the post-conflict after the signing of the Agreements agreed in 1992.
Músicos populares de La Playa en Chapinero, más allá de lo imaginado.
(Universidad Santo Tomás, 2022-02-21) Ramos Caicedo, Andrea del Pilar; Cruz Hernández, Nancy; Universidad Santo Tomás
The research is constituted as the degree proposal for the Master in Communication, Development and Social Change. The emphasis of the work involves the social imaginary present in the inhabitants of the sector of the Beach of the locality of Chapinero in front of the social representations of the popular musicians that occupy this place. The assumed methodology is what is known as rapid ethnography. The approach is mixed giving preponderance to the qualitative aspects. The instruments will be: non-participant observation, surveys, interviews and focus group. The purpose is to make visible the social representations of the popular musicians of La Playa de Chapinero, through the use of inclusive communicative strategies, that contribute to the re-configuration of the collective imaginaries that have the inhabitants of the sector.

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