Madurez Investigativa: Polifonías, Prácticas y Discursos. El Rol de las Mujeres en la Construcción de Paz en el Sur del Tolima

Abstract

This document gathers the products that support the research maturity degree option, the result of an academic trajectory focused on qualitative work, discursive analysis and interaction with communities affected by the armed conflict. These experiences allowed the consolidation of a research process that led to the development of this degree project, which aims to understand how the polyphonies on peace building impact on the cultural and social identity of the Red de Mujeres Chaparralunas por la Paz (RMCPP) in southern Tolima, an organization created in 1998, composed of indigenous women, Afro-descendants, peasants, mothers, heads of households, young survivors of violence and territorial leaders, who promote changes from their memories, practices and collective knowledge. The analysis is based on theoretical frameworks on discourse and polyphony (Bajtin, Van Dijk, De Sousa, Paredes), peace building (Muñoz, Lederach, Galtung), body-territory (Ribeiro, Visotsky, Cruz, Cabnal) and identity (Cusicanqui, Hall). Through a qualitative methodology with ethnographic approach, interviews, focus groups, cartographies and participant observation were applied, which allowed, as a result, to make visible the meanings that women give to their actions, recognizing their central role in the construction of peace, from the stove, weaving, body and territory.