Construcción de memoria en población de estudiantes venezolanos internacionalmente móviles, caso en la Institución Educativa Simón Bolívar en Arauca (Arauca), Colombia.

Abstract

This research paper presents a qualitative case study that addresses the core problem of: How has social memory been constructed in internationally mobile Venezuelan students at the Simón Bolívar Educational Institution in Arauca? The investigation is carried out using focus groups (with parents, teachers, and the community) and semi-structured interviews, supported by the Atlas.ti software. The information is delimited by the key categories of Social Memory, Internationally Mobile Students, and Identity. The study aims to collect narratives and discourses from young people aged 14 to 17 to interpret the relationship between their context and memory. We utilize a narrative analysis model and a hermeneutic perspective to track the student's situation within their real-world and situational context. The study subjects are characterized by their constant territorial transition via river transport on the Colombian-Venezuelan border—a condition which, combined with others, provides a significant field for understanding the construction of their memory. This specific situation allows us to verify how the alteration of territory, identity, and memory mutually influence each other. The study’s contribution lies in addressing transition and return in border sectors, a migratory phenomenon that has been under-explored in its factual condition.