Narrativas visuales, un camino hacia la paz territorial en Viterbo, Caldas

Abstract

This research aims to contribute to the visibility of the different territorial peace processes carried out by different social actors in Viterbo, Caldas, through visual narratives (photographs) highlighting the different configurations of public policies of conflict transformations in order to reaffirm a territorial peace. Likewise, these photographs are analyzed taking into account the interactions that take place in the municipality of Viterbo, Caldas in Colombia; which, due to times of conflict, was mentioned as one of the most violent towns in the country in 2010. The different territorial peace processes in Colombia have had a great deal of scope in investigative methods, as they are the result of the presence of the post-conflict that is now being experienced in different places. In this case, observation and analysis were carried out from the social constructions of peace embodied in visual narratives (photographs). The analysis of the photographs are made within the framework of three theoretical categories: visual narratives, post-conflict and territorial peace, the content of these photographs give an account of the new ways of creative peace-building in post-conflict territories. From the field of communication and in the specific lines of research raised by the faculty of Social Communication for Peace, Communication, rights and memory. Narratives, representations and media technologies; this research aims to show through visual narratives (photographs); peace processes that contribute to the mechanisms of non-repetition of conflict, within the framework of social cultural actions, municipal and educational policies that shape and enhance life in both the private and public spheres.