Narrativas de masculinidades afrocolombianas en el conflicto armado colombiano: otra mirada sobre las metamorfosis identitarias

Abstract

This research aims to understand the narratives present in the identity construction of Afro-Colombian men victims, from different perspectives about masculinities in the armed conflict, it also identifies, through the life stories of the participants, the actions that have been implemented since the agreement of 2016 for the reparation of the victims. With the purpose of generating conversational spaces, interviews were used that allowed collecting information from four participants; three of them victims of the armed conflict and belonging to Afro-Colombian communities from Tumaco, Nariño and the fourth participant has knowledge about Afro-Colombian communities. Likewise, categories such as cultural identity, historical and cultural memory, community resistance, gender perspective from masculinities and forms of violence against victims were addressed, which allowed the understanding of the paradigm and epistemology, being these transversal to understand individual and collective recognition, from the conservation of Afro-Colombian culture. The results obtained, rescue the significant experiences for Afro-Colombian men victims and those who have been close to them, such as their families, who invite to recreate the collective dynamics before, during and after the armed conflict, managing to understand the identity construction permeated by hegemonic discourses related to race, gender and structural and cultural violence; in addition, it is argued that the violence has not ended for the Afro-Colombian community and the lack of comprehensive reparation for the victims.