Diseño de una metodología para la reparación colectiva de grupos o comunidades religiosas a partir del estudio de caso de la comunidad Unión Berrecuy del municipio de Medio Baudó (Chocó)

Abstract

Within the context of violence in Colombia, a religious minority is affected, specifically the religious community of the Hermanos Menonitas del Chocó church, by the illegal armed groups, the Black Eagles and the Rastrojos, who among the From 2008 to 2010, they victimized the population of the Pié de Pepé township, community of Unión Berrecuy, Medio Baudo, and the leaders of the Church of the Mennonite Brothers of Chocó, through acts of forced displacement, selective killings, rapes and disappearances, generating individual harm. and collective that takes shape in the material, in the psychological and sociological, which requires a symbolic individual and collective reparation by the Colombian State. From the work of the NGO Justapaz, a reparation initiative arises from the community that proposes, for example, land restitution, education for participation, conflict resolution through dialogue and respect between neighbors and residents, among Other themes. These events generate a breakdown of social cohesion as a community and therefore of its structural, material and psychological stability from the social point of view. Taking into account the above, it is particularly interesting to develop what concerns collective reparation to the community to restore the social fabric, specifically symbolic reparation. The importance of collective symbolic reparation lies in the reestablishment of the group's cohesion regarding the psychological structure, it ensures the elaboration of the collective memory with the guarantee of not forgetting and not repeating the victimizing acts.