Geographies of civility. Practices and territorial discourses in post-conflict scenarios in Colombia

Authors

  • Beatriz Nates-Cruz UNIVERSIDAD DEC CALDAS

Keywords:

geografias, civilidad, Colombia

Abstract

This article is the result of the research "Post-conflict Scenarios in Colomia 2005-2010: a Study of Cultural Representations and Social Implications in Reference Territories", carried out between 2010 and 2012. The main objective of this text is to introduce the concept of civility geography as a proposal to analyze weaves and in situ strategies on how local populations (Colombian, for the case) have faced and avoided the consequences of the armed conflict through dicoursive positions and real acts of civility and dignity. To materialize it, the conceptualization and ethnography of "scenarios", "strategies", "weaves", and "scales" will be used. In terms of the methodology, a comparison will be made between two ways of looking for the civility: one based on the proxemic system, modalities of knowledge and cultural representations, while the other approaches to a political perspective. To obtain the information along the project, open interviews, active and passive direct observation recorded in a field diary, pictures, filming, conceptual cartography to assemble narratives and perspectives, and finally to SIG cartography were used. Information analysis was made with the Nvivo and HyperRESEARCH software.

Author Biography

Beatriz Nates-Cruz, UNIVERSIDAD DEC CALDAS

Magister y Dra. en Antropología. Postdoctorado en Estudios Territoriales Comparados. Profesora Titular de la Universidad de Caldas, Manizales Colombia. Directora del Doctorado en Estudios Territoriales de la misma Universidad

Published

2015-09-30

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