Abstract

VELASQUEZ, Marisol; PIEDRAHITA, Michell; VILLA-GOMEZ, Juan David  and  INSUASTY-RODRIGUEZ, Alfonso. Social Representations of Historical Events as Psychosocial Barriers to Peacebuilding. Ágora U.S.B. [online]. 2022, vol.22, n.1, pp.341-375.  Epub Nov 01, 2022. ISSN 1657-8031.  https://doi.org/10.21500/16578031.6085.

In the process of construction of social representations of historical facts (RSHH) built by ordinary citizens of Aburrá Valley, Colombia, it was possible to show how from power valences, from dominant elites that make use of political rhetoric, the media, and basic education, stereotyped versions of history are produced and reproduced. In this way, a hegemonic memory is reproduced and from which actors are prefabricated as the only cause of violence and other actors are exculpated, by including the same elites, politicians, and the State, who determine themselves as victims and not as actors of the armed conflict in Colombia. Thus, these RSHH end up configuring and objectifying an absolute enemy with whom political negotiation is impossible, which translates into a barrier for the construction of peace and reconciliation in Colombia.

Keywords : Historical Memory, Psychosocial Barriers to Peace; Social Representations of History, Armed Conflict, and Peacebuilding.

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