Locality and the (re)construction of identities at the interface of government-led and community social reintegration processes of former FARC-EP combatants in Colombia
My research focuses on the Colombian peace process and the reintegration of the FARC-EP following the signing of the peace agreement with the Colombian government in November 2016. In particular, I tackle…
My research focuses on the Colombian peace process and the reintegration of the FARC-EP following the signing of the peace agreement with the Colombian government in November 2016. In particular, I tackle the question of identity construction, exploring first how this process is framed and bounded within the institutional discourse of reincorporation, and then how this unfolds in the realities of transitioning to civilian life. I deconstruct the problematic binaries that reintegration so often encourages and frames, and explore how the boundaries of belonging are being reshaped and redrawn so that communities can come together, despite the horrors of war.