Uncertainty and Liminality: Fuerza Alternativa Revolucionaria del Común (FARC) as a Subject In Transit

Abstract

As a result of participant observation and semi-structured interviews carried out during 2017 in the Spaces for Territorial, Training, and Reincorporation Spaces (ETCR) for former FARC-EP combatants of Icononzo (Tolima), Mesetas (Meta) y Caldono (Cauca), we propose in this article an etnography of uncertainty to explore the FARC members' daily life. In particular, we examine the way in which they narrate their transition from guerrilla to civil life as they confront the uncertainty of their liminality. From our field work’s data, we show how the farianos (FARC members) deal with their uncertainties about their daily life.  We focus on three metaphorizations with which they present and narrated themselves through their positioning as fighters, members of the critical audience, and their role as interlocutors.