Reparations Without Fragmentation: Arhuaco's Perceptions on Symbolic Reparation under the Law 1448/2011 Framework

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Published: Jun 4, 2019
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Sociocultural damage, Symbolic reparation, transitional justice, arhuacos, indigenous communities

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Luisa Fernanda Isidro Herrera
Universidad de los Andes

Abstract

This article explores the challenges facing the Arhuaco community in the context of transitional justice as memory and history inform how this community defends their traditions and their territory.  In my investigation I am interested in the relationship between sociocultural damages committed in the framework of the Colombian armed conflict and the symbolic reparation measures emerging from the so-called Victims Law. To to this end, I examine the perceptions of three Arhuaco women and three Arhuaco men who explain the damage to their community and their territory.

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Vol. 53 (2019): Peace On a Small Scale: Fractures of the Everyday and the Politics of Transition in Colombia
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Author Biography

Luisa Fernanda Isidro Herrera, Universidad de los Andes

She hols a BA in Political Science and an MA in Cultural Studies from the Universidad de los Andes with a specialization in Broadcast Media. She has expertise in indigenous studies, armed conflict, and transitional justice and peace studies in Colombia. She has published an article on the participation of indigenous women in the midst of conflict in Colombia. She was a researcher for the report Textos Corporales sobre la Crueldad. Memoria Histórica y Antropología Forense issued by the National Center of Historical Memory. Currently, she is the co-founder of the Fundación Rodeemos el Diálogo.