Showing and hiding: audiovisual youth memories from the peripheries of Bogotá

Abstract

This paper results from a research work based on the audiovisuals pieces produced by young people in the framework of the strategy "Semilleros de Investigación" of the District Institute for the Protection of Children and Youth (Idipron) of Bogotá from 2012 to 2014. We conducted a series of audiovisual workshops for young people to address their problems whilst producing audiovisuals pieces. Their videos reflect on the meaning of being young in the city, on the images (esto no se entiende) with a critical perspective. Countless audiovisual stories about identity, everyday life and territories emerged: practices of collective memory that combine their memories, their stories and their interests; what they feel is worth to tell, to show or to remember. With this audiovisual production, they challenge the official stories and versions that speak for them. As inputs for this text we took into account the production process and some interviews, besides their audiovisual products such as film clips, video clips, short documentaries, among others.