From victims to survivors: the challenge of the reconstruction of historical memory in Colombia

Abstract

The objective of this article is to investigate the relationship between victim-survivor and how to contribute to the reconstruction of the historical memory from the context of the armed conflict in Colombia. With this purpose, three points of discussion have been established: the first one, concerning the discussion of the concepts of Victim and Survivor; the second one, indicates the importance of the Victim-Survivor version of the war in the reconstruction of the historical memory in Colombia; and the third, alludes to the Historical Memory as a fight against impunity in the middle of the war in the South American country. In fact, each of the points of analysis suggests an active role of interdisciplinarity and opens the possibility of seeing different perspectives on the transforming function of the Memory.