Waiting as a crisis situation: liminality of former FARC guerrillas in Urabá

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https://doi.org/10.5377/ryr.v1i55.14427

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guerrilla, Colombia, diplomacy, political anthropology, peace process

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to discuss the sense of a specific “position of waiting” that Victor Turner, can defined as a “crisis situation”. This work is the consequence of an ethnographic fieldwork done in the Urabá- Chocó area, in the republic of Colombia. The research was made in the frame of the peace process between the Colombian Government and the FARC. We will observe the situation of delay of the former guerrilla members waiting in a provisional place that little by little becomes permanent. This position is going to be analysed as a situation of “unstable equilibrium”. It is a specific crisis situation not yet solved. Trapped in this legal limbo the former guerrilla members cannot fully reintegrate into civilian life.

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Santiago Álvarez, Universidad Nacional de San Martín

Msc Social Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science. Dr. (Ph.D) Social Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science. Profesor titular, Universidad Nacional Arturo Jauretche (UNAJ). Profesor de cátedra en Antropología de la Comunicación Social, Universidad de San Andrés (UDESA). Profesor de Antropología Política en la maestría en Antropología Social IDES-IDAES, Universidad Nacional de San Martín

Pedro Pablo Torres Palacio, Defensoría del Pueblo de Colombia

Licenciado en Trabajo Social, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia. Magíster en Antropología Social – Universidad Nacional de General San Martín –, Argentina IDES-IDAES/UNSAM. Profesor ocasional de cátedra, Universidad de Antioquia-Colombia. Analista regional del Sistema de Alertas Tempranas, Defensoría del Pueblo de Colombia

Published

2022-06-24

How to Cite

Álvarez, S. ., & Torres Palacio, P. P. (2022). Waiting as a crisis situation: liminality of former FARC guerrillas in Urabá. Reality and Reflection, 1(55), 126–141. https://doi.org/10.5377/ryr.v1i55.14427

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