Remembering what was not experienced: Young people, community, and memories of the Salvadoran armed conflict

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https://doi.org/10.61604/typ.v1i43.309

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Social Memorie, Armed Conflict, Young People, Community, El Salvador

Abstract

This article explores how young people living in a displaced community configure memories of the armed conflict in El Salvador (1980-1992), despite never experiencing it. From a qualitative perspective, through life stories and photo-elicitation, ten young people were recruited to participate, who were born after the end of the conflict in Nueva Trinidad, a community in the north of El Salvador, displaced by the military and reconstructed by ex-refugees and ex-combatants of the guerrilla. It was observed that the participants constructed memories of their own through imagination and empathy, grounded in the fragmented narratives that relatives and neighbors convey to them during the everyday life of their community, which constantly alludes to the armed conflict.

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Author Biographies

Chacón Serrano Fernando, University of Chile

Master in Community Psychology, University of Chile; University professor, researcher and psychotherapist based in El Salvador.

María José Reyes Andreani, University of Chile

D. in Social Psychology, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona; Professor of the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Chile, and member of the Research Nucleus "Daily lives in emergency: territory, inhabitants and practices" of the same University.

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Published

2023-11-09

How to Cite

Fernando, C. S., & Reyes Andreani, M. J. (2023). Remembering what was not experienced: Young people, community, and memories of the Salvadoran armed conflict. Teoría Y Praxis, (43), 14–40. https://doi.org/10.61604/typ.v1i43.309

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No. 43 (2023)

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