Abstract

VILLA-GOMEZ, Juan David et al. Collective Emotional Guidelines on the Armed Conflict and its Actors as Barriers for the Construction of Peace and Reconciliation in Colombia. Ágora U.S.B. [online]. 2019, vol.19, n.1, pp.35-63. ISSN 1657-8031.  https://doi.org/10.21500/16578031.4122.

This current research paper analyzes the collective emotional guidelines of a political nature as psychosocial barriers for the construction of peace and reconciliation in Colombia. 55 deep and semi-structured interviews were carried out to ordinary people in the city of Medellín, from which speech related with these emotional guidelines emerged, which are addressed to the process of political negotiation of the armed conflict between the Colombian government and the guerrilla of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - Peoples’ Army (FARC-EP). Diverse emotional guidelines, such as wrath, outrage, and hatred; targeted to FARC were identified, especially by the participants, who showed their disagreement. While, those who agreed, in a lesser measure, expressed this type of emotions toward paramilitary groups. Nevertheless, toward the law enforcement, the three categorized groups expressed emotional guidelines of admiration, pride, and feeling of patriotism. Otherwise, hope and empathy as enablers of transformation scenarios of the armed conflict prevailed in those who agreed. Finally, sadness and pain emerged in most of the participants, but in those who agreed, it was associated with solidarity toward the victims and the desire of transforming war in Colombia by means of the political negotiation.

Keywords : Collective Emotional Guidelines; Colombian Armed Conflict; Peace; Peace Negotiations; Ideology; and Psychosocial Barriers.

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