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VILLA GOMEZ, Juan David. OPEN CHAIR MEMORY, LIFE STORIES, AND THE ROLE OF LISTENING IN THE SUBJECTIVE TRANSFORMATION OF VICTIMS / SURVIVORS OF THE COLOMBIAN ARMED CONFLICT. Ágora U.S.B. [online]. 2014, vol.14, n.1, pp.37-60. ISSN 1657-8031.

This research article aims to demonstrate, from a qualitative point of view, the importance of the processes of intervention and research in both collective memory and historical memory, based on the development of life stories, for the construction of complex looks and the reflection on psychosocial, socio-symbolic and socio-structural aspects, both of the participating subjects and the contexts in which these subjects live and move, particularly in their relationship with the armed conflict, their consequences on subjectivity, but also the resistance, the forms of the coping perspective, and the processes of transformation experienced. In this text, it is made evident the manner how the armed conflict in Colombia can be looked logically, from the real-life stories of 58 participants and the life stories of 4 other participants. Besides, of showing the importance of the testimony and its relationship with the listening in the reconstruction processes of the memory and the psychosocial action with victims of the Colombian armed conflict, which leads to the conclusion, that the real-life stories and life stories herein referred, have in common, is resistance as the main driving force (including the coping perspective and resilience), that is to say, a reading, an interpretation based on the capabilities, in the force to assume, in the solutions provided, in the daily struggle, and in the senses found, even in the midst of horror.

Palabras clave : Collective memory; Historical memory; Life stories; Armed Conflict; Psycho-Social Action.

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