“Yo voté 'no' porque mi amigo que es abogado me dijo que votara por el no”
Don Miguel, seudónimo
Cada día aquí se torna más interesante. Temas de los que no poseo mucho conocimiento como desmovilización, desarme y reintegración así como el tema de reconciliación, han sido desarrollados hoy día. Claro, he escuchado sobre estos temas con anterioridad pero el verlos aplicados a un caso real mejora el entendimiento de manera inigualable. Estar acá me hace entender también las limitaciones de mi previa investigación en el caso de Colombia que fue basada en desk research mayoritariamente.
Desk research es un constante desafío: la información no es neutral, diferentes versiones de un mismo hecho y uno no sabe ni que creer, y hay información que no se encuentra por ningún lado. En conclusión, nada puede compararse con la calidad informativa de las fuentes primarias. Por esta razón, me ha dado a la tarea de complementar mis clases con la opinión popular. Me encontré con Don Miguel vendiendo en el Parque de los Periodistas en la Candelaria, un señor muy amable y lleno de alegría que sin embargo fue víctima de la desinformación pre-referéndum. Su voto se basó en la influencia de terceros que aprovecharon la desinformación del contenido del acuerdo para ganar lealtad de gente humilde como Don Miguel.
 |
| Peace Process YES, President Santos NO. |
Don Miguel Me cuenta que él le tiene miedo a los guerrilleros, que él no quiere tenerlos de vecinos porque el no olvida el sufrimiento y extorsiones que los miembros de FARC le exigían. Curiosamente, la frase de “yo no olvido” no es exclusiva de Don Miguel si no que es parte de muchos colombianos que incluso la incluyen en su arte callejero.
 |
| "We don't forget" |
También me puse a hablar con Don Alberto (seudónimo), un taxista con entrenamiento académico que debido a cuestiones de la vida (¿O debo decir cuestiones de la violencia estructural?) no fue capaz de encontrar un trabajo diferente que el de manejar su taxi. Don Alberto votó por el “sí”, el reconoce que la desinformación que rodeó el periodo pre-referedum y lo que él llama “el fanatismo hacia Uribe” hizo que la población colombiana bloqueara sus sentidos de la vista y del oído a cualquier ventaja que representaba el “sí”, resultando en el gane del “no”.
“I voted 'no' because my friend, who is a lawyer, told me to vote no”
Don Miguel, pseudonym
Every day is more interesting. I have not a lot of knowledge in topics like demobilization, disarmament, reintegration, and reconciliation, however; all these topics have been explained in depth in this class. Of course, I have heard about this topics before but study them applied to a real case makes me understand them better. Being here makes me also understand the limitations of my previous research about Colombia which was mostly based on desk research.
Desk research is a challenge, the information is not always neutral. Desk research shows many versions of the same issue, sometimes you don’t know what to believe, but there is also information that you need and it is difficult to find. In conclusion, nothing can be compared with the quality of the information that comes from primary sources. For this reason, I am trying to complement the lectures with popular opinion. I found Don Miguel selling in the Journalist Park at La Candelaria, he was a really kind guy, full of joy. However, he was a victim of the pre-referendum misinformation. His vote was based on the influence of third parties. Third parties took advantage of his ignorance and they miscommunicated the content of the accord to win the loyalty of people like Don Miguel.
Don Miguel told me that he is afraid of the guerrilleros. He doesn’t want to have them as their neighbors because he does not forget the suffering and the extortions he faced. Curiously, the phrase “I do not forget” is not exclusive from Don Miguel, many Colombians use it, even in street art.
I was also talking with Don Alberto (pseudonym), a taxi driver with academic training that because of life situations (or should I said because of situations of structural violence?) was not able to find a different job than driving a taxi. Don Alberto voted “yes,” he recognizes that the referendum’s misinformation and what he calls “Uribe’s fanaticism” made Colombians blocking her senses of sight and hearing to any advantage of the “yes,” which resulted in the majority of Colombians voting “no”.
Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in Colombia. Day 5
“I voted 'no' because my friend, who is a lawyer, told me to vote no”
Don Miguel, pseudonym
Every day is more interesting. I have not a lot of knowledge in topics like demobilization, disarmament, reintegration, and reconciliation, however; all these topics have been explained in depth in this class. Of course, I have heard about this topics before but study them applied to a real case makes me understand them better. Being here makes me also understand the limitations of my previous research about Colombia which was mostly based on desk research.
Desk research is a challenge, the information is not always neutral. Desk research shows many versions of the same issue, sometimes you don’t know what to believe, but there is also information that you need and it is difficult to find. In conclusion, nothing can be compared with the quality of the information that comes from primary sources. For this reason, I am trying to complement the lectures with popular opinion. I found Don Miguel selling in the Journalist Park at La Candelaria, he was a really kind guy, full of joy. However, he was a victim of the pre-referendum misinformation. His vote was based on the influence of third parties. Third parties took advantage of his ignorance and they miscommunicated the content of the accord to win the loyalty of people like Don Miguel.
Don Miguel told me that he is afraid of the guerrilleros. He doesn’t want to have them as their neighbors because he does not forget the suffering and the extortions he faced. Curiously, the phrase “I do not forget” is not exclusive from Don Miguel, many Colombians use it, even in street art.
I was also talking with Don Alberto (pseudonym), a taxi driver with academic training that because of life situations (or should I said because of situations of structural violence?) was not able to find a different job than driving a taxi. Don Alberto voted “yes,” he recognizes that the referendum’s misinformation and what he calls “Uribe’s fanaticism” made Colombians blocking her senses of sight and hearing to any advantage of the “yes,” which resulted in the majority of Colombians voting “no”.
No comments:
Post a Comment