Theatre as Place of Reconciliation: the Experience of Victus in Colombia

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https://doi.org/10.12795/araucaria.2021.i48.09

Keywords:

reconciliación, arte, teatro, Colombia, posacuerdo, posconflicto

Abstract

Reconciliation is one of the greatest challenges in Colombia’s postagreement scenario. This paper will focus on the case study of “Victus”, a theatre company, composed by victims and former combatants of various armed groups (guerrilla, paramilitary, army). It will sustain that this artistic experience configures a “micro-laboratory” of reconciliation in which a common space of interaction allows actors to transcend the borders of the armed conflict, to humanize the “other”, and to generate multiple processes of transformation and peacebuilding. 

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Author Biography

Miguel Barreto Henriques, Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano

Miguel Barreto Henriques es profesional en Relaciones Internacionales y doctor en Política Internacional y Resolución de Conflictos de la Universidad de Coimbra, en Portugal, donde presentó la tesis “Laboratorios de Paz en territorios de violencia(s): ¿abriendo caminos para la paz positiva en Colombia?”, premiada por la Casa de la América Latina como mejor tesis en ciencias sociales y humanas en 2013. Actualmente, es director del Observatorio de Construcción de Paz y profesor titular del Área académica de Derecho, Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales de la Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano.

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Published

2021-11-27

How to Cite

Barreto Henriques, M. (2021). Theatre as Place of Reconciliation: the Experience of Victus in Colombia. Araucaria, 23(48). https://doi.org/10.12795/araucaria.2021.i48.09
Received 2020-11-03
Accepted 2021-03-19
Published 2021-11-27
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