The self and the other in the constitution of identity: disengaged children and teenagers from the armed conflict

This paper presents a reflection on the need to understand how the armed conflict affects the processes of constitution of identity on children and teenagers who have taken part in the armed groups in confrontation, and have left them. It is considered that the social problem represented by the dire...

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Autores:
Cifuentes Patiño, Maria Rocío
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2008
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/28244
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/28244
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/18292/
Palabra clave:
personal identity
narrative identity
subjectivity
hermeneutic dialogue
discourse
autobiography
armed conflict
recruitment
disengagement
identidad personal
identidad narrativa
subjetividad
diálogo hermenéutico
discursos
autobiografía
conflicto armado
vinculación
desvinculación
Rights
openAccess
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Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:This paper presents a reflection on the need to understand how the armed conflict affects the processes of constitution of identity on children and teenagers who have taken part in the armed groups in confrontation, and have left them. It is considered that the social problem represented by the direct participation of under-age youngsters in the armed conflict is closely related to the conditions of human and social development of this population and their reference groups. Therefore, the knowledge and the intervention on this situation represents a challenge to the Colombian Social Work.