Narratives of Volunteers on the Peace Agreement and Reintegration of Ex-combatants of the FARC.

Abstract

This study focuses on the narratives of the perspectives of volunteers who accompany the implementation of the "Final Agreement for the Termination of the Conflict and the Construction of a Stable and Lasting Peace" (2016) and the social reintegration of former FARC combatants, with the aim of analyzing their perceptions and learning about their own challenges and retributions. It is based on the constructivist tradition and a topical narrative model was used, with a theoretical coding analysis. Five (5) of these volunteers (four men and one woman) were considered in this research and a series of semi-structured interviews were conducted. As a conclusion, the relevance of volunteering in the implementation of the Peace Agreement and the reintegration of former FARC-EP combatants into society was demonstrated, due to their role as peace mediators.