Identidad narrativa de dos mujeres que vivenciaron el desplazamiento forzado en el marco del conflicto armado colombiano

Abstract

The objective of this thesis is to analyze how the narrative identity of two women from the city of Cali who experienced forced displacement in the context of the conflict in Colombia is being constructed. The research has theoretical foundations on the concept of identity postulated by Charles Taylor and Tomas Ibáñez; The concept of narrative identity was reviewed using the postulates of Paul Ricoeur and Jerome Bruner; and the concept of forced displacement was studied using texts written by the group “Memoria Histórica de Colombia”. The research was carried out using a descriptive and qualitative methodology designed from a case study, since it allows to know how the forced displacement is perceived and to understand its influence on the narrative identity. During the research, a 25-year old and a 64-year old women victims of displacement were interviewed. These two women constructed their experience in three phases: past, present and future. The results showed that forced displacement causes multiple physical and symbolic losses, and influences the role that women play in society, generating changes, grief, and at the same time, adaptation to the cultural changes they are subjected to when moving from their town to a different place, all this leads to the resignification of their narrative identity.