La organización social en el Catatumbo: formas de lucha desde la base

Social Organization in the Catatumbo Region: Forms of Grassroots Struggle

Diagnosticar los conflictos es una estrategia del Enfoque de Transformación de Conflictos para construir la paz. Al aplicarse a las formas organizativas de la Junta de Acción Comunal en el Catatumbo se desenmascaran algunos de los problemas estructurales en la disputa por el territorio. El campesinado catatumbero es un actor clave en la lucha de defensa por la vida en Colombia, y es labor del trabajador social unirse y comprender las dinámicas comunitarias para afinar la perspectiva crítica de la realidad y quebrantar la burbuja académica que separa la universidad de la comunidad y la cotidianidad en el campo colombiano.

The diagnosis of conflicts is a strategy of the Conflict Transformation Approach to peacebuilding. When applied to the forms of organization of the Community Action Board in the Catatumbo region, some of the structural problems in the dispute over territory are evinced. The region’s rural population is a key actor in the straggle for the defense of life in Colombia, and social workers have the responsibility of joining and understanding community dynamics in order to fine-tune their critical perspective of reality and burst the academic bubble that separates the university from the communities and the everyday life of rural Colombia.

The diagnosis of conflicts is a strategy of the Conflict Transformation Approach to peacebuilding. When applied to the forms of organization of the Community Action Board in the Catatumbo region, some of the structural problems in the dispute over territory are evinced. The region’s rural population is a key actor in the straggle for the defense of life in Colombia, and social workers have the responsibility of joining and understanding community dynamics in order to fine-tune their critical perspective of reality and burst the academic bubble that separates the university from the communities and the everyday life of rural Colombia.