Colonization, memory and resistance. Constructing the Yaguara II territory (Llanos del Yarí, Colombia) from an experience of exile
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https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.boan.15609Keywords:
Transported territory, territory, forced internal displacement, colonization, memory, FARC, western Amazon, narrative, Pijao, Yaguara II.Abstract
Back In the 1960s, some members of the pijao indigenous community in the department of Tolima were resettled as part of a governmental process of colonization to the region of El Yari. This was a government strategy to resolve part of the agrarian conflict that was lived in the Andean region. Once relocated, the pijao people rebuilt their lives and managed to survive various oppressions that thrived in the region. However, in 2004 most people of the community were displaced by the FARC. In this article I present how Pijao families reactualize their memories and territorial practices of exile, and how these practices constitute a strategy to reassert their dignity.
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