Finding truth in Colombia: epistemological tensions - Derecho a la verdad
| Autor | Laly Catalina Peralta Gonzalez |
| Cargo | BA in sociology from El Rosario University (Bogotá, Colombia) and her MA in Anthropology from Los Andes University |
| Páginas | 147-158 |
Opinión Jurídica - UNIVERSIDAD DE MEDELLÍN
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Opinión Jurídica, Vol. 10, N° 20, pp. 147-158 - ISSN 1692-2530 • Julio-Diciembre de 2011 / 216 p. Medellín, Colombia
Finding truth in Colombia: epistemological tensions *
Laly Catalina Peralta Gonzalez**
Recibido: agosto 2 de 2011
Aprobado: septiembre 3 de 2011
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the right of truth in order to elucidate the
complexity and tensions involved in defining what ‘truth’ means in transitional
contexts. Following this purpose, it explores the experience undergone by the
women of San Carlos (Antioquia) in the Centro de Acercamiento para la Reparación
y la Reconciliación.
Key words: Transitional justice, victims, demobilization, right for truth, Antioquia
(Colombia)
* The ethnographic al material of this art icle was collected in the fr amework of the project: “Compared s tudy of the role performed by lo cal
authorities of foreig n countries in the post-conf lict and the reconciliation and it s importance for Colombia”. The author participate d as
Associated Rese archer and German Development Coope ration (GTZ) financed the project.
** Catalina Peralt a received her BA in sociology f rom El Rosario University ( Bogotá, Colombia) and her MA in Ant hropology from Los A n-
des University (B ogotá, Colombia). She is currently pur suing her PhD in Humanities at Conco rdia University and is a scholar at N ational
Program of E ducation for Researchers “Generación d el Bicentenario, Francisco José de Ca ldas” and at El Rosario Universit y, where she
is Researcher Professor. lperalta@urosario.edu.co
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