Practices of Resistance in Territories of Armed Conflict. Resistance in Eastern Antioquia between 1998 and 2004, during the armed confrontations between the FARC-EP and the paramilitaries.

Abstract

This article to analyze the resistance practices of individuals and groups that, without access to State
reparation programs, decided to stay in territories of armed confrontation between the FARC-EP and the
paramilitaries (1998-2004); practices that allowed them to survive, process the effects of those experiences
on their mental health and establish a critical position in the face of the abandonment of the State and the
actions of the violent. The method was a case study with a rural population, belonging to the East of
Antioquia state, using interview instruments, participatory observation and documentary review. Among the
results, there are three that deserve to be mentioned: a) the rural population that has remained in territories
of intense and prolonged armed confrontation built a form of daily, individual resistance, of a subtle and
hidden nature, b) they also achieved forms of resistance in the collective, directly confronting the armed actors to protect themselves jointly, c) despite the suffering and losses caused by the armed conflict, the pain
did not paralyze their existence, on contrary, they demonstrate a capacity for agency and the possibility of
mobilize in the face of suffering.