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Rethinking education, culture, and society: contemporary challenges in Colombia and around the world
Today's world faces multiple challenges, including the transformation of education, the consolidation of technological tools such as artificial intelligence, cultural evolution linked to digital technology, and social adaptation to rapid change. In this context, every area of human life is undergoing transformations that require deep reflection on how to address them. This issue of the magazine seeks to explore these issues from different perspectives. To this end, it presents four specific sections: the first examines education as a driver of transformation; the second delves into identities and realities of exclusion; the third focuses on regulations and their relationship with governance and regional history; and finally, the fourth offers a space for reflection on research approaches in these complex times.
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Environmental education in Brazilian physical education classes: from the perspective of ecomotricity
Ecomotricity is a proposed approach based on human motor skills, critical environmental education, and dialogical pedagogy, with the potential to be used in physical education classes to raise awareness among students. Physical education in schools is a space for learning and self-discovery of ourselves and the environment, how we move in it and how these human-environmental interactions occur. The objective of this study is to identify and understand the educational processes emerging from an intervention in physical education classes based on Ecomotricity, with students from a class at a public school located in the city of São Carlos, in the interior of the state of São Paulo. This research is qualitative in nature, inspired by phenomenology. Eight classes were held at the school, with students from a class in the fifth grade of elementary school. Data were collected from field diaries. Data analysis was performed using ideographic analysis, with the identification of units of meaning, and nomothetic analysis, with the construction of two thematic categories: 1) Understanding human beings as natural beings; 2) Playing, having fun, and learning about the environment in which we live. When guided by Ecomotricity, the physical education class presented itself as an educational praxis, that is, a space for transformative, conscious, and intentionally conducted activities. Thus, we form environmentally conscious citizens in relation to their movement and actions in nature, as well as the consequences of these actions for themselves, for society and for the environment.
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Human motricity, ecomotricity and Good Living: foundations for a planetary health
This paper opens an epistemic discussion on the foundations of the so-called “Physical Education,” seeking to reorient it from human motricity towards a construction that gives it a disciplinary identity of its own. From the analysis of different authors and theoretical trends, the concept of Good Living or Küme Monge is explored, questioning the western conception of health and its tendency to fragmentation of the human being. The current dualistic approaches of body and mind are criticized, proposing instead a more holistic vision for the organism, systemic and aligned with the enactive current. Finally, a proposal is presented that unifies the global and the territorial, promoting a reconfiguration of “Physical Education” towards a model, from a systemic and complex ontology, which propitiates a different approach to the current ecological, political and social demands that address the personal, community and planetary health crisis.
Lifestyle of college students: life cycle understandings from adolescence-youth
The purpose of this study is to identify the lifestyles of university students from three institutions of higher education in Bogotá (Colombia). A quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional research was carried out with a sample of 1135 first semester students, with an average age of 21.5 ± 3.5 years. A standardized questionnaire called “Pentagon of Well-being” was used, composed of 15 questions distributed in five categories: nutrition, physical activity, preventive behavior, social relationships and stress management. The results reveal that three of the five categories present negative indicators, which could have repercussions on human development later in life. Likewise, it was observed that women show a higher prevalence of negative indicators compared to men. The beginning of university life is seen as an ecological transition that is part of a life cycle phase. Therefore, higher education institutions should renew their care programs through promotion departments, developing strategies that address the daily activities of university life and contribute to the promotion of health, quality of life and well-being of students.
António Manuel Marques de Sousa Alves Lopes
Auralize a listening of an art living pedagogy
The following thoghtful article presents the results of a research pointed to compose a pedagogical auralizing from the practice of listening in the university context, sharpening the ear not only in the educational level but also as a way of living. Methodologically, it investigates in a performative way the question: What is it to be listening in pedagogy, formed by it and for it?, starting from the sonorous-somatic form that occurs, as well as the effects that result from its resonance in pedagogy. It is concluded that a pedagogical auralizing happens when the practice of listening is embodied, aisthetic and self-creating. Listening in the pedagogical scene is above all a listening producer of event, just because it moves to form self singularity as an aesthetic process of existence, generator of ways of being, feeling and understanding.
Motivation at school: contributions from good living
The objective of this work is to identify good living as essential elements of intrinsic motivation that can be used effectively for extrinsic motivation in the learning processes of the students of Colegio Bilbao IED. Qualitative research was conducted with a sample of thirty-four students with an average age of 8 years, of which sixteen are male and eighteen are female. Five pedagogical plans were designed based on the “playful game” as a tool to enhance motivation (intrinsic and extrinsic) in the learning process of students. The results show that good living is related to a. “intrinsic motivation” from personal interests and interest in the activity; and b. “extrinsic motivation” from external conditions and incentives. It is concluded that motivation can influence the integral wellbeing of the student in the educational context, since it includes aspects of personal and social development, such as the promotion of social justice, the valuation of culture and identity, and the promotion of collective wellbeing, which are characteristic elements of good living from an integral vision of wellbeing.
Lifestyle in the school context: a perspective from spirituality
The objective of this work is to analyze the spiritual lifestyle of children and adolescents (7 to 17 years old) belonging to the Association of Jesuit Schools of Colombia (ACODESI). Quantitative, descriptive, and cross-sectional research was conducted with a sample of 839 students aged 14.5 ± 2.5 years. A self-administered questionnaire was designed based on the categories of spiritual lifestyle: interiority, community, service, and celebration. The results show a negative index for: “Interiority,” where 50.8% (n=426) do not engage in activities to become aware of the things that affect the interior life; “Service”, 50.4% (n=423) do not participate in collaborative spaces to help those most in need. “Celebration” 71.9% (n=603) do not use signs and symbols to express the inner life as an existence of life. On the other hand, there is a positive index for “Community” where 73.1% (n=613) have a support network when they are going through some difficulty. It is necessary to strengthen the strategies of student accompaniment from the creation of pedagogical strategies from the attention, prevention, and self-reflection of students towards the development of school well-being and the promotion of spiritual lifestyles.
Identification of dimensions of well-being and quality of life through natural language processing modeling of people's discourse
This article addresses the complexity of measuring quality of life and well-being, recognizing the limitations of traditional approaches that often fail to capture the subjective and contextual dimensions that truly matter to people. Through a correlated topic modeling methodology, key dimensions of quality of life were identified based on textual responses from surveys conducted in Medellín, Colombia. The results reveal higher frequencies for terms such as "health," "poor in spirit," and "living well." Moreover, the topic modeling suggests that quality of life is related to both objective and subjective aspects of well-being. Dimensions of material vulnerability, basic needs, spiritual well-being, personal growth, and holistic health emerge from the analysis. The discussion focuses on the implications of these findings for more inclusive and effective public policy formulation and suggests pathways for future research that integrate both qualitative and quantitative approaches in the evaluation of well-being and quality of life.
Psychological lifestyle in students: school as a development context
This study aimed to evaluate the psychological lifestyle of students (from 7 to 17 years old) of the Association of Jesuit Schools of Colombia (ACODESI). Quantitative, descriptive cross-sectional research was conducted. 839 students enrolled in 2024 participated. A self-administered questionnaire with 16 Likert scale items, with a Cronbach's alpha ≥ 0.85 (α), was designed and applied through Google Forms. Psychological lifestyle variables were investigated: stress control, time perception, social relationships, and mental health. For the analysis and interpretation of the data, the IBM SPSS Statistics program, version 27, was used. Positive indicators in stress control were identified in terms of emotional regulation and discrimination of contexts in stressful situations, and negative indicators in activities and tasks. for emotional management. In the perception of time, positive indicators are presented in the expectation of situations, and in the organization of time to conduct tasks, and negative indicators in the perception of the future. In the social relations and mental health categories, positive indicators stand out in all items, which is an input for future research.
Estilos de vida, calidad de vida y Buen Vivir: una visión desde las humanidades
El vínculo entre los estilos de vida, la calidad de vida y el Buen Vivir ha sido abordado por diversas disciplinas, pero es en el ámbito de las humanidades donde se puede llevar a cabo una aproximación integral a la dimensión subjetiva y cultural de dichos conceptos. En este sentido, los cambios que está experimentando la humanidad en relación con el uso de las tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones, el cambio climático, la pobreza y la desigualdad, así como la violencia, se convierten en un escenario para que las humanidades empiecen a integrar enfoques que trasciendan las métricas cuantitativas tradicionales y exploren el significado profundo de lo que constituye una vida buena y significativa para el ser humano.
How to make text speak? Writing practices in women rural normal schools (1941-1945)
Based on 30 notebooks belonging to Soledad Díaz’s own personal archives, written from 1941 to 1946 in the normal school where she studied in Une, Cundinamarca (Colombia), this paper aims to answer the question of how to demonstrate writing practices at female rural normal schools. Two concepts will be used, one from literacy anthropology studies (literacy events) and another from reading sociology (reading scenarios). After an adaption of the concepts to writing practices, scenarios and writing events will reveal that these practices in rural women’s normal schools revolve around their professional training from a writing of care. Thus, the uses and function of writing are associated with the administration, order and direction, in this case, of their daily life as a head of the house, guide of the peasant and caretaker of the sick due to the orientation of educational policies towards the idea of the recognition of the population as functional individuals within a social nation.
Chipaque: An analysis of access conditions to the educational spaces from a literacy view
The main interest of the research from which this paper results are non-academic practices of reading and writing. The starting point is that these practices can only be understood in the material and symbolic contexts in which they take place and this paper is, precisely, a deepening on people’s conditions to access educational spaces in Chipaque where some reading and writing practices occur. This paper proposes a narrative structure that shows, in light of the researcher’s experience in the field, the configuration of an investigation problem pertinent in the specificity of the context. This narrative tries to highlight the random nature of all social investigation, as well as emphasizing the material conditions of the municipality and its educational spaces. The investigation methodology articulates participant observation in the educational spaces, semi-structured interviews to people in charge of these spaces and the review of institutional documents that shed light upon the role of the educational spaces in the municipality. We will see that the access conditions to the educational spaces, and the reading and writing practices that take place there are determined by the social dynamics of the municipality and the relation between the ministries in charge of such spaces.
Language attitudes and language ideologies in Spanish teachers: Between correctness and diversity value
This article exposes some of the elements conforming teachers' language attitudes in the Spanish language classrooms in Bogota. Taking the notion of linguistic ideologies, the tension between linguistic correction (based on the idea of the standard language) and the educational guidelines oriented to the recognition of linguistic diversity in the school setting is analyzed. Finally, the paper goes back to the contributions of sociolinguistics research to overcome the conflict and propose the strengthening of sociolinguistic awareness as educational strategy for teachers and students to promote the linguistic diversity value in language classroom.
Universalistic and relativistic perspectives of literacy in two cases in Colombia: An anthropological view
Based on a description of a selection of ethnographical cases, this article states that there are two perspectives for understanding literacy as a social practice: Universalistic and relativistic. Universalistic perspective assumes that literacy has by itself cognitive and cultural effects, and that it is possible to generalize its forms, taking as a starting point the Western tradition. In contrast, relativistic perspective assumes that literacy acquires its meaning in connection with local contexts, and its forms depend on particular events. In this paper, both perspectives are used for interpreting two cases observed in Colombia: First, an adult literacy program in El Codito (a peripheral neighborhood in Bogota) in which the curriculum was adapted to the relativistic perspective; second, a reading club for young people in Guatavita (a village close to the same city) based on dialogical and critical pedagogies. At the end, it is argued that universalistic and relativistic perspectives coexist in both of the observed cases.
Teacher identity and comprehensive formation in higher education
The objective of this study was to make a reflection on the position of teachers in higher education in relation to the comprehensive formation. Through a document review on the professional identity of teachers and the comprehensive formation, we found that is possible from the perspective of the studies related to the characterization of the professional identity of the teacher and components beliefs, feelings and roles, to make an approach to the place of the facets to the comprehensive formation that we propose: axiological and ethics training, professional discipline, the aptitude and emotional education, resulting novel the latter dimension. In synthesis, this perspective presents a panorama for understanding preferences in teaching and teachers’ representations that facilitate or hinder the development of processes related to the comprehensive formation.
In this text we have proposed to approach a suitable definition of literature. First we seek a general definition/conception, starting from the word and its different concepts throughout history; then, we pause to review the convergence between the terms individual, language, and literature; this way, we focus on the exhibition and representation of the individual, the broad human being, both in his self and in his world view, which is in the literary space. Finally, we propose that in this conversation that reading is, the reader can discover his inner self, expand his vision to build what is essentially his self, and also to understand what he sees in nature. But furthermore, through literary reading, it is possible to improve his condition to listen, understand and comprehend others.
Citizen culture for the peaceful resolution of conflicts: Knowledges and practices that reinforce it
This article shows us the systematization from the initiative of the Cátedra de Paz implemented in Institución Educativa Técnica Agropecuaria de Desarrollo Rural (IETAD) which appears in a context facing issues as a result of the emeralds war and the drug trafficking in west Boyacá. The objectives aimed to establish which were the knowledge and the pedagogic practices that let us reinforce the citizen culture to improve the peaceful resolution of conflict. A qualitative focus was developed methodologically by means of a systematic design of experiences, acknowledging teachers, parents and students and their practices throughout semi-structured interviews and the social pedagogic cartography. As a result, three lines were approached. A) Civil culture contexts divided because of the culture of illegality, the justice taken into people’s own hands and the rising of families into dysfunctional environments. B) The knowledge: Transcendence and recognition of the law, the values, the due process and the social views. C). Practices: There is a contrast among the good examples vs dysfunctional environments, the sanctions, pedagogic strategies. As conclusions, contrary to violence, moral judgment and the resignification of peasant culture stand out. The emotions evidenced difficulties and also ways to promote the struggle for the revindication and guaranties of rights, the relevancy of the care and their projection. The view from the context and their practice to generate a reflection and the possibility to orient actions to contribute to dignity and the construction of social tissue, especially in the post-conflict transition.
Read the Best Sellers collection by La Oveja Negra: A methodological approach
The following article presents a methodological proposal which allows to approach the study of the Best Sellers collection of the Colombian publishing house La Oveja Negra. This clarifies some categories and concepts that place the historical study of reading in a triangle that combines the text, the material form and the meanings that readers generate. The corpus of the study comprises 100 titles arranged in a series, of which, for all practical purposes, 8 were selected to delimit and propose a group of instruments that allow for progress in this research. This article is divided into various parts, in which an attempt is made to simultaneously reconstruct the context of appearance of the collection and the theoretical implications that the phenomenon demands.
What is the use of reading and writing? Transversalizing reading and writing in school to bet on imagination and creation
This article intends to deepen the perception of reading and writing and its teaching by the students, parents and the teacher of the campus Manuela Beltrán of the Pío XII School, in the municipality of Guatavita, in relation to its social context. Although this pedagogical process is perceived differently among parents, students and teacher, each of them attributes to the ability to create and imagine a fundamental role in children’s learning. Knowing how to read and write makes sense because it helps them use imagination, and is likewise useful in their life project. It is a case study that resulted mainly from two focus groups (with students and parents) and an interview with the teacher, who spoke from their role within the school and from the experiences lived during the time there. In addition, attendance during the week of socialization of the end-of-year works of November 2016 was taken into account. This school is recognized in the region for the use of educational practices different from those found in other schools and colleges of the municipality and for this reason is an important benchmark in education among the inhabitants of the town. The last two grades are in charge of Professor Nelly Fetiva, who has mainstreamed reading and writing for teaching all areas of knowledge that the teacher has as support to obtain elements to strengthen their pedagogical strategies that have facilitated her teaching. In this way, the article seeks to analyze and understand the perceptions identified in the case study in the light of national and international policies related to reading and writing, finding relationships between global perspectives and local perceptions of the municipality of Guatavita.
Nunca es impertinente recordar a nuestros queridos lectores y autores que, si se expande la comprensión de la realidad social, considerar el esfuerzo de realizar una publicación de esta categoría académica en el marco paradigmático no solo de una crisis de las humanidades, sino de la humanidad, constituye una manifestación clara de cooperación. Asimismo, se configura una práctica humanista que se identifica como cuerpo antitético sobre el que se consagra no solo la Universidad Santo Tomás en toda Colombia, sino, además, todos los profesionales que se adscriben a la rama de la filosofía, las ciencias sociales y jurídicas que buscan con sus trabajos exponer el análisis de los fenómenos que acontecen. Hoy, el mundo continúa el tránsito hacia nuevos marcos comprensivos de su realidad hegemónica y antihegemónica. Ya no es un secreto para ningún lector aplicado de los hechos mundiales que el Viejo Mundo, estable geopolíticamente, invariable paradigmáticamente y bajo la hegemonía de unos cuantos países, está deteriorado bajo el impulso de nuevas fuerzas orgánicas, políticas, intelectuales y morales, lo que lo ha dejado envuelto en múltiples guerras híbridas, terrorismo, genocidios, que no cesan ni siquiera en el año 2023, y cuyas consecuencias están marcando la visión, el sentido de lo común, y la capacidad de reacción crítica frente al volumen de hechos, preocupantes (si se quiere), para investigadores insertos en el amplio campo de las humanidades. El presente número de nuestra revista Análisis ha continuado abierto temáticamente, porque los intereses de producción académica, diversos en plenitud como diversa es la humanidad, ofrecen a nuestros lectores la posibilidad de comprender que las humanidades se manifiestan en forma dinámica y variopinta a través del tiempo y la historiografía de los distintos fenómenos.
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The school context as a scenario for the promotion of a physical lifestyle in childhood and adolescence
The aim of this study was to evaluate the physical lifestyle of students belonging to ACODESI, with a cross-sectional descriptive quantitative approach, with a sample of 839 students, aged 14.5 ± 2.5 years, 55.1% (n=462) female and 44.9% (n=377) male. A self-administered questionnaire was applied, inquiring about physical lifestyle from the following categories: Body Practices (BP), Preventive Behaviors (PC), Nutrition (NU) and Sleep Quality (SC). The results show positive indicators for CP where 66.7% (n=560) of the students prefer to use stairs instead of the elevator. On the other hand, the results present a negative index for CP in which 82.6% (n=693) make use of mobile devices while walking from one place to another. Also, in NU 78.2% (n=656) prefer to consume food while watching television; in addition, 95.1% (n=798) consume chocolate and gummies daily. Similarly, for CS, 55.2% (n=463) do not sleep when they are anxious or worried. The results of the study make possible an early identification of alterations in healthy lifestyles that will allow ACODESI to implement specific intervention measures to contribute to the development of school wellbeing.
This article seeks to provide a reflective approach to understand the spiritual personality, based on experimental psychology. It delves into the development of experimental psychology and its socio-historical contexts. Through experiments, interactions with multiple variables are established according to specific contexts and circumstances, as seen in the cases of Asch, Milgran and Zimbardo. These cases are analyzed considering the guiding principles of the Nuremberg Code, the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights, and the 2008 Universal Declaration of Ethical Principles for Psychologists. Therefore, experimentation lays the foundations for experimental psychology, which has evolved, allowing new approaches and interpretations within the field of psychology. Building on these arguments, the concept of personality is embraced with reference to the foundations of psychology as a scientific discipline seeking to understand the value of personality from the ontological and spiritual perspective of the human being.
This article reflects on cultural creations as contributions to peacebuilding. It starts with the assumption that transitional processes require cultural transformations; that is, reconfigurations in the ways of thinking and acting about difference, conflict, and justice, supported by various types of cultural expressions that have historically been crucial for shaping values and social representations in the collective imagination. The text begins with a conceptualization of cultural creations and their contribution to peacebuilding, focusing on how pains are processed and collective traumas are symbolically represented. Subsequently, the article explores ways in which these contributions have occurred, highlighting dimensions expressed in these creations and how they can be interpreted in relation to peacebuilding. It concludes with some reflections on the social effects of art from an ontological perspective of hermeneutics and from the link between art and ritual.
The rural area of Ciudad Bolivar is a territory that has developed on the outskirts of the city. Far from sharing the same cultural values as the city of Bogotá, its social dynamics are more closely related to peasant traditions and customs. Initially, this article explores the different connections established between two territories founded in the same space but, at the same time, responding to different ways of constructing their own identity and culture. In a second phase, a methodology is proposed to explore the conditions of oblivion and how these have given rise to different forms of memory representation. In conclusion, a proposal is presented whereby the various forms of memory found in this territory generate an instrument of representation derived from the different specificities that shape this community. In this case, the article describes a path which attempts to restore the value to a form of memory that has endured the various onslaughts of oblivion.
The purpose of this study is to analyze how perceptions and beliefs about health and environment influence purchasing and consumption decisions. The labeling of organic products and purchasing and consumption decisions were examined through a systematic literature review, analyzing documents on the perception of organic food, decision-making and marketing of organic products as healthy options and their impact on consumers. Various methods, such as reviews, case studies, surveys, controlled experiments, and statistical methods, were used to analyze consumer perceptions and the labeling of food products found in the literature. One of the main findings is that labels such as “organic” and “healthy” strongly influence purchasing and consumption decisions. The halo effect influences food purchasing choices, emphasizing how clear and precise labeling helps make informed decisions about food and prevents issues such as obesity, promoting environmentally sustainable production. It is suggested that the promotion of organic products as healthy and the halo effect impact consumption decisions in a disease prevention context. Food producers and retailers, acting ethically and transparently, benefit from marketing the perceived healthiness of their products.
Educational Strategies for the Prevention of Femicide
This theoretical review article describes the educational strategies for the prevention of femicide in indexed publications published between 1991 and 2022 on the prevention of femicide, prevention of intimate femicide, and prevention of intimate partner violence. The identified strategies are transdisciplinary, extending beyond the field of pedagogy and educational studies, and are grouped into three types: 1) educational strategies for femicide prevention in early childhood, primary, secondary and university education; 2) educational strategies for femicide prevention based on art and feminist activism; and 3) government-led educational strategies for femicide prevention developed within the framework of research. It was found that the disciplinary and professional fields of pedagogy are equated in the publications, and that educational strategies for the prevention of femicide result from the work of inter- and transdisciplinary teams from governmental, educational and civil organizations with expertise in femicide and its prevention, gender and intersectionality. It is also emphasized that educational strategies for the prevention of femicide should be formulated under a socio-ecological model.
Contributions from Social Theory to Understand the Search for Spiritual Alternatives in a Secular Era
This article reflects on the motivations of three individuals who, in adulthood, have chosen to adhere to Zen Buddhism, Vaishnavism and Islam; namely, religious groups that are very much in the minority in their home country, Colombia. The methodology used was qualitative, involving an analysis of life stories and semi-structured interviews. The results show that the individuals express dissatisfaction with their lives, as well as a series of criticisms regarding the socio-cultural environment in which they live. Minority religions represent for them an alternative way of living and thinking that they consider more appropriate and satisfying. It is concluded that the individuals are in search of transcendent meaning, not due to a “deficit” or “void”, as it is often thought, but rather a state of disorientation generated by processes characteristic of late modernity, such as religious deinstitutionalization, individualization and pluralism.
The objective of this research was to establish the relationship between self-concept, academic performance and gender among undergraduate students at a public university in the city of Pasto, Colombia. It was approached from an integrative perspective, with dominant status and sequential order: quantitative→ qualitative. A total of 684 students from first to tenth semester of 11 faculties participated. The AF5 Self-Concept test, semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions were used. The most significant findings show a correlation between academic self-concept and performance. Likewise, a correlation was found between emotional self-concept and performance in women. In the qualitative phase, categories such as stereotypes, prejudices, and discrimination associated mainly with women and sexual diversities emerged, along with protective factors and coping styles in mental health. It is concluded that prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination shape self-concept, but protective factors and coping styles allow overcoming these challenges and achieving academic success.
Objective: this reflection outlines the categories of civic or democratic education with children and research methodologies based on articles published in high-impact scientific journals. Methodology: the exercise is based on a bibliographic review with a hermeneutic approach, using ATLAS.ti 22 for categorical analysis. Results and discussion: in the pursuit of school democratization, political, pedagogical and administrative challenges must be overcome. The pedagogical reflection analyzes formative conceptions, the role of the school, and the development of educational competencies for democracy. Conclusions: school democratization by law or decree does not guarantee or clarify community members’ participation. The democracy project is an ethical and moral commitment of education. Methodologies involving instruments and statistical and qualitative analysis are the best options to publish in high-impact education journals.
Memory Practices in Women Victims of the Armed Conflict in Boyacá-Colombia
This article presents narratives and experiences of women who have been victims of the armed conflict in the department of Boyacá, Colombia. These women have organized themselves around memory practices that dignify the pain and process violent events in search of public recognition and reparative actions from the State and society. The document illustrates how these women generate a grassroot memory that brings visibility and vindicates them as managers of their own version of the victimizing events, countering official versions of the conflict that dismiss the consequences of war. The methodology used is qualitative. It involved the development and analysis of five interviews with women members of the Zoscua Corporation, a group that works for “memory and life”, to identify memory practices. Through this process, the attributes of these grassroot memory practices were identified, namely: resistance, intergenerational nature, response to the duty of memory, political action, and memory created through talking and with the hands. These elements are manifested in public actions that shed light on an overlooked conflict. As a result, the study indicates that these people utilize their personal and collective experiences to resist denial and imposed forgetting, building networks of solidarity and support among victims and their communities. It reflects how “grassroot memory” is a valuable tool in the struggle for justice and reparation.