Social Representation of the Colombian Armed Conflict on children of a School affiliated with the National Police

This article is the product of a qualitative researched design that used drawing as technique, describes the content and analyzes the structure and organization of the social representation of the Colombian armed conflict in children between 7 and 10 year, which studying in a school belonging to the...

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Autor Principal: Parra Villa, Yamilena; Universidad del Magdalena
Formato: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: spa
Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana 2010
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Acceso en línea: http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/revPsycho/article/view/731
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Sumario: This article is the product of a qualitative researched design that used drawing as technique, describes the content and analyzes the structure and organization of the social representation of the Colombian armed conflict in children between 7 and 10 year, which studying in a school belonging to the National Police. The results show that this social fact is organized in the minds of children about the scenes of confrontation and attack, which are happens principally on rural context. Emerge strong allusions to actors, civilian populations are recognized as a direct victim, Police as the good part and the guerrilla as the bad guys; Police and Guerrillas are represented mainly by the male figure. Recurring images of weapons and death raises the perception of conflict as bad, while that originate in children feelings of discomfort and sadness