Social Representations of Sociopolitical Violence in a Group of Young Victims of the Armed Conflict in the Region of the Catatumbo, Through the Reconstruction of its Narratives

Abstract

This research project aims to identify the Social Representations of sociopolitical violence in a group of young victims of the armed conflict in the Catatumbo region through the reconstruction of their narratives The research methodology is qualitative and was based on the phenomenological approach The life narratives were collected during the development of a semi-structured interview a research technique implemented The different hegemonic controversial and possible emancipatory social representations that the group of young participants has built were identified Atlas software was used for data analysis and coding You so The results allowed us to establish 4 four categories of analysis and 1 Social representation of Sociopolitical Violence 2 Life perspective of young people 3 Media 4 Lived experiences It is concluded that the social representations around the armed conflict in Catatumbo is a social phenomenon caused by economic political and social circumstances which has caused economic social and emotional damage to thousands of homes and young people from the region