Memory and New Ways of Knowing

<p>This book is a collaborative project which centres on the testimonios of more than 100 survivors of the harsh realities of the 80-year Colombian armed conflict drawing on multiple disciplinary areas and practices: linguistics philology and linguistics education journalism academia art and film literature human rights sociology urban geography cosmogony and grassroots activism. Using extracts from testimonios in multiple forms - oral written film textiles - and mobilising the concepts of Testimony Narrative and Memory the book explores how survivors of all ages configure and reconfigure their experiences worldviews and identities striving towards the building of new knowledges which will help ensure the non-repetition of violence. The book will be of interest to all who are committed to understanding conflict and post-conflict societies in the search for peace.</p> <p><br /> This book is open access under a CC BY ND licence.</p>