Memory and New Ways of Knowing: Narratives of the Armed Conflict in Colombia - Paperback

by Blanca Yaneth Gonz?lez Pinz?n (Editor), Theresa Lillis (Editor)

This book is an interdisciplinary project centering on the testimonios of survivors in order to understand experiences of violence arising from the armed conflict in Colombia. The concepts of Testimony, Narrative and Memory are mobilized across the chapters to explore how survivors reconstruct experiences and imagine new ways of knowing and being.

Author Biography

Blanca Yaneth Gonz?lez Pinz?n is an independent researcher, committed to transforming pedagogy and curricula. She is a founding member of the Reading and Writing Network in Higher Education of Colombia and External Pedagogical Advisor to the Colombian Association of Universities.

Theresa Lillis is Professor Emeritus of English Language and Applied Linguistics at The Open University, UK. She has published widely on academic, grassroots and professional writing and the politics of participation in knowledge-making.