Ondeando la bandera verde para la paz. Los espacios públicos como sitios de construcción de paz en ciudades colombianas
| Autor | Sylvie Nail - Lorena Erazo |
| Cargo | Doctor in British Studies. Professor in the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Cultures, University of Nantes (France) - Holder of a Master's Degree in Development Management, Universidad Externado de Colombia |
| Páginas | 83-102 |
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Abstract
“Space” traditionally relates to physical
location, and “place” to a sociocultural percep-
tion of space, while “territory” usually refers to
the governance context of space, with policy
implications. However, these terms have in-
creasingly become intertwined when it comes
to the relationships between socio-cultural
values, social cohesion and governance. Public
spaces, especially urban green spaces, are out-
standing contributors to social cohesion in any
society. Nonetheless, their potential in post-
conict societies has been largely overlooked
so far. rough a literature review and through
the observation of the use of green spaces in
dierent societies in their post-conict peri-
ods, this article aims to assess the potential for
these components of the urban territory to
foster peace and sustainability. is requires
appropriate policies, with special relevance to
the new socio-political context in Colombia
following the implementation of the Peace
agreements.
Key words: Colombia, post-conflict,
public urban green spaces, social cohesion.
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S N*
L E**
* Doctor in British Studies. Professor in the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Cultures, University of Nantes (France).
Visiting Professor at Universidad Externado de Colombia, Faculty of Finance, Government and International
Relations. (Colombia). [sylvie.nail@uexternado.edu.co].
** Holder of a Master’s Degree in Development Management, Universidad Externado de Colombia. Researcher of
the Faculty of Education and Humanities, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada (Colombia). [lorena.erazopatino@
gmail.com].
Recibido: 10 de agosto de 2017 / Modicado: 22 de enero de 2018 / Aceptado: 26 de febrero de 2018.
Para citar este artículo
Nail, S. y Erazo, L. (2018). Waving the green ag for peace. Public spaces as peacebuilding places in Colombian
cities. , 22, pp. 83-102.
: https://doi.org/10.18601/16578651.n22.05
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OPERA, No 22 • Enero-Junio 2018 • pp. 83-102
Sylvie Nail, Lorena Erazo
ONDEANDO LA BANDERA VERDE PARA
LA PAZ. LOS ESPACIOS PÚBLICOS COMO
SITIOS DE CONSTRUCCIÓN DE PAZ EN
CIUDADES COLOMBIANAS
Resumen
Tradicionalmente, el término “espacio”
se relaciona con la localización física, “lugar”
con una percepción sociocultural del espacio,
mientras que “territorio” normalmente hace
referencia al contexto espacial en el cual se
ejerce la gobernanza, y tiene implicaciones
para las políticas públicas. No obstante, los
tres términos han venido entrelazándose para
tener en cuenta la relación entre los valores so-
cioculturales, la cohesión social y los procesos
de gobernanza. Los espacios públicos, especial-
mente los espacios verdes urbanos, contribu-
yen de manera destacada a la cohesión social en
cualquier sociedad. Sin embargo, su potencial
en sociedades en posconicto ha sido en gran
medida pasado por alto. Mediante una revisión
de la literatura y una observación del uso de los
espacios verdes en varios casos de sociedades
en posconicto, este artículo busca revisar el
potencial para que estas partes del territorio
urbano fomenten la paz y la sostenibilidad,
bajo políticas públicas adaptadas, con un énfa-
sis espacial en el nuevo contexto sociopolítico
colombiano, después de los acuerdos de paz
rmados en noviembre de 2016.
Palabras clave: Colombia, posconicto,
espacios verdes públicos, cohesión social.
INTRODUCTION
While “space” traditionally relates to
physical location, and “place” to a sociocultural
perception of space, “territory” usually refers
to the governance context of space, “limited
generally by formal (or legally constituted)
boundaries” (Jenkins, 2005), with implica-
tions in terms of planning policies. e nation
state has been the traditional framework for
the denition and boundaries of a territory,
although the term also refers to regional and
local scales.
However, the three terms have increas-
ingly become intertwined in order to connect
sociocultural values and governance processes:
...an important characteristic of territory [...] is that it
is constituted provided that there is a system of values
shared by those occupying that portion of space. It is
this system of values that determines cultural lters, and
the way entities and ow must be organized to mark
this portion of space in a particular way (Duarte, 2017).
us, not only does territory have space
as its substratum, but it is also a social con-
struction subject to sociocultural values and
lters. More importantly, the author adds that
“it needs to be clear that the portion of space
called territory does not necessarily cover a
contiguous geographical area”.
Montañez (2016) concludes from his
study of the territorial issues in the Colom-
bian post-conict period that, before build-
ing peace within the territories, it is crucial to
build territories that allow people to live with
dignity, which is the best guarantee for sustain-
able peace. In line with this remark, it seems
relevant and timely to be able to contribute to
the reection of the concrete implications of the
territorial focus of public policies, to zoom in
on the local scale, select a particular form of
urban territory associated with community
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