Building Citizenship from Communication. A Look from Two Young Collectives in Bogota

Abstract

This article displays the results of the research project Construcción de cultura política propias y ciudadanía en las prácticas comunicativas de dos colectivos de jóvenes de la localidad 18 Rafael Uribe (Construction of own cultural policies and in the communicative practices of two young collectives from the Rafael Uribe 18th locality) to contribute to the current debate on the relationship between communication and education. Theresearch is aided by a political and cultural approach of communication thatstudies the social practices and production of sense by articulating two concepts: citizenship and communication. Methodologically, this study was based in reflexive ethnography that allowed the description of the social and cultural context and the analysis of communication practices of the two collectives in tension with the school formation in matters of citizenship and peace. The main finding is that two collectives have different bets for the production of sense. In one hand, Colectivo Sin Fronteras (Without Borders Collective) interpellates with its practices the classroom formative processes, interrogating the masculinity paradigms through the resignification of the body which allows them to be open to other ways of living citizenship. In the other hand, Colectivo Somos (We are Collective) centres its practice of peace culture through the production of radio programs that associate contents with a citizenship that defends women´s and LGBTQ rights, policy rupture with prejudices and awareness on the day to day treatment in the school scenario.