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Investigadora social en el grupo de Acción Colectiva y Cambio Social, ACASO, en la Universidad de Valle, Colombia.Este artículo fue posible gracias a una beca de investigación de la Comisión Fulbright y del auspicio de la Universidad del Resumen: En Colombia se han dado en los últimos años una variedad de repertorios simbólicos de memorias del trauma que ha vivido el país como resultado del conflicto armado. Estos repertorios se manifiestan en diversas expresiones culturales y estéticas con el fin de interpelar y transformar las experiencias sufridas por las víctimas de la violencia. Son prácticas de reparación y resistencia como antídoto contra la impunidad y el olvido. En este ensayo se propone que los repertorios simbólicos son las nuevas formas del testimonio del siglo veintiuno. Dichos repertorios se apropian de los métodos y estrategias del testimonio para expresar una urgencia y una solidaridad hacia un objetivo común, la del clamor por la paz y la reconciliación con la justicia social.Palabras claves: Colombia, repertorios simbólicos, performance, testimonio.Resumen: Colombia has seen in recent years the surge of a variety of symbolic repertoires from traumatic memory experienced by the country as a result of the armed conflict. These repertoires compose diverse aesthetic and cultural expressions that challenge and transform the experiences suffered by the victims of violence. These are practices of reparation and resistance as an antidote against impunity and oblivion. This essay proposes that the symbolic repertories are the new forms of testimony of the twenty-first century. The symbolic repertoires appropriate the methods and strategies of the testimony genre to express an urgent need and solidarity toward a common goal, the clamor for peace and reconciliation with social justice.

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Twelve years after signing the peace agreement, former members of Colombia's revolutionary M‐19 share a sense of frustration and uncertainty. Although this sentiment applies to all, women had more difficulty reincorporating themselves into society. After dedicating their lives to an unresolved cause, civil re‐insertion has been difficult, and most are left with feelings of hopelessness. This article explores testimonies from four former women members of the M‐19. This project is the result of their own expressed concerns about their current social position and the impact they had in the social transformation of Colombia. Despite contradictions that arise from the process of reflection, these women hold a prism of shared facets. While the guerrilla signified a common denominator for most, disarmament carried distinct tonalities—from trauma to personal fulfillment.