Collective Trauma
Since 2017 we have been investigating collective trauma in Colombia, through experiential, ancestral and contemporary methods, including Theory U, family constellations, and the International Laboratories of thePocket Projectthat explored the relationship between colonialism and trans-generational and collective trauma in Colombia, Mexico and Latin America.
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Over time, this inquiry has taken as its central base the collective movement of the bio-region that welcomes us: Barichara, Guane territory.
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Our heart fire, at the Corasoma farm, has been the connection center to deepen this inquiry using collective methods and practices to reconnect with ourselves, with others and with Mother Earth.
"The new land appeared suddenly
in the midst of pain
of the harassment of hunger
of the dispossession.
Of bursts of fire between the songs
amid corpses
of friends and foes
We glimpse your image
after tortuous paths
It was necessary to jump the wire fences of speeches armed by hate
uproot fears
and disarm the traps
the designs and boundaries drawn
for the old words
It was necessary to erase the labels
of old and foolish codes
and transgress the limits
to get to her
It was necessary to let go in the void
and illuminate the shadow"
Cecilia Balcazar
Poetess.
Participant Labs Collective Trauma in Colombia 2020 and 2021
