Online Courses 2019-2020
Why take this course?
Building territorial peace implies anticipating knowledge requirements in the short and medium term. The possibility of understanding how different forms of knowledge interact to solve problems derived from the armed conflict opens a significant horizon for taking advantage of science, technology and innovation (STI) as a factor in local development. This course reflects on the nature of this interaction, and identifies mechanisms that explain it and tools that enhance it. It is a space for academic exchange, intended for agents of change who wish to strengthen capacities to take advantage of various sources of knowledge involved in peacebuilding.
What is our goal?
To provide conceptual, analytical and methodological tools to understand phenomena such as the co-creation and use of knowledge in multi-stakeholder and multi-sectoral peacebuilding contexts.
Who do we target?
The course targets mainly undergraduate and postgraduate students studying science, technology and society (STS), decision makers, international development workers and, in general, managers of peacebuilding projects interested in understanding how knowledge strengthens local change agents, and how STS supports the achievement of sustainable peace.
Duration
22 hours
Start date
24/02/2021
End date
26/04/2021
Type of certification
Digital certificate of attendance
Universidad Externado de Colombia
Academic coordinator(s)
Alejandro Balanzó Guzmán, PhD
Universidad Externado de Colombia
alejandro.balanzo@uexternado.edu.co
Juan Pablo Centeno, MA
Universidad Externado de Colombia
juan.centeno@uexternado.edu.co
Further information
Juan Pablo Centeno, MA
Universidad Externado de Colombia
juan.centeno@uexternado.edu.co
Other universities/institutions
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Universidad del Valle
Equipo Colombiano Interdisciplinario de Trabajo Forense y Asistencia Psicosocial –EQUITAS
The German Colombian Peace Institute – CAPAZ
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FORMER COMBATANTS AND TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE: EXPLORING THE COMPREHENSIVENESS OF THE SYSTEM
FORMER COMBATANTS AND TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE: EXPLORING THE COMPREHENSIVENESS OF THE SYSTEM
Why take this course?
This educational and academic space is designed exclusively for former FARC combatants who wish or are obliged to participate in the Comprehensive System of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Non-Repetition. If you are a former combatant who needs to better understand the spaces of participation that the System has designed for people in the process of reincorporation, this course is for you. Three courses will be run during 2020 and up to the middle of 2021, aiming to provide the majority of former combatants with access to this information.
What is our goal?
The purpose of the course is to explore the relevance of former combatants’ participation in the System both for their social and political reintegration process and for the fulfilment of victims’ rights.
Who do we target?
This educational and academic space is designed exclusively for former FARC combatants who wish or are obliged to participate in the Comprehensive System of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Non-Repetition. The course is linked to the module of the “Dissemination of Coexistence Experiences” initiative implemented by the Truth Commission’s Central Andean macro-region
Duration
18 hours
Start date
Course 1: 8/11/2020
Course 2: 04/2021
Course 3: 08/2021
End date
Course 1: 14/02/2021
Course 2: 06/2021
Course 3: 10/2021
Type of certification
Short course certificate
Universidad del Rosario
Academic coordinator(s)
Laly Catalina Peralta
Universidad del Rosario
School of Law
Further information
Juan Sebastián Gómez
e-mail: juansebast.gomez@urosario.edu.co
Other universities/institutions
New York University (NYU)
Institute for Latin American Studies (LAI)
Truth Commission
Universidad del Rosario
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SUB-NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE ARMED CONFLICT IN COLOMBIA: CHANGES IN THE DYNAMICS OF ARMED VIOLENCE IN THE POST-FARC-EP CONTEXT
SUB-NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE ARMED CONFLICT IN COLOMBIA: CHANGES IN THE DYNAMICS OF ARMED VIOLENCE IN THE POST-FARC-EP CONTEXT
Why take this course?
This course offers a novel perspective on how the armed conflict in Colombia fragmented to give rise to multiple autonomous armed confrontations. In this respect, we will analyse power relations and struggles around the territory, but always through a sub-national perspective, thus validating the hypothesis that the continued existence of territorial armed conflicts is an impediment to peacebuilding in Colombia.
What is our goal?
To understand the context of armed violence in Colombia after the demobilisation of the FARC-EP from a sub-national perspective.
Who do we target?
This course is intended for social science professionals or university students in their final two academic semesters who are interested in peacebuilding and the regional dynamics of armed violence, as well as public officials in positions related to security, development, and peacebuilding issues.
Duration
18 hours
Start date
17/02/2021
End date
30/03/2021
Type of certification
Extension Course Certificate
Universidad del Norte
Academic coordinator(s)
Luis Fernando Trejos Rosero
Universidad del Norte
Department of Political Science and International Relations
Further information
Luis Fernando Trejos Rosero
e-mail: trejosl@uninorte.edu.co
Other universities/institutions
CINEP
University of Toronto
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TERRITORIAL CHALLENGES FOR PEACEBUILDING IN COLOMBIA - NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES -
TERRITORIAL CHALLENGES FOR PEACEBUILDING IN COLOMBIA - NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES -
Why take this course?
The course offers an academic setting with a socio-legal, pedagogical-legal, transdisciplinary and comparative international perspective, which analyses the main problems faced by territories in building a harmonious coexistence between people and communities immersed in different structural conflicts.
What is our goal?
The course is a space for academic reflection on the socio-legal, environmental, and territorial difficulties that hinder peacebuilding in Colombia, South America, and the world. It promotes interdisciplinary knowledge that helps to clarify the possible alternatives available for developing environments that favour people’s lives overall.
Who do we target?
The course is intended for specialisation, master’s, and doctorate students whose area of work and research interest concerns peacebuilding from and for the territories. It also offers a space for students in their final semesters whose research is related to the themes covered on the course.
Duration
22 hours
Start date
16/02/2021
End date
27/04/2021
Type of certification
Certificate of attendance
Academic coordinator(s)
Mariela Inés Sánchez Cardona
Universidad del Norte
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Further information
Juan Daniel Forero Mora
e-mail: retosterritorialescapaz@gmail.com
Cel: 3057124313
Other universities/institutions
University of Göttingen
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Universidad del Norte
Universidad Central del Valle del Cauca
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HUMAN RIGHTS AND PEACEBUILDING UNDER A HUMAN SECURITY APPROACH IN THE FRAMEWORK OF COVID-19
HUMAN RIGHTS AND PEACEBUILDING UNDER A HUMAN SECURITY APPROACH IN THE FRAMEWORK OF COVID-19
Why take this course?
The course provides a joint approach to peacebuilding, human rights, and human security. It is an exercise that will articulate specialized knowledge on these subjects with the view that organisations and social leaders have of them. The course will present topics such as: basic foundations of human rights, challenges of peacebuilding in the post-agreement period, approaches to security and, social mobilisation and perspectives for change.
What is our goal?
To promote the study of human rights and territorial peacebuilding from a human security perspective. A large part of the reflections on these issues will be raised in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in the city of Medellin.
Who do we target?
To people interested in peacebuilding, human rights, and human security. A diverse audience is expected including social leaders, human rights defenders, public officials and scholars of the issues to be addressed on the course.
Duration
20 hours
Start date
08/02/2021
End date
19/04/2021
Type of certification
Extension Course
Universidad de Antioquia
Academic coordinator(s)
Julián Andrés Muñoz Tejada
Universidad de Antioquia
School of Law and Political Science
Further information
Héctor David Pardo
e-mail: conflictosyviolencias@udea.edu.co
Other universities/institutions
London School of Economics
Universidad Católica de Colombia
Universidad del Rosario
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TERRITORIAL DYNAMICS AND CONFLICTS
TERRITORIAL DYNAMICS AND CONFLICTS
Why take this course?
This course is intended to help understand the impact of territorial conflicts on the processes of social injustice and violence in Colombia. It offers theoretical and practical tools based on which to understand territories as “spaces of governance” whose conflictivity results from the contradictions produced by the social relations of class, social groups and institutions that create heterogeneous territories and dispute development and social projects.
What is our goal?
The course is designed to delve into the processes of territorialisation – deterritorialization and reterritorialization (TDR) involved in the Colombian armed conflict, its impacts at local level, and the mechanisms that produce unjust geographies. Accordingly, it is designed so that participants can analyse the challenges that territorial dynamics and conflicts present for peacebuilding in Colombia as a society in transition.
Who do we target?
Master’s or doctoral students in social sciences or related fields from Colombian and German CAPAZ-member universities interested in studying the field in greater depth.
Duration
24 hours
Start date
15/02/2021
End date
16/04/2021
Type of certification
Continued Education Course
Universidad de Caldas
Academic coordinator(s)
Hellen Charlot Cristancho
Universidad de Caldas
Department of History and Geography
Director of MA in Territory Studies
Victoria Lugo
Universidad de Caldas
Department of Human Development
Director Master’s Degree in Social Justice and Peacebuilding
Further information
Lucas Andrés Escudero
e-mail: maestria.justiciaypaz@ucaldas.edu.co
Cel: 3206710910
Other universities/institutions
Universidad de Caldas
MA in Territory Studies
MA in Social Justice and Peacebuilding
Universidad de Antioquia
Universidad de los Andes
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Fundación Paz y Reconciliación
Truth Commission
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CLUES TO UNDERSTANDING THE ARMED CONFLICT
CLUES TO UNDERSTANDING THE ARMED CONFLICT
Why take this course?
The course will provide an insight into some of the main research developments and key interpretations in the field of armed conflict and peacebuilding studies in Colombia, providing an overview for non-specialists, based on the perspective of experts in the field.
What is our goal?
The course provides basic theoretical and methodological elements based on which to understand and study violence in the context of the armed conflict in Colombia. To this end, participants will explore the theoretical and methodological challenges in terms of the analysis of the current persistence of armed violence in the country, and examine the context of transition in order to better understand the possibilities opening up for peacebuilding.
Who do we target?
Students in their final semester of undergraduate and graduate programmes, professionals from institutions, international bodies or organisations related to peacebuilding and interested in appropriating introductory tools for the analysis and understanding of the historical and contemporary dynamics of the armed conflict in Colombia.
Duration
54 hours:
– 18 of synchronous classes
– 36 of independent work
Start date
16/01/2021
End date
20/02/2021
Type of certification
Extension course
Universidad del Cauca
Academic coordinator(s)
Axel Rojas
Universidad del Cauca
Department of Anthropology, School of Human and Social Sciences
Further information
Axel Rojas
e-mail: axelrojasm@unicauca.edu.co
Cel: 3164731630
Other universities/institutions
Justus-Liebig Universität Giessen
Peace Research Institut Frankfurt
German Colombian Peace Institute – CAPAZ
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EDUCATION AND POLITICS OF RECONCILIATION: LIMITATIONS AND POSSIBILITIES OF A CONCEPT UNDER DISCUSSION
EDUCATION AND POLITICS OF RECONCILIATION: LIMITATIONS AND POSSIBILITIES OF A CONCEPT UNDER DISCUSSION
Why take this course?
Reconciliation is a widely used and contested concept in peacebuilding, even in societies not affected by armed conflict. The course outlines the origin, development and implementation of the concept in academic debates and in the practice of peacebuilding. It also considers its individual and collective scope and limitations, and explores the variety of practices in which reconciliation is implemented. It also promotes participation in diverse regional, institutional and organisational experiences.
What is our goal?
To learn about the different inter- and trans-disciplinary approaches and debates on reconciliation in the context of peacebuilding.
To contribute to the consideration of professional or activist practice in matters related to reconciliation such as the promotion of coexistence, the (re)construction of fabric and the promotion of new non-violent practices of social interaction.
To strengthen dialogue and collaboration skills among heterogeneous groups.
Who do we target?
The course is designed for those who have an interest in reconciliation initiatives: professionals from public entities and social organisations, community leaders, development workers, activists, and university students (undergraduate and graduate).
Duration
36 hours:
– 18 synchronous hours
– 18 asynchronous hours
Start date
25/02/2021
End date
08/04/2021
Type of certification
Attendance certificate
Academic coordinator(s)
José Fernando Serrano Amaya
Universidad de los Andes
Department of Language and Culture
School of Social Sciences
Further information
Carlos Andrés García
e-mail: ca.garcia21@uniandes.edu.co
Other universities/institutions
To be confirmed
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MUSIC, VIOLENCE, AND PEACE IN LATIN AMERICA
MUSIC, VIOLENCE, AND PEACE IN LATIN AMERICA
Why take this course?
The phenomenon of violence and peace in Colombia and Latin America has also manifested itself in their music, where censorship and repression converge with resistance and counter-hegemonic discourses. This course offers an approach to music, understanding it as an educational tool and as an object of study of the social and political conflicts of the country and, in some cases, of the continent.
Articulating approaches from the Anthropology of Music and Political Science, we will analyse the relationship between sounds and drug trafficking, punk as resistance in contexts of urban violence, musical productions by insurgents and victims, and the involvement of musical celebrities as political actors.
What is our goal?
The aim is for the students to acquire analytical tools to approach the conflicts and violence in Colombia and Latin America from the cultural and sound productions derived from these contexts.
Who do we target?
Musicians or cultural managers from different parts of the country, social activists, undergraduate and graduate students, general public.
Duration
18 hours
Start date
02/03/2021
End date
04/05/2021
Type of certification
Extension course certificate issued by Universidad del Rosario and the Institute for Latin American Studies (LAI) at Freie Universität Berlín.
Academic coordinator(s)
Rafael Quishpe
Universidad del Rosario
School of Law/JANUS
Further information
Rafael Quishpe
e-mail: musicapaz2021@gmail.com
Other universities/institutions
Freie Universitat Berlin (FUB)
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GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF TERRITORIAL CONFLICTS AND PEACEBUILDING: CONTRIBUTIONS FROM COLOMBIA TO PEACE STUDIES
GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF TERRITORIAL CONFLICTS AND PEACEBUILDING: CONTRIBUTIONS FROM COLOMBIA TO PEACE STUDIES
Why take this course?
Because the geography programme at Universidad Externado de Colombia has a history of understanding the territorial dynamics of implementing peace agreements, and conducts various academic and outreach activities to this end. The course is run in association with the Centre for Reconciliation Studies at the University of Jena (Germany), thereby generating a dialogue between the Colombian process and other similar processes that have taken place in various parts of the world. Another reason for taking this course is the geographical perspective proposed to advance in the understanding of the territorial configuration of socio-environmental, economic and cultural conflicts, in areas where communities and the State have proposed ways to build a plural, stable and lasting peace.
What is our goal?
Our goal is to develop an approach and a conceptual and contextual understanding of the geographical dimension of socio-political conflicts, in order to identify challenges in the construction of territorial peace in Colombia. It also seeks to highlight the contributions that the Colombian case can make to peace studies globally.
Who do we target?
Professionals and students from different disciplines, Colombian and foreign, from the earth sciences, social and legal sciences, together with social leaders, community organizations, project coordinators, as well as all those interested in working in territorial conflict analysis and peacebuilding.
Duration
18 hours
Start date
25/02/2021
End date
13/05/2021
Type of certification
Extension Course, Digital certificate
Universidad del Externado de Colombia
Academic coordinator(s)
Juan David Delgado Rozo
Universidad Externado de Colombia
Geography programme
Further information
Juan David Delgado Rozo
e-mail: geografia@uexternado.edu.co
e-mail: juand.delgado@uexternado.edu.co
Other universities/institutions
University of Jena Centre for Reconciliation Studies