Narratives of Human Security

DESCRIPTION: This qualitative research study seeks to identify and analyze the narratives of community members about the meanings they attach to human security in Medellin. The objective is to create a shared meaning of human security in the community so that there can be collective and individual actions taken toward providing the necessary environment and capabilities to manifest the human security they desire. In doing so this will reveal how the personal and social narratives of the community members both inhibit and reinforce the patterns of both the creation, escalation, and perpetuation of conflict, as well as, actions toward peacebuilding. In short, we want to know the role of personal and social narratives in the processes of social transformation and how these narratives create or prevent human security.

OUTCOMES: This project seeks to create a shared meaning of human security in the community so that there can be collective and individual actions taken toward providing the necessary environment and capabilities to manifest the human security they desire.