The documentary mini-series “Shared Knowledge on Community Self-Protection” sought to promote knowledge exchange between representatives of communities involved in various projects supported by the Creating Safer Space network in Colombia. It is an outcome of the Creating Safer Space regional meeting in Colombia in 2024, which found that Colombia has a wealth of nonviolent community self-protection experience but often lacks opportunities to link those localised efforts.
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Episode 1
Norma, who participated in the project developed in collaboration with the Llano Verde Peace Seedbed in Cali, visited Harlequin and the Jugglers in Medellín, who participated in the Art That Protects project.
Episode 2
Verónica, from the Water Conflicts project, travelled with Luz Dey to Bajo Cauca to learn about the functioning of the Social Guarantee Process in that region.
Episode 3
Verónica, from the Water Conflicts project, shared her experiences at the Water Festival in Nariño, Antioquia.
Episode 4
The researchers from Art That Protects visited Lerma, where they learned about the self-protection experiences of indigenous communities living in the midst of a high-intensity armed conflict.
Episode 5
Laura Jiménez, a researcher with the Creating Safer Space Network, travelled to Buenaventura to learn how the Cormepaz organisation has promoted unarmed civilian protection measures among communities living in a city marked by conflict and extractive economies.
Full documentary
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