Practices and collective experiences in view of war and for the construction of peace: social initiatives of peace in Colombia

The current text proposes a historical tour of the so-called social initiatives, which contribute to the construction of peace in Colombia, from people and groups who have been affected by the various forms of violence, within the frame of the sociopolitical and armed conflict that Colombia is going through. The text brings up a look at the actors who study the construction of peace and the work of the observatories of peace in the country. It also includes a reading to the academic (political) psychology, which accompanies the initiatives; that is to say, an introductory approach among the social initiatives and the discipline of psychology, as a field of study, which is of interest to research in psychology and the social initiatives for peace in ColombiaEl presente texto propone un recorrido histórico de las llamadas iniciativas sociales que contribuyen a la construcción de paz en Colombia, desde las personas y colectivos afectados por las diversas modalidades de violencia, en el marco del conflicto socio-político y armado que vive Colombia. Se plantea una mirada de los actores que estudian la construcción de paz y la labor de los observatorios de paz en el país, se incluye una lectura a la Psicología académica (política) que acompaña las iniciativas, es decir, un acercamiento inicial entre las iniciativas sociales y la disciplina de la Psicología, como ámbito de estudio que interesa a la investigación en Psicología e iniciativas sociales de paz en Colombi