SILENCED DIVERSITY: THE ANONYMITY OF CHILDREN DISPLACED IN COLOMBIAN SCHOOLS

This work addresses the strategies of concealment of the condition of forced displaced boys, girls and adolescents in Colombian schools. From the theoretical level, silence is conceived as a social practice. The general objective is to understand the silencing of the displaced condition by the victims themselves. To achieve the proposed goal, a qualitative methodological approach is adopted, as it is interesting to know how displaced girls and boys perceive the educational reality. A total of 26 interviews between open and semi-structured have been conducted. The sample has been composed of children, adolescents, parents, and professionals linked to the educational context. The technique of analysis followed is the theory based as an analysis technique. Specifically, we have followed an axial coding procedure defined by Strauss and Corbin. The conclusions show how meaningful each profile of respondents gives their action to silence the displaced person's condition. And how, these strategies paradoxically act as a mechanism of exclusion in the educational context.