The Fantasy of All Together Ethnography of the Incommunication of the Social Actors of La Macarena in the Post-Agreement

Abstract

This article results from an immersive ethnography in the village of El Carmen in La Macarena, and in the camping area of Playa Rica in El Yarí; both places in the department of Meta, southern Colombia. Through interviews, field observations, conversations and all his ethnographic sensorium, the researcher reveals a complex reality: communication, like the imagined nation, present obvious limits. Peasants, indigenous people, peace signatories and public institutions emerge as private spheres, operating as community autarchies without dialogue between them. These entities resist the construction of shared communicative spaces, rejecting the contemporary and technological visions that relate to the post-agreement and peace. However, this resistance is not capricious; the economies of war persist, particularly that linked to drug trafficking, which hinders unity and collective progress. This analysis delves into the disappointments of the social and political dynamics of La Macarena and its relationship with communication in the post-agreement era.