Racial Intimidation at a School in Amazonas, Colombia: Elevating the Voices of Children through Iconic Narration

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"When complex dynamics are analyzed such as those of racial intimidation in children and in a cultural context as the Amazon (Colombia), it is necessary to do so by exalting the voices of children and not only those of their adult caregivers. Doing so confirms the active role they have and their position in the processes that link them. As a result, 20 indigenous children and settlers from an urban school in Leticia (Amazonas, Colombia) participated in this study; a qualitative approach with a phenomenological design in which two instruments were used: interview guides semi-structured and a set of 9 vignettes designed to promote iconic stories by children. The material collected was analyzed through Nvivo software categorizing data in risk factors, support networks, coping strategies, reinforcements, and consequences of aggression-generating situations. The results allow to identify that the process of intimidation is dynamic, have several actors participating in different scenarios, with a wide variety of factors. The present paper went beyond the traditional investigations that have been focusing on characterizing the victim and victimizer. Additionally, these results show the potential risk for the ethnic cultures in the Amazonas and discuss lines of research and intervention that must be explored."