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Listening to Others: Communication as a Possibility of Reconciliation in Colombia

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( Leer en español ) Sixteen years – almost two decades – I have spent traveling this country from one end to the other and into the farthest corners where nothing is easy, everything is scarce, and people become invisible both to themselves and to others. These are places, where even words are a privilege that only a few can afford. I have spent years and years helping communities make radio programs. Listening to hundreds of stories, everyday and seemingly insignificant stories, in all of the accents, colors and flavors that this country is able to produce.  Foto: Caracola Consultores Foto: Caracola Consultores Many paths trodden, enough to stop, look back and wonder about lessons learned. Everything has to do with communication. With the magic act of putting ourselves in someone else's shoes and, for one moment, taking their stories, their problems, their joys, their sorrows and their dreams, as our own. That is what communication is in its deepest sense, the