RUTAS DEL CONFLICTO: STORYTELLING FROM DATA H T T P : / / R U T A S D E L C O N F L I C T O . C O M / Os Oscar Parra (oparra06@gmail.com) Universidad del Rosario – Bogota (Colombia) Iv Ivonne Ro Rodríguez (ivonne.rodriguezg@upb.edu.co) Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana – Santander (Colombia) October 9, 2015 / Lillehammer, Norway Global Investigative Journalism Network
THE CONTEXT…. Col Colomb ombia is is a a country th that is is cu currently und undergoing ng a a pr process of of pe peace. Th The pa paramilitary gr groups we were de demobilized be between 2005 2005 and 2006 2006 and is is no now ve very li likely ly th that th the FA FARC guerrillas de demobilize be before Ma March 23, 23, 20 2016. 6. Th The co conflict ct ha has le left vi victims uno unofficially 10 10 mi million on an and 2 mi million on he hectares we were ro robbed by by ar armed ac actors.
Mo More th than 300 300 th thousand pe peopl ple ha has de dead in in Colombia ia du during th the la last 50 50 ye years, i , in a wa war be between co communist guerrillas, th gu the Co Colombian ar army an and pa paramilitary gr groups. Th The la last on ones, a , a bi big cr criminal band su supported fi financially by by tr traffic de dealers th that ki killed th thousands of of le leftist le leaders, , si signed a a tr treaty ty wi with th the Co Colombian go government in in 2005 to to pa pay ju just ei eight ye years of of ja jail il in in ex exchange to to ac accept th their cr crimes, , to to te tell th the tr true and to to co compensate te th their vi victims. Photos: archive Semana magazine
Th This pr process of of tr transiti tional ju justic ice we were documented by do by me media th through tr traditi tional fo formats li like ne news an and sp special re reports. . Ve Verdadabierta.com, , an an in independent jo journalis istic ic pr project th that co covered th the pr process, , wr writing mo more th than fi five th thousand te texts ts sh showing th the te testi timonies of th the cr criminal gr groups, , de decide ded to to cr create te a a pu public da database wi with th the in informatio ion re related wi with ma massacres, , gi given by by fo formers me memb mbers of of pa paramilitary gr groups. .
RUTAS DEL CONFLICTO http://rutasdelconflicto.com/
METHODOLOGY To To or organize th the in informatio ion, , th the te team of of th the pr project us use a me method odol olog ogy fr from th the de design of of structures of st of da databases of of co computer en engineer eering: : to to id identif ify, , to to cl classify an and to to te tell. . In In th the fi first st step of of th the pr process, , it it wa was ne necessary to to id identif ify wh which we were th the ba basic re register of of de da database: : * * pe peopl ple (a (a li list of of vi victims of of ma massacres) * * places (wh where th these cr crimes we were co committed) ) *or or ev even ents (th the ma massacres th their se selves). ).
DESIGN OF DATABASES Ac According to to th the th theory of of th the de design of of da databases fr from th the co computer en engineer eering, , as th the re relationship be between ma massacres and c criminal gr groups is is ma many to to ma many (a (a gr group co could co committed se several ma massacres and a a ma massacre co could be be pe perpe petrated by by se several gr groups), , a sc scheme wi with Óscar, incluir aquí foto original de three ta th tables wa was us used: : th the fi first on one to to re register th the massacres, ma , an another to to re register th the gr groups, a , and la base de datos que construiste th the ot other to to bu build a a re relation be between th the fi first tw two. para mostrar los campos. Finally, Fi , it it wa was ve very im important fo for th the pr project, , to to ha have a a fi field to to te tell de details ab about th the ev even ents. . It It is is ve very im important in in th this me methodology to to co consider th that th the informatio in ion in in th this fi field, , co could no not us use to to cl classify in informatio ion, a , and it its ma main pu purpo pose is is de describe wi with jo journalis istic ic cr criteria de details of of th the re register.
TELL STORIES To To te tell th the st storie ies, , jo journalist ist fo focus th their jo job to to se search in informatio ion re related to to th the ev even ents of of th the ma massacres (wh when, , wh where an and ho how), ), th the na name an and pr profession of of th the vi victims, , th the co context of of th the co conflict ct in in th the re region wh where th the cr crimes we were pe perpe petrated an and th the co confirmed da data of th the cr criminal gr groups th that co committed th the cr crimes. Th The pr project pu published th the in informatio ion in in a web sit site (Ru Rutasdelconflicto.com) ) and in an an ap app fo for mob mobile de devices in in Ma March of of 2014, us using ng se several to tools to to sh show data li like, , ma maps an and time li lines. . Du During th the fi first we weeks, R , Rutas del C Conflicto re received mor more th than 10 100 me messages wi with pe petitions to to ed edit an and to to ad add in informatio ion, a , and wi with te testi timonies of su surviv ivors of of th the ma massacres.
THE NEXT STEP In In th these ci circu cumsta tance ces, , th the pr project st started a a se second ph phase in in Ja January of of 2015, se searching wa ways to to ta take th the in informatio ion in in th the we web to to pe peopl ple re related wi with th the ev even ents do documented, , fi first of of al all to to co conti tinue with a wi a pr process of of fa facts ch check cking an and al also to to te tell st stories fr from su survivors th that su suffer in in so some wa way th the ef effec ects of of th the ma massacres. http://rutasdelconflicto.com/interna.php?ma sacre=679
JOURNALISM STUDENTS Si Since th the be beginning of of th the pr project in 2013, , Rutas d del Co Conflicto wo worked wi with uni university st students of of jo journalis ism fr from Universidad d del R Rosario in th the pr process of of do documentation of of th the in informatio ion. . Fo For th the se second pa part, , st students of of th the Universidad P Pontificia B Bolivariana o of Bucaramanga, , in Santander, , a pr province of C Colombia, , jo join ined to to Rutas d del C Conflicto, , le leaded by by Pr Professor Iv Ivonne Ma Marcela Ro Rodriguez. . Th The di direction of of th the de develop of of th the se second pa part of of th the pr project co continued in in ha hands of of th the au author of of th the or original idea, O , Oscar Parra, , as Pr Professor of U Universidad d del Rosario in B Bogotá, a , and a as director of th the fo foundation Co Con Lupa, , an an or organization on as associat ated to to VerdadAbierta.c .com an and th the Na National Center o of Hi Historical Me Memory. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/unete- al-proyecto-yo-sobrevivi#/story
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“HELPING HANDS” In In th these tr trips, , th the jo journalis ists al also cr create al allian ances wi with tr traditi tional lo local l media to to br broadcast th the in informatio ion. . TV ch channels an and radio st ra station of of pop opular mu music ma made sp special pr programs in in wh which re reporters rs te tell th the st stories an and gi give to to pe peopl ple ph phone num numbers to to re receive th their te testi timonies.
THE VOICES OF VICTIMS Th The se second pa part of of th the pr process fo focuses in in th the co collect ction of of in informatio ion fr from th the pe peopl ple. . Th The in interactio ion wi with th the vi victims ha has al allowed to to th the pr project tw two th things: : fa facts ch check cking of of th the da data base and d on on th the ot other ha hand, , ge get in invaluable st stories th that sh show ho how li life of of pe peopl ple ch changed wi with th the pa painful ev even ents an and ho how th they ha have su survived to to th the so social in indif ifference. Mo Most of of th the in informatio ion in in ac acad ademic an and judicial al re researc rchers rs wa was to told by by me memb mbers of of criminal gr groups th that, , fo for di different re reasons, , co could be be in inexact. . Al Also, , ma many of of th these cr crimes we were co committed in in ve very re remote places, , wh where th the pr presence of of th the ag agency of of th the go government an and me memb mbers of of th the ju judic icia ial sy syst stem we were pr practically no non-ex exist. . Fo For th this re reason it it ha has be been ve very im important fo for th the pr project to to cr create ch channels wi with di direct so sources.
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