Protesta, violencia y semiología. Un análisis dialógico de las protestas sociales en Colombia desde el modelo flash-point

Juan José García Sarría; Camilo Ramírez Motoa; Fabián Steven Garay Rairan; Armando González Cortés; Erwin Alejandro Saavedra Cardoso

doi:10.31637/epsir-2025-1510

Authors

Juan José García Sarría Escuela de Suboficiales y Nivel Ejecutivo "Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada" https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5046-1153
Camilo Ramírez Motoa Escuela de Suboficiales y Nivel Ejecutivo "Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada"
Fabián Steven Garay Rairan Escuela de Suboficiales y Nivel Ejecutivo "Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada" https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8863-5673
Armando González Cortés Escuela de Suboficiales y Nivel Ejecutivo "Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada" https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5099-6796
Erwin Alejandro Saavedra Cardoso Policía Nacional de Colombia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0270-4709

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir-2025-1510

Keywords:

Citizenship, Communication, Non-verbal behavior, Public force, Social protest, Semiotics, Verbal behavior, Violence

Abstract

Introduction: Given the significant increase in the last 20 years in the frequency, intensity and variety of social protests and citizen marches in the Colombian territory, the research was proposed to analyze the relevance and implications of the flash-point model, which conceives protests as expressions of a multidimensional phenomenon where different structural and proximal factors intervene in its configuration. Methodology: A qualitative methodology of an exploratory and correlational type was adopted, using collection techniques such as semi-structured interviews with different actors involved in social protests in Colombia in order to investigate the determinants of violent episodes in social protests. Results: The results of the research are consistent with the general outlines of the multidimensional model of protest. Discussions: The research made it possible to identify and relate two critical semiotic elements in the way in which the members of the public forces and citizens interact and could be, in principle, the dynamizers in the peaceful or violent development of social protests.Conclusions: Finally, it was concluded that social protest is a structurally complex phenomenon where the confluence of external and situational factors are determinant for the analysis of its nature and dynamics.

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