Among Mountains and Bears is the story of Duverney, an ex-combatant from the Farc –The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia– guerrilla. 

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The story shows Duverney’s transformation process, from growing up in a context of social inequality and wanting to remove the Colombian government from power using violence in order to impose the Farc political ideals, to realizing that instead of weapons, he can use his leadership abilities to make positive changes in his region. These changes are motivated by his wish to provide others with the opportunities he did not have when he was young, and that he believes were critical in his decision to join the guerrilla. 

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My goal with this project was to explore how the complexity and particularities of a personal story can help us understand a bigger picture and some of the nuances of a social complex issue, in this case, the armed conflict in Colombia. 

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I used the methodology Narrative Conversations and carried out a conversational process where I regularly met with Duverney to talk about his life. After each meeting, I created a set of cards with short texts and collages to visualize my interpretation of his stories. I articulated the final narrative through a narrative arc composed of 24 cards.