On 28 June 2022, the Colombian Truth Commission published its final report after three years and seven months of intense work. The Commission was mandated to investigate the more than 50-year-long armed conflict in the country, by identifying patterns of violence, the root causes of the conflict, the factors that determined the persistence of the violence, etc. Carolina Baltan Salazar, who contributed to the research for and writing of one of the territorial chapters included in the volume Colombia Adentro, will reflect on the role of researchers in (re-)constructing the truth, the methodologies employed, the ethical implications of her work, as well as the personal and professional challenges encountered while working for the Colombian Truth Commission. In this way, she will offer an intimate portrayal of the Truth Commission from an insider’s perspective.

T he event will be in Spanish with an English translator.