Relatos de nación y escuela: Colombia en los imaginarios de docentes en formación

Abstract

The book Tales of Nation and School, by Professor Diego Hernán Arias, allows us to understand that loyalty to one's nation is lived in many ways and that any generalization is not appropriate; If there is any, it is the one that confirms that these boys and girls, who represent a small part of Colombia's students, according to their stories, have a desire for a nation, they long for something to believe in, they have projects and dreams, many even use the nation as an argumentative excuse to demand the presence of a State that most of the time seems elusive and absent. The present study also examines the way in which citizens who open themselves to the world say they experience their belonging to Colombia, young undergraduate students who were invited to tell their experiences of affiliation, their memories of connection to the nation, their reflections on what it means being Colombian or Colombian and the place of education and school in this complex configuration.