Walls of resistance: Underground memories and political violence in Colombia

Figures & data

Figure 1. The first version of the mural denouncing the false positive scandal in Colombia (MOVICE, October 2019).

Figure 2. A picture of the escombrera. The truck in the background illustrates the fact that the dump is still partly operational despite the bodies buried there. The inscription on the stone says: ‘There’s nothing here’ (Aqui no hay nada) (Author, January 2019).

Figure 3. One of the many portraits of teenagers killed in Medellin (Author, January 2019).

Figure 4. Mural in the Comuna Trece in: ‘Military Interventions, Never again.’ (Author, October 2017).

Figure 5. A mural of an afro descendant kid painted by Sr. OK (Agroarte, 2017).

Figure 6. A mural painted by Joma representing a worker (obrero) (Agroarte 2018).

Figure 7. The area in the barrio shown to tourists with a mural of Pablo Escobar and the inscription: ‘Welcome, here one respires peace’ (Author 2022).