Dos riquezas históricas: Gaitán y el Gaitanismo

Abstract

The objective of this article is to encourage Colombian historical memory through the recognition of Gaitanism and its symbol Jorge Eliecer Gaitan. The content was based on the revision of several references, including articles, audios, books about historical memory, Jorge Eliecer Gaitan and Gaitanism, this review was made through the method of documentary research, which allowed to investigate, analyze and interpret the information with the technique of reading cards, a method which facilitated the obtaining of complete and deep data of the subject, its content is divided into several aspects such as the life of Jorge Eliecer, his charisma, the works that throughout of his life he played, the day of his death, what is remembered of him and of course the world situation that was lived in 1948. The results show the lack of Colombian historical memory that have several generations, it is also visualized the misrepresentation of stories about Jorge Eliecer Gaitan and Gaitanismo depending on each point of view. It is concluded that the recognition of the other, the criticism, the discussion and the deep analysis of the subject is of vital importance to enrich the Colombian historical memory, not only in the classroom, but in all possible areas, for that reason, the article is open for any public wishing to delve into the subject, whether for educational purposes or for their own purposes. In other words, it is fundamental to recover and enrich the Colombian historical memory around Gaitán through Colombian education because it is pertinent to promote a holistic perspective of this knowledge in education for an effective construction of knowledge without neglecting aspects that mistakenly, they believe themselves to be unimportant in history, this in order to promote the Colombian social construction which is always dynamic and permanent