In this episode, Manaeha and Matt speak with Erin McFee and Arturo Gutierrez de Velasco. Erin is the Principle Investigator of Trust after Betrayal (https://www.trustafterbetrayal.org/), a project that examines interpersonal trust among violence-affected individuals in communities where actors from all sides of the conflicts live together. Their multi-sited ethnography spans across former members of non-state armed groups in Somalia, Colombia, Mexico, El Salvador, and military veterans in the United States. They focus on Colombia, which is where Arturo, a 3rd year student at the college, did research over the summer. As a Pozen human rights intern, he helped conduct interviews with ex-militants in Colombia. They discuss what the Trust after Betrayal Project is, why it is important, and the nuance and complexity that goes into interviewing and researching ex-militants. Let’s hear from them!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSeIpyHd_Cg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QJokd5ogJs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LXXKfPR3vc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGmqZFM923A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM_SRfM_mAQ