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ABOUT
Weaving the Search in Uncertain Times: Care, Co-Creation, and Listening with Women Searching for Disappeared Loved Ones and Sexual and Gender Dissident People in Colombia is a collaborative research project that explores practices of care, co-creation, and listening with women and gender-diverse people searching for disappeared persons in Colombia.
The project brings together researchers and civil-society partners in Colombia and Germany and seeks to contribute to collaborative knowledge production, memory work, and peacebuilding through participatory research.
About the Digital Archive
The CAPAZ Digital Archive is an independent digital platform accompanying the research project and its public exhibition.
It provides access to selected photographs, videos, audio recordings, texts, and curated external resources documenting the project's research process and outcomes.
The archive is intended for research, educational, documentary, and public engagement purposes.
Funding
This research project is funded through CAPAZ (German-Colombian Peace Institute) with support from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
Institutional Support
The project is supported by PRIF – Peace Research Institute Frankfurt.
Although this Digital Archive is linked from the PRIF website, it is independently operated and administered by the project coordinator.
PROJECT TEAM & PARTNERS
Project Coordination
Sophie RaehmePhD Candidate in Gender StudiesCentral European UniversityScientific Project Coordinator
Responsible for the academic, methodological, logistical and editorial coordination of the project and the Digital Archive.
Email: Raehme_Sophie@phd.ceu.edu
Principal Academic Partner (Germany)
Prof. Dr. Jonas WolffInstitutional Lead (Germany)Head of the Research Department "Intrastate Conflict"PRIF – Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
Laura Camila Barrios SabogalDoctoral ResearcherPRIF – Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
Principal Academic Partner (Colombia)
Lina Álvarez VillarrealInstitutional Lead (Colombia)Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Political Science and Global StudiesUniversidad de los AndesBogotá, Colombia
Additional Academic Collaborator
Sandra Patricia Arenas GrisalesResearcher and LecturerUniversidad de AntioquiaMedellín, Colombia
Civil Society Partners
Asociación de Mujeres Caminando por la Verdad (AMCV) — Comuna 13, Office Medellín. Represented by the collective's designated spokesperson for collective reparation.
Casa Diversa — Comuna 8, Office Medellín. Represented by the organisation's designated spokesperson for LGBTQ+ search initiatives.
La Comadre — La Coordinación de Mujeres Afrocolombianas Desplazadas en Resistencia, Office Bogotá. Represented by the organisation's designated representative.
Acknowledgement
The individuals and organisations listed above are acknowledged for their academic or collaborative contributions to the research project.
Their inclusion on this page does not imply responsibility for the technical administration, legal operation or editorial management of this website.
CONTACT
Sophie RaehmeScientific Project CoordinatorTejer la búsqueda en tiempos inciertosEmail: Raehme_Sophie@phd.ceu.edu
For enquiries regarding publications, permissions, photographs, videos, accessibility, or copyright, please contact the project coordinator.
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Website Operator
Sophie RaehmeScientific Project CoordinatorTejer la búsqueda en tiempos inciertos
Service Address
Adress: To be confirmedEmail: Raehme_Sophie@phd.ceu.edu
Editorial Responsibility
Responsible for the editorial content of this website: Sophie Raehme
Project Information
This website is the independent Digital Archive accompanying the research project
Weaving the Search in Uncertain Times: Care, Co-Creation, and Listening with Women Searching for Disappeared Loved Ones and Sexual and Gender Dissident People in Colombia.
The project is funded through CAPAZ with support from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and supported by PRIF – Peace Research Institute Frankfurt.
The website itself is independently operated by Sophie Raehme.
PRIF, CAPAZ, DAAD, Central European University, Universidad de los Andes, Universidad de Antioquia and the collaborating civil-society organisations are not operators of this website unless explicitly stated otherwise.
External Links
This website contains links to external websites operated by third parties. Responsibility for the content and privacy practices of those websites rests with their respective operators.
PRIVACY POLICY
Controller
The controller responsible for processing personal data on this website is:
Sophie RaehmeScientific Project CoordinatorTejer la búsqueda en tiempos inciertosAdress: Quellenstraße 51, 1100Vienna, AustriaEmail: Raehme_Sophie@phd.ceu.edu
Purpose of this Website
This website provides publicly accessible information and selected project materials relating to the research project. Its purpose is research communication, documentation, education and public engagement.
Website Hosting
This website is hosted using Cloudflare.
When visitors access the website, technical information necessary for providing the website may be processed.
This may include:
- IP address
- browser type
- operating system
- requested pages
- date and time of access
- technical security information
The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in providing a secure and functioning website).
The website consists of static files only; no project code is executed on the server, and no Cloudflare analytics, tracking or bot-management services are used.
Cloudflare Inc. is based in the United States and processes the connection data described above on behalf of the controller. The transfer to the United States is safeguarded by the EU Standard Contractual Clauses contained in Cloudflare's data processing terms. Retention periods for connection data are determined by Cloudflare and set out in its own privacy documentation.
Email Contact
When you contact the project by email, your personal data are processed solely for responding to your enquiry. These data are not shared with third parties unless legally required.
Video Links (Vimeo and YouTube)
No videos are embedded on this website. Videos hosted on Vimeo and YouTube are referenced as ordinary text links that open in a new tab. Nothing is loaded from these platforms when a page of this website is opened.
The Vimeo account used for this project is administered by Sophie Raehme. If you follow a video link, you leave this website; the respective platform then processes personal data such as your IP address and technical browser information under its own Privacy Policy.
External Links
This website contains links to external websites. When following an external link, the respective website processes personal data under its own responsibility.
Analytics
This website does not use visitor analytics or tracking tools. It is independently operated and administered by the project coordinator while forming part of the wider research project.
Cookies and Local Storage
This website does not use cookies.
Two entries are stored in your browser for functional purposes only: the language you selected (English or Spanish), so that the site opens in that language on your next visit, and a note that the automatic language redirection has already taken place during the current browser session.
These entries remain in your browser, are never transmitted to a server and contain no identifier and no personal data. The session entry is deleted when you close the tab. The website works normally if your browser blocks storage access.
On a first visit, your browser language setting is read once in order to open the Spanish version for Spanish-speaking visitors. This value is evaluated at that moment only and is neither stored nor transmitted.
Your Rights
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the right to:
- request information about your personal data;
- request correction of inaccurate data;
- request deletion where legally applicable;
- request restriction of processing;
- object to processing based on legitimate interests;
- withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
- lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
Supervisory Authority
If you believe that your personal data have been processed in violation of applicable data protection law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection supervisory authority.
Updates
This Privacy Policy may be updated whenever the website or applicable legal requirements change.
Last updated: August 2026
COPYRIGHT & USE OF MATERIALS
Unless otherwise indicated, copyright for individual texts, photographs, videos, audio recordings and other materials remains with the respective creators, contributors and rights holders.
Materials published on this website are used with the informed consent and permission of the respective contributors and rights holders. Publication on this website does not transfer copyright or grant permission for general reproduction or reuse.
If you wish to reproduce or reuse material, please obtain permission from the relevant rights holder unless another licence is explicitly indicated. Some materials document experiences of violence, disappearance and memory work. Visitors are asked to engage with this content respectfully and ethically.
For copyright questions or removal requests, please contact: Sophie Raehme — Raehme_Sophie@phd.ceu.edu
ACCESSIBILITY
Accessibility Statement
We are committed to making this Digital Archive as accessible as reasonably possible. We continuously work to improve navigation, readability and access to audiovisual and written materials. Because the archive contains historical, artistic and third-party materials, some content may not yet fully meet accessibility standards. If you encounter an accessibility barrier or require information in an alternative format, please contact: Sophie Raehme — Raehme_Sophie@phd.ceu.edu
We will make reasonable efforts to respond and provide an accessible alternative where possible.
Credits
Project Coordination
Sophie RaehmeScientific Project Coordinator
Website Design & Development
Anna ZhuWebsite design and development for the CAPAZ Digital Archive.
Research Partners
PRIF – Peace Research Institute FrankfurtUniversidad de los AndesUniversidad de Antioquia
Civil Society Partners
Asociación de Mujeres Caminando por la Verdad (AMCV)(Medellín)Casa Diversa– Comuna 8 (Medellín)La Comadre – La Coordinación de Mujeres Afrocolombianas Desplazadas en Resistencia(Bogotá)
Funding
This project is funded through CAPAZ (German-Colombian Peace Institute) with support from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
The project is supported by PRIF – Peace Research Institute Frankfurt.
Acknowledgement
We sincerely thank all research participants, collaborating organisations, artists, and contributors whose knowledge, experiences, and commitment made this project and the Digital Archive possible.
Translator's Note
This website preserves selected Spanish terms, including búsqueda, encuentro, cartotejidos, comadreo, cuerpa-territorio and mujeres buscadoras, because they carry historical, political, and relational meanings that cannot be fully conveyed through direct translation. Rather than treating these words as simply untranslatable, we retain them to honour the communities, practices, and worlds of meaning from which they emerge.
Throughout this website, English and Spanish exist in dialogue rather than as exact equivalents. Translation is understood as a relational and collaborative practice of listening that remains attentive to what is gained, transformed, and inevitably left unresolved. It seeks to remain accountable to the people, territories, and knowledges that shape this archive.