Preserving Voices, Confronting Violence: Insights from the Legacy Project

Josefina Echavarría Álvarez, director of the Peace Accords Matrix and the Legacy Project at the Kroc Institute, part of the Keough School of Global Affairs, explores the power of Colombia’s Truth Commission Transmedia Platform and its relevance for peacebuilding worldwide. The conversation highlights how this innovative, multimedia archive preserves multiple voices and lived experiences of Colombia’s armed conflict while offering insights for societies grappling with the legacies of violence.

Joining the discussion are two distinguished scholars working with the Legacy Project: Leigh Payne, professor of sociology and latin america at the University of Oxford, whose extensive research on transitional justice spans Latin America and beyond, and Emma Murphy, postdoctoral researcher at the Keough-Naughton Institute and the Kroc Institute, whose work develops the concept of agonistic transitional justice as an alternative to liberal approaches. Together, they reflect on the possibilities and challenges of memory, contestation, and multiplicity in processes of truth-telling and reconciliation.

This episode was originally published by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies on September 8, 2025. To explore the entire library of Kroc Cast podcast episodes and for more information , please visit kroc.nd.edu.