After more than 50 years of civil war, the lack of a clear itinerary, unanticipated crises, and contingencies are seriously affecting the termination of the longest-lasting internal war in Latin America. The 2016 Peace Agreement signed between former guerrilla group Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia–Ejército del Pueblo (FARC-EP) and the Colombian Government established the ex-combatants’ reinsertion into civilian life as key to the quest for pacification. Doubtlessly, after their demobilisation, the fighters’ relocation and reintegration posed major challenges in this ongoing path to conflict resolution. The fragile implementation process is accompanied by countless practical obstacles, severe political obstructions, and vital insecurity problems. From 2017 to 2020, we conducted ethnographic fieldwork in several demobilisation camps (Espacios Territoriales de Capacitación y Reincorporación or ETCR), including the collection and analysis of photos, videos, and documents. In this article, we reconstruct the landmarks in the reinsertion process by focusing on the modifications of the use, and the symbolic production of spaces in two of these camps. Our research illuminates they ways in which the ex-combatants reconfigure their personal and social space. The results demonstrate that self-initiated spatial reconfiguration practices play a crucial role in the ex-combatants’ reintegration into Colombian civil society. These changes are embedded in the interaction with adjacent local communities, public authorities and national or international institutions. Our case study yields insights for research on transitions from war to peace in cognate contexts.

经过50多年的内战，缺乏明确的行程、不可预见的危机和突发事件正在严重影响拉美地区持续时间最长的内战的结束。前游击队组织“哥伦比亚革命武装力量”与“人民力量”签署 2016 年和平协议（哥伦比亚革命武装力量-人民军）和哥伦比亚政府将前战斗人员重新融入平民生活视为寻求和平的关键。毫无疑问，战士们复员后的重新安置和重返社会对当前解决冲突的道路提出了重大挑战。脆弱的实施进程伴随着无数的实际障碍、严重的政治障碍和严重的不安全问题。2017年至2020年，我们在几个复员营（Espacios Territoriales de Capacitación y Reincorporación）进行了人种学实地考察或 ETCR），包括照片、视频和文档的收集和分析。在本文中，我们通过关注其中两个营地的用途修改和空间的象征性生产来重建重新安置过程中的地标。我们的研究阐明了前战斗人员重新配置个人和社会空间的方式。结果表明，自发的空间重新配置实践在前战斗人员重新融入哥伦比亚民间社会中发挥着至关重要的作用。这些变化体现在与邻近当地社区、公共当局以及国家或国际机构的互动中。我们的案例研究为研究同源背景下从战争到和平的转变提供了见解。