“El día que me muera me vas a escuchar”: de la identidad y la violencia en el contexto del fútbol en Colombia

Abstract

The fans that make up the “barras bravas” have put aside the passivity of the spectator and participate in clashes. This type of behavior is understood as conflictive, aggressive and violent, actions that have achieved the attention of official authorities, who seek to prevent this type of behavior, especially in sports venues. However, the fans that form the “barras bravas” identify these actions as the manifestation of “aguante”. In this way, the article proposes to understand the forms of constitution of identity and rivalries in the context of football. Likewise, understand and interpret the notion-experience of “aguante” from the perspective of the fans and from the socio-anthropological analysis. In this aspect, observation and participation among fans was the first stage of the methodological approach and then, a documentary investigation was carried out. The fans constitute an identity and, in addition, football rivalries are an expression of violence through “aguante”. Finally, the implementation of a public policy against football violence does not imply the disappearance or reduction of aggressive and conflicting behaviors.