The department of Caldas: Its configuration as a territory of conflict and forced displacement

The article begins with a brief approximation to the macro structural analysis of the armed conflict, from the point of view of the cultural affectations. The second part is focused on the presentation of the cultural context conditions, referred to the dynamic of the conflict in the Caldas state. In the third part, as a conclusion it is given more emphasis to the displaced population phenomenon as a result of the armed conflict; this is seen in a general level to then locate the particular characteristics that assumes in the "eje cafetero" and, more specifically in Caldas. In this way, the purpose of the text is to attract the attention over a territory, which in the national imaginary is not considered as the scenery of the conflict and, that is why, it is not a priority, on one hand, to the attention of the State, the government and the cooperation international agencies and, on the other hand, it is not constituted yet on a zone of interest to the academic investigation and the development of the urban policy.