ABSTRACT
This chapter seeks to contribute to the study of time and temporality in post-conflict and transitional societies by highlighting the process of social acceleration at play during peace processes, through the lenses of the peace process in Colombia. It analyses the peace plebiscite and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) public apologies as devices that sought to reduce the de-synchronisation between the political peace process and social peace process. The chapter reviews the arguments for understanding a peace process as a process of social acceleration and discusses Colombian peace process in order to situate the peace plebiscite and the FARC apologies in context. It is based on qualitative research methods including fieldwork, participant observation and interviews in Colombia, particularly in the region of Bojaya, in 2012 and in 2016. The study of the time and temporality of peace processes has often focused on debates around the ripeness of a conflict and on sequencing of peacebuilding interventions.
