Imaginario de nación en estudiantes universitarios de la ciudad de San José de Cúcuta Imaginario de nación en estudiantes universitarios de la ciudad de San José de Cúcuta

Abstract

The nation is a benchmark of the process of modernization and integration into the global context, therefore, that from the literature have been numerous and dissimilar discursive and symbolic representations. Some who consider it synonymous with progress and other source of alienation. The research aims, the imaginary nation know that young that study in Francisco de Paula Santander, their representations, and in his speeches to detect the extent they relate to the culture to which they belong. Undoubtedly, it is not intended to account for a total complex sociocultural phenomenon, is expected to investigate and initiate a review of what the nation has meant to students based on their beliefs, customs and stories. The methodological approach is qualitative, the data collection technique is applied to in-depth interview a sample of students from different academic programs at the Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander.