Series and telenovelas can shape our understanding of the past - on a national and international level. The video “The impact of telenovelas & series on our memories - the Colombian Palace of Justice” (subtitles available in English, German and Spanish) shows how and in what way this is being researched by the GUMELAB project. Using a concrete historical example, such as the Palace of Justice siege and its counterattack on 6 and 7 November 1985 in Bogotá, Colombia and the representations in series such as "Narcos" (Netflix, 2015-2017), "Pablo Escobar, el patrón del mal" (Caracol, 2012) and "El General Naranajo" (Fox Telecolombia, 2019-2020), the video shows how the GUMELAB project approaches the research question and what role the individual narratives play in this. More information on this research will soon be available in the book ‘Latin America's Contested Pasts in Telenovelas. History as Fuel for Entertainment", which will be published by de Gruyter. The video also features excerpts from the event of knowledge transfer ‘Media and political education: a dialogue between Colombia and Germany. The Palace of Justice siege and its counterattack’. This activity was organised by the German Colombian Peace Institute - CAPAZ., Justus Liebig University Giessen and GUMELAB in collaboration with the German Cinematheque - Film and Television Museum in Berlin on 14 December 2023.

The video is part of the transfer and research activities in the sense of science communication, so that knowledge not only remains in a scientific article, but is also communicated and disseminated in other ways. Insights into further transfer activities can be found on the GUMELAB YouTube channel and here.