This article analyses the ties to the territory and peacebuilding processes in the rural populations of the municipalities of La Unión and El Carmen de Viboral in the region of eastern Antioquia, a territory heavily affected by the Colombian armed conflict. A qualitative methodology was employed under a historical-hermeneutic approach, using in-depth interviews, focus groups, and pedagogical workshops as data collection techniques. The information was analysed following the guidelines of grounded theory. Land restitution in the studied area is progressing slowly, in a fragmented and inequitable manner, affecting the rooting of the rural population to the land; however, the organizational processes shape practices of situated peace, as they are produced from the experience of subjects and collectives with the capacity for agency and transformation. This is a practice that generates knowledge on how peace is built in the territory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]