ISBN:
9783319655635
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (291 pages)
Series Statement:
Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies
Parallel Title:
Print version Millar, Gearoid Ethnographic Peace Research : Approaches and Tensions
DDC:
303.66
Keywords:
Conflict management-Research
;
Peace-building-Social aspects
;
Peace-Research
Abstract:
Intro -- Preamble -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction: The Key Strengths of Ethnographic Peace Research -- Key Strengths of an EPR Approach -- Thick Description -- Explaining "Why" and Understanding "How" -- Reflexivity -- Collaborative or Emancipatory Research -- A Diversity of Methods Within a Flexible Approach -- Progressing the "Ethnographic Turn" -- Organization of the Volume -- References -- Chapter 2: Contextualizing Ethnographic Peace Research -- Introduction -- Going Beyond Ethnography as a Tool -- The Moluccan Case and the Implementation of EPR -- The Ambivalences of a Cultural Revival for Peace -- Conceptual Advancements in Peace Research -- Moving Anthropology to the Centre -- Concluding Reflections -- References -- Chapter 3: Feminist Ethnographic Research: Excavating Narratives of Wartime Rape -- Introduction -- Ethnographic Point of Departure-Feminist Methodologies and Gendered Narratives -- Narratives and Silences in Bosnia-Herzegovina -- Emplaced Narratives in the Everyday -- "Gatekeepers" and Strategic Narratives -- Witness Statements at the ICTY -- Personal Testimonies -- The Women's Court in Sarajevo -- Summing Up -- References -- Chapter 4: Institutional Ethnography as Peace Research -- Introduction -- Peacebuilding -- Institutional Ethnography -- May Day in the Heart of the Beast -- Research Methodology Aligned to Pedagogy -- Insertion -- Descriptive Analysis -- Normative Analysis -- Action Planning -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: The Impetus for Peace Studies to Make a Collaborative Turn: Towards Community Collaborative Research -- Introduction -- The "Local" Turn -- Decolonizing Methodology -- Community Collaboration in Practice -- The Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission -- The Historical Marginalization of the Batwa4 of Rwanda
Abstract:
Land Grabbing in Gambella, Ethiopia -- The Significance of a Collaborative Approach -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Conflicting Boundaries and Roles: Impressions of Ethnographic Fieldwork in the French Banlieues -- Introduction -- Impressionist Ethnographies -- Conflicting Boundaries: Defining the Field -- Conflicting Roles: Positionality of the Researcher -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: Violent Spirits and a Messy Peace: Against Romanticizing Local Understandings and Practices of Peace in Mozambique -- Introduction -- Ethnography and "Worlds Made" -- Washing Away "The Idea of the Bush" -- "You Took My Head to Make a Cooking Fire" -- The Haunting of Fazbem -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 8: Understanding Reconciliation Through Reflexive Practice: Ethnographic Examples from Canada and Timor-Leste -- Introduction -- Ethnography, Reflexivity and the Everyday -- Case Study 1: Algonquin Survivors and Their Experience of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA) -- On Being the Right Way in the Field: Algonquin Discourse and Etiquette Rules -- Ethics, Guidelines and Fieldwork Reality -- Case Study 2: Understanding the Ongoing Process of Social Repair Among the Meto of Timor-Leste -- Incorporating Interlocutors' Epistemic Insights into Research Inquiries -- Reflexive Methodology and Research on Violence -- Synthesis and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: Researching Peace Peacefully: Using Ethnographic Approaches in Timor-Leste -- Introduction -- Timor-Leste -- Indigenous Studies -- Researching with Indigenous Peoples -- Elements of Using an Ethnographic Peace Research Approach -- Reflective Peacebuilding -- Sampling and Collection of Ethnographic Data -- Collection of Data -- Using Systems Theory and Abduction to Analyse Data -- Abductive Analysis -- The Importance of Free, Prior and Informed Consent
Abstract:
The Process of Seeking FPIC -- Feedback Loops -- Limitations of My Ethnographic Approach -- Languages -- Time and Funding -- The Benefits of Using This Ethnographic Approach -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10: How Much Peace Can the Military Instigate? Anthropological Perspectives on the Role of the Military in Peace Intervention -- Introduction -- Challenges to EPR Research with the Military -- The Local Turn for the Military in Peace Interventions? -- Lessons from the Class Room: Still a Long Way to Go -- The Military and the Local: Experiences from Afghanistan -- Intercultural Challenges -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 11: Beyond "Being There": Space and Mobility in Ethnographic Peace and Transitional Justice Research -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Space -- Mobility -- Space and Mobility: Implications for Ethnographic Peace Research -- Space -- Mobility -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12: Conclusion: The Constructive Tension of Interdisciplinary Endeavours -- Progressing the Local Turn -- Defining EPR: Reconsidering the Five Key Strengths -- Emancipatory Methodology? -- Constructive Interdisciplinary Tension: The Way Forward -- References -- Index
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