Peacebuilding, Healing, Reconciliation: An Analysis of Unseen Connections for Peace

Parent, Geneviève

doi:10.1080/13533312.2011.588385

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“…83 Both authors recognise however the possibility of socially constructing notions of space and proximity, and the availability of an alternative arena where victims and perpetrators alike are able to tell their story allows them 'to reconstruct the traumatic memory so that it can be integrated into day-to-day life' thus enabling the development of a more stable and resilient community. 84 In Liberia for example, Michael Best and his team have created a Mobile Story Exchange System that 'allows the sharing of video messages between Liberians throughout the country, despite the presence of little or no communication infrastructure'. 85 So while it is perhaps premature to envisage widespread use of the web in this perspective among all conflict-affected societies, the potential for expansion of this particular type of web from digital diasporas to others is undeniable.…”

Section: Five Webs Of Post-conflict Governance Buildingmentioning

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Conceptualising the web for post-conflict governance building

2014

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Interest in using the web in the broad field of peacebuilding is growing, notably among practitioners and policymakers. The premise for such an interest often rests on assumptions that have not yet received rigorous critical examination. By problematising the relationship between the social and the technological, this paper proposes a socio-technical approach to understanding the uses of the web in postconflict settings. More specifically this paper examines how the web is conceptualised in contexts of post-conflict governance building, and what implications this has, by exploring the design and evaluation of a range of projects. Related academic research in the field mentions the web and other communication technologies only in relation to transnational web use by diasporas. Meanwhile, recent pilot projects conducted by international organisations and others in the related areas of conflict prevention and governance building in developing countries provide invaluable evidence of both the importance of the web in post-conflict settings and the urgent need for a deeper, more critical understanding of these uses. Specifically, multiple and sometimes contradictory conceptualisations of the web are in play, with very different implications for current understanding and future development of the web in post-conflict governance building efforts.

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Section: Five Webs Of Post-conflict Governance Buildingmentioning

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Conceptualising the web for post-conflict governance building

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“…Imported intervention models are often based on culturally irrelevant or super-¢cial assumptions and analyses (Fletcher & Weinstein, 2002). As a result, their outcomes have been inadequate in complex settings of post con£ict, low income countries (Moon, 2006;Parent, 2011). By focusing on biomedically de¢ned su¡ering, such as individual trauma, the suggested interventions may divert attention from the real conditions individuals and communities face.…”

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Key factors that facilitate intergroup dialogue and psychosocial healing in Rwanda

King¹

2014

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Key factors that facilitate intergroup dialogue and psychosocial healing in Rwanda: a qualitative study Re¤ gine Uwibereyeho KingPsychosocial interventions in many post con£ict settings, including Rwanda, have failed to facilitate dialogue between members of con£icting groups while aiming to rebuild the broken social fabric that individuals and communities depend on for sustainable peace and development. Locally initiated programmes that do engage con£icting parties in dialogue are often overlooked, and therefore unable to inform interventions.To begin to ¢ll this gap, this article presents a qualitative study of key factors that facilitated intergroup dialogue and mutual healing between Hutus and Tutsis through the Healing of Life Wounds, a community based mental health programme initiated in Rwanda. Data were collected from 23 participants who attended the programme as part of this investigation and includes pre and post intervention interviews, as well as notes from participant and researcher' s observations. Findings indicate that openness to change, a safe space for sharing, an understanding facilitator and supportive material resources were all factors that encouraged participants to share their personal stories and engage in acts of mutual support. Participants began to integrate positive patterns of relationships within the group, and in their communities. The implications for post con£ict rebuilding are also discussed.Key factors that facilitate intergroup dialogue and psychosocial healing in Rwanda: a qualitative study

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“…A key consequence is that the political demands of victims and survivors are of little to no consequence to post-conflict healing and reconciliation. 29 Important social and political issues related to the causes of the conflict and to the possibilities of reconciliation and peace are obscured, neglected, or decontextualised by the focus on survivors' pathologies. 30 Roger Mac Ginty and Andrew Williams are sceptics of the 'liberal peace' critique: there might not be such a widespread liberal agreement, but for the cohesion of various activities around the promotion of the 'open market' and neoliberal economics as a way to build a durable peace.…”

Section: Peacebuilding and Its Criticsmentioning

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The imperial legacy of international peacebuilding: the case of Francophone Africa

Charbonneau¹

2014

Rev. Int. Stud.

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Comparisons of peacebuilding with historic practices of imperialism are common, but these comparisons have sustained a hegemonic antagonism between humanitarian and imperialist interpretations of international peace intervention. This article argues that this common framing externalises the problem of intervention, romanticises local resistance, and forecloses to investigation the articulation between militarised peace practices and transnational capitalist relations. To do so, the article analyses the case of Francophone Africa, thus providing a context that has been left unexplored in peacebuilding debates. By bringing back in the historicity of particular Franco-African imperial experiences into peacebuilding research, the article reveals the militarisation of politics, transnational elite networks, and the dominant intellectual predispositions that work to reproduce the legitimacy of hegemonic practices of 'peace' interventionism. In the last section, the article analyses the debates over the UN-French 2011 intervention in Cô te d'Ivoire to reveal the connections between the ethics of humanitarian interventions and the political economy of imperialism. The article concludes that the imperial legacy of peacebuilding is found in old capabilities, new organising logics, and specific practices and power relations and that to focus on the humanitarian-imperialist antagonism caricatures the relationships between 'local ' and 'international' actors. This article discusses the imperial legacy of international peacebuilding in the context of academic comparisons between imperialism and peacebuilding. To do so, it examines the case of Francophone Africa where France plays a key role in international peace intervention. Where comparisons between imperialism and peacebuilding are made, the British Empire is the common point of reference. The context of Francophone Africa and France-Africa security relations is one that is typically left unexplored in peacebuilding deliberations. Certainly, recent French military deployments in Cô te 607 * I thank Tony Chafer, William Crumplin, Geneviève Parent, Michael Pugh and the three anonymous reviewers of the Review of International Studies for their comments, support, and encouragement in writing and improving this article, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for its financial support.

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Peacebuilding, Healing, Reconciliation: An Analysis of Unseen Connections for Peace

Cited by 9 publications

References 22 publications

Conceptualising the web for post-conflict governance building

Conceptualising the web for post-conflict governance building

Key factors that facilitate intergroup dialogue and psychosocial healing in Rwanda

The imperial legacy of international peacebuilding: the case of Francophone Africa

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