Resilience from the United Nations Standpoint: The Challenges of “Vagueness”

Kimber, Leah

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-03189-3_11

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“…The reproduction of a specific materiality goes along with the use of polished language – positive Globish (Kimber, 2019) – and particular phrases repeated at each session such as ‘May I take it that the preparatory committee is taking this proposal? I see no objection.…”

Section: Shaping Un Practicesmentioning

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Experiencing Time and Space within the United Nations

Kimber

Maertens

2021

Global Policy

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Departing from an objective understanding of time and space, this article investigates time and space together as daily individual and social experiences within the United Nations (UN) system. Focused on both staff members and civil society partners, it explores how experiences of time and space affect the way the UN functions. Based on two case studies, it first shows that time and space as they are experienced by individuals shape UN everyday practices pointing to a form of unlimited connectedness among individuals and overlapping and delocalized temporalities. It then demonstrates that time and space constitute socially constructed resources to maintain hierarchical relations: looking at temporal and spatial experiences gives insight into power dynamics over decision-making within the UN. Overall these findings show that time and space are relevant to capture overlooked dimensions in the study of the UN. Policy Implications• Be mindful of different ways time and space can be experienced: temporal and spatial opportunities are relative and differ from one organization to another, influencing reform initiatives and decision-making.• Increased collaboration can be fostered by considering different organizational working paces and spatial constraints which affect how UN entities work individually and together.• Various organizational calendars must be taken seriously to facilitate participation.• Growing familiarity over time and across spaces among UN staff, member state delegates and other partners could facilitate or hamper negotiations and their outcomes.

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Section: Shaping Un Practicesmentioning

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Experiencing Time and Space within the United Nations

Kimber

Maertens

2021

Global Policy

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“…The concept of resilience has gained huge currency in international development over recent years, portraying a vision for making the world a “better, stronger and safer place’ (Kimber, 2019). It originally became a popular concept in the context of the risk discourse – hazards, crises and disasters – in the late 1990s, superseding discussions about ‘vulnerability’ widely associated with the susceptibility to be harmed (Janssen and Ostrom, 2006) and becoming a positive replacement implying the possibility of adjustment, adaptation and recovery (Kimber, 2019). Conceptualised and adopted in different, sometimes conflicting, ways resilience continues to be debated theoretically and in relation to its practical application (Tanner et al, 2017).…”

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The role of resilience processes in education and well-being outcomes for separated children in Uganda: Exploring street-connected children’s pathways through a resilience-based programme and beyond

Edmonds¹,

Ochaya²,

Sansom³

2022

Global Studies of Childhood

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This article explores the role resilience processes play in education and well-being outcomes for street-connected children. It draws on research and practice undertaken as part of the Building with Bamboo Programme (BwB) on resilience. BwB investigated the forms a resilience-based approach might usefully take in practice, the effect this has on promoting resilience in children, and how this resilience leads to improved outcomes in their lives. Our article draws specifically on the experiences of street-connected children who were involved in such approaches as part of programmes at S.A.L.V.E. International, Uganda between 2016 and 2018. Drawing on individual street-connected children’s resilience pathways through BwB and beyond, the article unpacks the connections between resilience processes and improved educational and well-being outcomes. It outlines how programme activities were developed and nurtured through cycles of learning and innovation to continually evolve existing strength-based programme practice with street-connected children whilst extending this work into the wider systems around children including peer networks, organisations, families and communities.

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“…As outlined below, the "vagueness" of resilience discourses [32] adequately integrates branding narratives which tend to exclude the many nuances that resilience implies. Indeed, the main objective of branding discourses is not to account for the diverse and sometimes conflicting definitions of resilience, but to propose a clear-cut and positive image of the city.…”

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Resilience as a City Brand: The Cases of the Comuna 13 and Moravia in Medellin, Colombia

Naef

2020

Sustainability

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In Medellin, during this last decade, the municipality and the private sector have been very active in the reconstruction of the city’s war-torn image. With the acknowledged objective of attracting foreign investments and tourists, the second city of Colombia has been consecutively branded as “innovative”, “smart”, “sustainable” and lately as a “resilient city”. Since 2016 and the integration of the city as one of the first members of the “100 Resilient Cities” network pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation, Medellin’s authorities have emphasised “urban resilience” as a core value of the city and its residents. Until now, few studies have put into perspective the notion of “branding” with that of “resilience”. By looking closely at discourses on the promotion of the city, as well as its burgeoning tourism sector, this article aims to fill this gap by providing a thorough analysis of the way urban resilience is used as a city-brand in a city still struggling to overcome high levels of violence. This study aims to show that antagonists’ visions of resilience are at stake when comparing the branding discourses of public authorities and the representations of self-settled communities who are at the centre of these narratives. While branding discourses praise the resilience of Medellin communities, many in these same communities tend to reject this vision of resilience as self-reliance (adaptation) and instead call for structural changes (transformation).

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Resilience from the United Nations Standpoint: The Challenges of “Vagueness”

Cited by 11 publications

References 18 publications

Experiencing Time and Space within the United Nations

Experiencing Time and Space within the United Nations

The role of resilience processes in education and well-being outcomes for separated children in Uganda: Exploring street-connected children’s pathways through a resilience-based programme and beyond

Resilience as a City Brand: The Cases of the Comuna 13 and Moravia in Medellin, Colombia

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