Young People's Everyday Politics in Post-conflict Sri Lanka

Azmi, Fazeeha; Brun, Cathrine; Lund, Ragnhild

doi:10.1080/13562576.2013.780716

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“…These findings support current thinking that youth are active citizens in informal, everyday ways (Azmi et al., ; Berents and McEvoy‐Levy, ) and that experiences of violent conflict shape acts of citizenship (Oosterom, ). This article advances knowledge on youth in conflict settings by showing how self‐actualization is not only about crafting one's individual life course (Seymour, ; Utas, ; Vigh, ), but is also realized through the social relationships and communities of which youth are part.…”

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 85%

“…Since the majority of youth tend to be far removed from policy processes concerned with post‐conflict reconstruction and peace, scholars advocate focusing on ‘everyday’ forms of participation in post‐conflict settings (Azmi et al., ; Berents and McEvoy‐Levy, ; Kurtenbach and Pawelz, ; Oosterom, forthcoming; Podder, ; Schnabel and Tabyshalieva, ). Through a focus on the everyday, they demonstrate that youth can act strategically in conflict‐affected settings, and thus influence local political process and promote peace.…”

Section: Everyday Youth Action and Citizenshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Youth are often deeply aware of the potential political risks and implications of their actions (Azmi et al., ). To emphasize the constant need to assess risks and opportunities in uncertain conflict‐ridden settings, Vigh () introduced the concept of ‘social navigation’, which he defines as the process whereby ‘agents seek to draw and actualize their life trajectories … in a shifting and volatile social environment’ (ibid.…”

Section: Everyday Youth Action and Citizenshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

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‘Building Kachin’: Youth and Everyday Action in one of Myanmar's Ethnic States

Oosterom¹,

Maran²,

Wilson³

2019

Development and Change

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In 2011, Myanmar started its political transition after decades of military rule. In Kachin State this coincided with the breaking of a 17‐year ceasefire between the Kachin Independence Organization/Army (KIO/A) and the state army, the Tatmadaw. For youth living in Kachin State, this meant that opportunities for civic and political participation opened up while at the same time their context remained volatile and uncertain. Using citizenship theory and the concept of the ‘everyday’, this article analyses how youth in Kachin State connect the challenges they experience to their sense of citizenship, and how this informs everyday forms of youth action as well as youth participation in policy processes. The article argues that young people act out of moral and political reasons to ‘build Kachin’, in response to deeply historically rooted experiences of discrimination and state repression. While the agency of young people living in conflict settings is often believed to be limited to tactical agency for individual and immediate survival, an analysis of youth's experiences of citizenship shows that they also act strategically to advance the interests of their society.

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Section: Everyday Youth Action and Citizenshipmentioning

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Section: Everyday Youth Action and Citizenshipmentioning

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‘Building Kachin’: Youth and Everyday Action in one of Myanmar's Ethnic States

Oosterom¹,

Maran²,

Wilson³

2019

Development and Change

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“…This resonates with the view that it is important not to over-interpret actions of young people but to focus on how they reflect on (cf. Kallio and Häkli, 2011a, 2011b and intend their socio-political actions (see also: Azmi et al, 2013). In this article, I refer to these various interpretations and interests in politics as political motivations.…”

Section: Young People and Politics In The Global Southmentioning

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Young people navigating political engagement through post-war instability and mobility: A case from rural Nepal

Korzenevica

2016

Geoforum

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“…They have been shared through social media, and have taken on a life of their own. "In contexts of conflict where young people often feel as though they lack safe spaces to give voice to their experiences and only feel safe in public spaces belonging to "their" group (Azmi et al 2013), the process of listening to and sharing stories contributed to the production of such spaces of engagement (a goal of the partner organization on this project.) …”

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Narrating palimpsestic spaces

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The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. 1" " Narrating Palimpsestic Spaces AbstractThe term 'palimpsest' refers to medieval manuscripts that have been multiply erased and inscribed with the overlapping texts of successive scribes. More recently and amongst academics, the term has become a metaphor for describing the city, including both the physical urban form as well as memories and experiences of everyday urban life. The palimpsest offers a way of thinking not only about urban transformation, where new and repurposed structures exist alongside the old, but also changes in how the city is experienced, or how life stories are written upon and rewrite existing spaces. This paper focuses on the latter. Though the palimpsest metaphor has been used to describe material transformations of the urban, the question that this paper raises is: how can the notion of the palimpsest inform methodological approaches to researching how the city is lived and seen? Collaborative, digital storytelling that combines images, narration, and sound can provide a method that emphasizes the poli-vocality and multitemporality that the term palimpsest implies. A palimpsestic approach to digital storytelling, as a visual and narrative method, gestures at places as open to future readings and inscriptions. This is relevant to all cities, but perhaps most obviously in cities where historical narratives, memories of violence, and questions over the future political direction of the country in which the city is located are all highly contested. To illustrate these points, this paper draws upon research conducted with young people in Beirut, Lebanon as part of a wider study about how youth experience citizenship and belonging in divided societies.

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Young People's Everyday Politics in Post-conflict Sri Lanka

Cited by 19 publications

References 18 publications

‘Building Kachin’: Youth and Everyday Action in one of Myanmar's Ethnic States

‘Building Kachin’: Youth and Everyday Action in one of Myanmar's Ethnic States

Young people navigating political engagement through post-war instability and mobility: A case from rural Nepal

Narrating palimpsestic spaces

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