Collective Discussion: Piecing-Up Feminist Peace Research1

Wibben, Annick T. R.; Confortini, Catia C.; Roohi, Sanam; Aharoni, Sarai B.; Vastapuu, Leena; Vaittinen, Tiina

doi:10.1093/ips/oly034

Cited by 52 publications

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“…I expand on positive peace through engaging scholarship that accounts for the social construction of power. It has been demonstrated that power hierarchies affect people differently and shape experiences of peace and war (Alexander 2018;Wibben et al 2019). Building on this, I understand positive peace through intersectionality, which helps to account for the dynamic ways in which power structures impact people.…”

Section: Intersectional Positive Peacementioning

confidence: 94%

Towards climate resilient peace: an intersectional and degrowth approach

Nicoson

2021

Sustain Sci

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How can peace be climate resilient? How can peace and environmental sustainability be advanced simultaneously? To address these questions, I develop a new conceptual and theoretical framework for climate resilient peace through degrowth. This paper calls for stronger consideration of positive conceptualizations of peace and of intersectionality and degrowth in pursuit of peace and resilience. Not only does climate change make planetary limitations more salient, but it also highlights rising inequalities. In light of this, peace necessitates transforming societal power structures that are both driving climate change and influencing people’s experiences of climate impacts. Addressing imbalanced power structures then is key to understanding and fostering climate resilient peace. This paper conceptualizes climate resilient peace based on an intersectional understanding of positive peace, highlighting that peace depends on the negation of structural violence experienced at the intersection of political and social identities. In relation to this, I argue that a process of climate resilient peace must address underlying power structures influencing people’s experience of climate harms, and driving climate change so as to mitigate further damage. This paper demonstrates such a process through degrowth, wherein growth is no longer the central economic goal, exemplifying social and ecological means for disrupting structural violence within climate limitations. I discuss and give examples of three key degrowth processes—redistribution, reprioritized care economies, and global equity—as opportunities to foster peace in a changing climate. This framework, thus, contributes a new approach to climate resilient peace that addresses challenges of both social and environmental sustainability.

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Section: Intersectional Positive Peacementioning

confidence: 94%

Towards climate resilient peace: an intersectional and degrowth approach

Nicoson

2021

Sustain Sci

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“…The Feminist Peace Research Network (FPRN), the space where we began our collective reflections and the quilting of this piece, gave us the opportunity to bring forward this tradition of unruly wives. The FPRN is where many feminists are attempting to resist disciplining and exclusionary analyses and practices in the field of peace research (see also Väyrynen et al, forthcoming; Wibben et al, 2019). The quilting work springing from this network attempts to remedy peace research’s narrow construction, as well as its methodological and normative whiteness, noting how exclusions have trickle-down effects, not just in terms of knowledge creation as we have shown, but also for example, for peacebuilding interventions/practices (e.g.…”

Section: Toward Feminist Genealogies Of Peace Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Unruly wives in the household: Toward feminist genealogies for peace research

Lyytikäinen¹,

Yadav²,

Wibben³

et al. 2020

Cooperation and Conflict

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Feminist scholars and activists have historically been written out of peace research, despite their strong presence in the early stages of the field. In this article, we develop the concept of “wifesization” to illustrate the process through which feminist and feminized interventions have been reduced to appendages of the field, their contributions appropriated for its development but unworthy of mention as independent producers of knowledge. Wifesization has trickle-down effects, not just for knowledge production, but also for peacebuilding practice. We propose new feminist genealogies for peace research that challenge and redefine the narrow boundaries of the field, in the form of a patchwork quilt including early theorists, utopian writing, oral history, and indigenous knowledge production. Reflections draw on the authors’ engagements with several archives rich in cultures and languages of peace, not reducible to a “single story.” Recovering wifesized feminist contributions to peace research, our article offers a new way of constructing peace research canons that gives weight to long-standing, powerful, and plural feminist voices, in order to make peace scholarship more inclusive and ultimately richer.

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“…Theatre can make a significant contribution to peacebuilding by facilitating the expression and inclusion of multiple voices. Prevailing emphasis on liberal peacebuilding is critiqued for its inability to incorporate the diverse-often minorityvoices from the ground (McLeod and O'Reilly 2019; Wibben et al 2019), as introducing democratic procedures early on in postwar transition can negatively affect heterogeneity at ground (Fisher 2000;Franks and Richmond 2008;Jarstad 2016). Adequately listening to and incorporating minority voices is central for sustaining peace.…”

Section: Contributions To Peacebuildingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Theatre and Peacebuilding

Premaratna¹

2020

The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies

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Theatre for peacebuilding is increasingly gaining scholarly and practitioner interest as an approach for peacebuilding. Often found within critical and developing agendas in peace and conflict studies, it is seen to offer a possible platform to creatively engage with conflict narratives and emotional cultures of conflict. The range of theatre forms used for peacebuilding that encompass professional and participatory theatre aimed at personal healing, relationship building, dialogue, peace education, coexistence, and resistance illustrate the versatility of theatre as an approach. Prevailing peacebuilding can benefit from the broader repertoires of communication, representation, and participation offered within the theatre space. The entry provides a discussion of theatre forms used for peacebuilding and the contributions theatre can offer to peacebuilding. In conclusion, it identifies areas for further research.

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Collective Discussion: Piecing-Up Feminist Peace Research1

Cited by 52 publications

References 49 publications

Towards climate resilient peace: an intersectional and degrowth approach

Towards climate resilient peace: an intersectional and degrowth approach

Unruly wives in the household: Toward feminist genealogies for peace research

Theatre and Peacebuilding

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