Opting Out of War

Anderson, Mary B.; Wallace, Marshall

doi:10.1515/9781685850517

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“…Leonardsson and Rudd (2015) highlighted the significance of including local voices in the peacebuilding agenda, aiming for a better understanding of the real causes of the conflict and the local needs. Local engagement is important since grassroots activity is a breeding ground for conflict (Anderson and Wallace 2013;Odendaal 2013); hence, Paffenholz (2015) emphasized that local actors have the capacity to prevent, manage, and resolve conflicts. Furthermore, Mac Ginty and Firchow (2016) suggested that identifying local perceptions of peace is a precondition for sustainable peace.…”

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Context of Denial in the Practice of Local Knowledge during Grassroots Peacebuilding: An Analysis of Grassroots Activists’ Experiences in North and East Sri Lanka

Walpita

2023

AJP

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Lived experiences of conflict-affected locals are an important source of local knowledge that should be incorporated into peacebuilding. However, the national project of peacebuilding in post-war Sri Lanka has failed to consider local knowledge and voices. Utilizing a grassroots perspective, this study examines the experiences of grassroots activists in north and east Sri Lanka to understand the various challenges that have hindered their attempts to share experiences and narratives of war and cultural practices across communities. The findings show that a "context of denial, " identified variously as institutional denial, fear-based denial, and community denial, has prevented grassroots activists from engaging in a meaningful dialogue about peace, reconciliation, and justice. This study helps build an understanding of how grassroots activism functions and is challenged.

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