(Re)producing Ambiguity and Contradictions in Enduring and Looming Crisis in Burundi

Berckmoes, Lidewyde H.

doi:10.1080/00141844.2015.1106570

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“…We argue that this logic of violence illustrates the connections that children make between everyday encounters with direct, interpersonal violence in the school environment and the wider social structures of Burundian society in the general context of (political) uncertainty, omnipresent violence and ever‐looming possibilities of victimisation (cf. Berckmoes, , see also Pells and others, : 32).…”

Section: Discussion: a Learned Logic Of Violencementioning

confidence: 91%

“…In an attempt to overcome these critiques on Bandura's work, we build on Bronfenbrenner's socioecological model, which allows for more complexity in children's learning and behaviour (cf. Berckmoes andothers, 2017, Pells andothers, 2018). It sees children's development as deriving from children's agentive interactions with their immediate and more remote environments, ranging from micro-to macrosystem levels (Bronfenbrenner, 1979).…”

Section: Research Approach and Ethical Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Violence and Vulnerability: Children’s Strategies and the Logic of Violence in Burundi

Hendriks

Reis

Sostakova³

et al. 2019

Children & Society

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This study explores how children in conflict‐affected Burundi deal with violence in their everyday lives. Focusing on schools as a context in which children are prepared for further roles in society, child‐centred, qualitative and mixed‐methods research was conducted at 36 primary schools throughout Burundi. Findings reveal that children use a variety of strategies to deal with violence they encounter. These strategies reflect a learned ‘logic of violence’, matching dynamics of violence and vulnerability in society at large. Children’s strategies are ultimately aimed at reducing vulnerability to (future) violence and indicative of the omnipresence of violence and uncertainty in Burundi.

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Section: Discussion: a Learned Logic Of Violencementioning

confidence: 91%

Section: Research Approach and Ethical Considerationsmentioning

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Violence and Vulnerability: Children’s Strategies and the Logic of Violence in Burundi

Hendriks

Reis

Sostakova³

et al. 2019

Children & Society

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“…Th en, a short refl ection on methodology will follow. In the articles in this special section, the authors focus especially on how duress may translate into specifi c tactics (Berckmoes 2014(Berckmoes , 2015de Certeau 1984;Vigh 2006) or pathways (de Bruijn et al 2005) and how it fi nds its lace in ordinary lives (Das 2007;Scheper-Hughes 1993). Each case study presented in the articles of this special section makes tangible the impact of this enduring and internalized hardship, these realities of duress, through a focus on such elements (tactics, pathways, and ordinary lives).…”

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“…Drawing our attention to the chronicity of crisis in many parts of the world, Vigh's conceptual exploration still foregrounds the experience of "crisis" more than that of its chronicity. As in much contemporary work by anthropologists, the analysis centers on notions of uncertainty and unpredictability (see, e.g., Berckmoes 2014Berckmoes , 2015Cooper and Pratten 2015;Vigh 2009).…”

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Bruijn

Both

2018

Conflict and Society

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Ⅲ ABSTRACT: Th e enduring experience of hardship, in the form of layers of various crises, can become deeply ingrained in a society, and people can come to act and react under these conditions as if they lead a normal life. Th is process is explored through the analytical concept of duress, which contains three elements: enduring and accumulating layers of hardship over time, the normalization of this hardship, and a form of deeply constrained agency. We argue that decisions made in duress have a signifi cant impact on the social and political structures of society. Th is concept of duress is used as a lens to understand the lives of individual people and societies in Central and West Africa that have a long history of ecological, political, and social confl icts and crises. Ⅲ

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“…Many scholars of the Great Lakes Region in central Africa, for instance, refer to repeated outbreaks of violence along ethnic and political lines [2][3][4]. In Rwanda specifically, the infamous genocide against the Tutsi of 1994 followed earlier episodes of violence along ethnic lines [5].…”

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confidence: 99%

How Legacies of Genocide Are Transmitted in the Family Environment: A Qualitative Study of Two Generations in Rwanda

Berckmoes

Eichelsheim

Rutayisire³

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Abstract:The 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and its aftermath led to large-scale individual traumatization, disruption of family structures, shifts in gender roles, and tensions in communities, which are all ongoing. Previous research around the world has demonstrated the transgenerational effects of mass violence on individuals, families and communities. In Rwanda, in light of recurrent episodes of violence in the past, attention to the potential 'cycle of violence' is warranted. The assumption that violence is passed from generation to generation was first formulated in research on domestic violence and child abuse, but is receiving increasing attention in conflict-affected societies. However, the mechanisms behind intergenerational transmission are still poorly understood. Based on qualitative research with 41 mothers and their adolescent children, we investigated how legacies of the 1994 genocide and its aftermath are transmitted to the next generation through processes in the family environment in Rwanda. Our findings reveal direct and indirect pathways of transmission. We also argue that intergenerational effects might best be described as heterotypic: genocide and its aftermath lead to multiple challenges in the children's lives, but do not necessarily translate into new physical violence. Further research is needed on how children actively engage with conflict legacies of the past.

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(Re)producing Ambiguity and Contradictions in Enduring and Looming Crisis in Burundi

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