Ritual and Peacebuilding

Schirch, Lisa

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“…There are indeed various means of tactical peacebuilding and strategic conflict transformation that can be used as a medium of combating extremism, including the legal-justice approach, cultural and persuasive approach, education and learning and dialogue, among many others (see e.g. Gopin, 2000;Lederach, 1996;Philpott, 2012;Schirch, 2004;Butler, 2009). However, without ignoring other advantageous models of peacebuilding, this article underlines the significant contributions of religion and culture in peace, reconciliation and conflict resolution processes.…”

Section: Tactical Peacebuilding Approaches To Religious Violencementioning

confidence: 91%

“…Now, one of the main challenges of scholars, practitioners or policymakers of conflict and peace studies is how to explain the role or the power of culture (which includes adat or customary laws, local institutions, traditions and practices) and religion (which includes texts, beliefs, doctrines, norms, identities, organisations or networks) in conflict, violence and postviolence settings whether for instigating/ building violence or supporting/building peace without trying to essentialise it. Some peace scholars and conflict resolution specialists, such as Schirch (2005), Butler (2009) and Philpott (2012), have indeed tried to avoid a black-and-white mindset and then engaged in a 'grey area' by reconciling and combining multiple approaches for peacebuilding and conflict resolution without essentialising, favouring or differentiating a particular model from (or over) the other. They tend to be realistic or pragmatic, meaning that any tactical peacebuilding/conflict resolution approach-liberal or 'non-liberal' model-might be useful, effective and strategic in a particular society and therefore could be implemented or used as a medium to resolve conflict and build peace.…”

Section: Beyond Liberal Peace: Literature Review and Framework For Pe...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…6 The religious actors have used multiple relevant religious sources and knowledge, tactical approaches, and useful means of peacebuilding and conflict transformation, including ritual practices, religious symbols and religious traditions. Lisa Schirch, a prominent peace studies scholar and practitioner, said that religious knowledge, teachings, symbols, rituals and traditions have been instrumental in the peace process throughout the world (Schirch, 2004). Indonesia's religious actors also utilised and maximised ritual practices for peacebuilding.…”

Section: Tactical Peacebuilding Approaches To Religious Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Peacebuilding becomes tactical or strategic when it works over the long run and at all levels of society to establish and keep good relationships among people locally and globally. Peace scholar and peacebuilding practitioner Schirch (2005) argued that one of the key characteristics of the ideas of tactical/strategic peacebuilding is how people working for peace need to network with each other, building connections with a wide range of actors who are committed to establishing peace, harmony and security in society. Tactical peacebuilding aims not only to stop and prevent violence or resolve conflict but also to build societies, institutions, policies and relationships that are better able to sustain peace and justice.…”

Section: Beyond Liberal Peace: Literature Review and Framework For Pe...mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Beyond Liberal Peace: Religious Violence and Tactical Peacebuilding in Indonesia

Al Qurtuby

2023

Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs

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Since the downfall of Suharto’s authoritarian government in 1998, Indonesia has witnessed a variety of violent conflicts, intergroup tensions and Islamist radicalism, which in turn pose threats to the country’s security, safety and peace. This article examines various forms of religious violence, particularly Islamist violence, and ways of overcoming them tactically or strategically in post-Suharto Indonesia. This article underscores the need to go beyond the liberal peace framework, underlines the significance of the implementation of tactical peacebuilding and highlights the central roles of domestic religious actors in the peace and reconciliation processes. This article suggests that tactical peacebuilding requires multiple approaches that utilise various sources, including religion and culture, and needs a strategic collaboration among manifold actors—religious and secular, state and society, domestic and foreign. The Indonesian case shows that religion is not only a source of conflict, violence and ‘violence-building’ but also a useful resource for reconciliation, conflict resolution and peacebuilding.

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Section: Tactical Peacebuilding Approaches To Religious Violencementioning

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Section: Beyond Liberal Peace: Literature Review and Framework For Pe...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Tactical Peacebuilding Approaches To Religious Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

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Beyond Liberal Peace: Religious Violence and Tactical Peacebuilding in Indonesia

Al Qurtuby

2023

Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs

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“…Our analysis of just peace is rooted in both strategic peacebuilding approaches (Lederach & Appleby, 2010; Philpott, 2010; Schirch, 2004; Wählisch, 2019) and the intersubjective approaches (Aggestam & Björkdahl, 2013; Allan & Keller, 2006, 2008; Persson, 2014; Stahn & Iverson, 2020). Strategic peacebuilding approaches presuppose engagement among a wide array of actors from many sectors of society.…”

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Living through war: An oral history of civilians in Sudan

Rothbart

Korostelina

Gjeloshi

2023

Conflict Resolution Qtrly

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Civilians in Sudan have been devastated by wars for decades, including civil wars that occurred from 1956 to 1972 and from 1983 to 2005, and wars continuing to this day in certain regions. With this article, we offer the findings of an oral history project that showcases the testimony of 116 Sudanese from the following three regions: Darfur, the Nuba Mountains and the Blue Nile state. We focused on their experiences of war and their vision of a just future for Sudan. After presenting summaries of the wars in these regions (Section 1), we identify the project's methodology (Section 2). The respondents' testimony is then analyzed thematically as follows: (a) life before war, (b) experiences of war, (c) becoming refugees, (d) war's impact, and (e) vision of justice in Sudan (Section 3). We then interpret the respondents' vision of justice as expressions of their agency in striving to overcome the systemic inequalities that have ravaged this war‐torn nation. Our analysis reveals the complexity of the respondents' notions of justice as inseparable from peace. Long‐term peace necessities the realization of justice that cannot be achieved without long‐term peace.

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Emerging Donors' Engagements in Africa: China, India, and the Localizing Peacebuilding and Development Interventions

Paczyńska

2023

Negotiation Journal

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Today's development and peacebuilding donor landscape is much more complex than it was just a few decades ago. In addition to traditional donors, emerging donors have come to play much more prominent roles in development and peacebuilding assistance. This article explores these shifting dynamics of the donor landscape by analyzing China's and India's engagements with African states. In particular, it investigates whether these two emerging donors' development and peacebuilding interventions are framed around the localization of aid concerns that have animated traditional donors. The article shows that nationally led and nationally owned development and peacebuilding priorities are central to the provision of aid by these emerging donors. However, neither China nor India has explicitly joined the localization of aid debate. The term “localization” does not appear in the key documents produced by the government agencies that oversee these countries' development and peacebuilding interventions. Moreover, neither China nor India has signed onto the various international agreements that place localization at the forefront of traditional donor agendas. This article argues that the local is important to both China and India. However, for these two countries, localization is reflected in the emphasis on nationally led and nationally owned development and peacebuilding priority setting; and the promotion of state capacity and strength rather than as a way of working with civil society and nongovernmental organizations. These engagements with the local by China and India in the context of Africa have shifted over time as their footprints across the continent have expanded and their global aspirations have shifted.

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Ritual and Peacebuilding

Cited by 10 publications

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Beyond Liberal Peace: Religious Violence and Tactical Peacebuilding in Indonesia

Beyond Liberal Peace: Religious Violence and Tactical Peacebuilding in Indonesia

Living through war: An oral history of civilians in Sudan

Emerging Donors' Engagements in Africa: China, India, and the Localizing Peacebuilding and Development Interventions

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