Dear colleagues,
please consider submitting a paper proposal to the panel 'Opposing Violence<http://www.pacsa-web.eu/pasca-meeting-2017-amsterdam/#abstract10>', which will convene at the 6th bi-annual meeting of Peace and Conflict Studies in Anthropology (PACSA) in Amsterdam, 28-30 August 2017.
The extended deadline for paper submissions is now 12 April, 2017. Please send your abstract of about 250 words to [log in to unmask], indicating clearly that the paper should be considered for inclusion to panel 10, Opposing Violence.
Opposing Violence (P10)
Conveners: Tobias Kelly (Professor for Political and Legal Anthropology, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh) and Andreas Hackl (ESRC Global Challenges Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh)
Discussant: Mathias Thaler, Chancellor’s Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Politics, Director, Global Justice Academy, University of Edinburgh
What is at stake in opposing violence? If war and peace are deeply entangled within one another, what are the meanings and implications of attempts to prevent, ameliorate and overcome violence? Violence can take on many forms, such as symbolic, physical and structural. But what stands on the other side? States, international organization, NGOs and activists can all seek to promote peace and alternatives to violence. And even in the midst of violent conflict, actors as diverse as soldiers, religious figures, traders, armed groups, and ‘civilians’ can all try to create spaces whereviolence is held at bay. However, the meanings of attempts to promote peace and oppose violence are deeply contested, ranging from absolute pacifism, to strategic non-violence, and pragmatic calls for accommodation. Moreover, the promotion of peace is frequently accused of being part of an elitist failure to address the causes of conflict, and of placing the value of non-violence ahead of other ways of combating injustice. At a practical level, attempts to oppose violence are also often met by sober outcomes: ideas brought by activists into local settings might not have their intended effects; conflict transformation approaches exclude important actors; realistic and effective means are rejected due to moral understandings or for political reasons. In this context, this panel seeks to examine the meanings and implications of attempts to promote peace and oppose violence, and their often complex relationship with violence, inequality and exclusion. We ask how and why do particular claims for peace or non-violence find resonance, amongst whom, in what ways, and with what implications? We invite papers that examine contexts that might include international conflict resolution, the norms restraint of low level-armed actors, the actions of peace or nonviolent activist, amongst many others.
More details about the conference and the general call for papers can be found on the PACSA website: http://www.pacsa-web.eu/pasca-meeting-2017-amsterdam/
Regards,
Andreas Hackl
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