o:  Against romanticizing local understandings and practices of peace in Mozambique

N. Wiegink

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-65563-5

o: Against romanticizing local understandings and practices of peace in Mozambique

N. Wiegink

Sovereignty and Social Contestation

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Abstract

In the wake of massive atrocities, religious or cosmologic expressions and practices may provide a tremendous resource for healing or transitional justice for both the individual and the collective. Yet all too often, such practices and ideas end up being portrayed in reified, romanticized and one-dimensional ways. This chapter presents the much-celebrated purification rituals of ex-combatants in postwar Mozambique as a phenomenon that has been subject to such “romanticizing”. It provides a thick description of intersections of violence and healing and the spiritual world and thereby presents three elements deemed essential for ethnographic peace research: 1) a multiplicity of interpretations, 2) a caution not to assume that local peace initiatives are inherently inclusive and harmonious, and 3) a long-term or multi-temporal focus.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ethnographic Peace Research
Subtitle of host publication	Approaches and tensions
Editors	Gearoid Millar
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	137-157
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-65563-5
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-65562-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65563-5
Publication status	Published - 2018

Publication series

Name	Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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