Professor Stefanie Kappler stefanie.kappler@durham.ac.uk
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The dynamic local: delocalisation and (re-)localisation in the search for peacebuilding identity
Kappler, Stefanie
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Abstract
This article challenges the notion of the ‘local’ as a static identity or set position and argues for a processual understanding of localisation, in which constant processes of delocalisation and (re-)localisation serve as tools by which peacebuilding actors position themselves in the political economy and the social landscape of peacebuilding. Peacebuilding agency and -identity are viewed as situated in time and space and subject to constant transformation. Using the cases of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Cyprus, I argue that the positionality of local identity is contingent on the ever-changing social context and political economy of peacebuilding. By viewing processes of (re-)localisation and delocalisation as markers of agency, we can overcome the binary between local and international and investigate more subtle forms of agency in a fluid peacebuilding environment. The article identifies the ways in which peacebuilding agency facilitates the creation of a particular set of identities (identification), before investigating the processes of delocalisation and (re-)localisation in detail. The article goes on to argue that, rather than being mutually exclusive, these two processes tend to happen in parallel and thus challenge the seemingly neat binary between local and international peacebuilding identities.
Citation
Kappler, S. (2015). The dynamic local: delocalisation and (re-)localisation in the search for peacebuilding identity. Third World Quarterly, 36(5), 875-889. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2015.1025740
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 2, 2015 |
Online Publication Date | Jun 8, 2015 |
Publication Date | May 1, 2015 |
Deposit Date | Sep 23, 2015 |
Publicly Available Date | Nov 1, 2016 |
Journal | Third World Quarterly |
Print ISSN | 0143-6597 |
Electronic ISSN | 1360-2241 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 36 |
Issue | 5 |
Pages | 875-889 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2015.1025740 |
Keywords | Peacebuilding, Identity, Agency, Localisation, International political economy. |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1402333 |
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Third World Quarterly on 01/05/2015, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/01436597.2015.1025740.
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