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<p>This white paper takes the unknown and the vague and movement towards/in those realms – as frames for a discussion of present practice and emergent potentiality of anthropological engagement with peace (building) studies. Arguably, embracing the unknown or vague as generative constants as well as fundamental elements of non-linear peacebuilding further open collaborative, communicative spaces of possibility. Aspects of this discussion are drawn from broader conceptual/methodological considerations in both peacebuilding and social anthropology so as to contribute to an interdisciplinary alignment. Furthermore, the positions and persuasions in this work are (in)formed by extensive, on-going examinations of research and narratives active in Southeast Europe today. By looking to emergent concepts in peace studies via anthropology while moving with regional-specific ethnographies that speak back against North Atlantic hegemonies, there is offered a discussion that brings local realities into transnational (socio-academic) deliberations.</p>
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This white paper takes the unknown and the vague and movement towards/in those realms – as frames for a discussion of present practice and emergent potentiality of anthropological engagement with peace (building) studies. Arguably, embracing the unknown or vague as generative constants as well as fundamental elements of non-linear peacebuilding further open collaborative, communicative spaces of possibility. Aspects of this discussion are drawn from broader conceptual/methodological considerations in both peacebuilding and social anthropology so as to contribute to an interdisciplinary alignment. Furthermore, the positions and persuasions in this work are (in)formed by extensive, on-going examinations of research and narratives active in Southeast Europe today. By looking to emergent concepts in peace studies via anthropology while moving with regional-specific ethnographies that speak back against North Atlantic hegemonies, there is offered a discussion that brings local realities into transnational (socio-academic) deliberations.

It's Ok To Coddiwomple: Anthropology, Peacebuilding and (Em)Bracing the Vague

Department of Social & Cultural Anthropology

Fundamental Research Fellow, Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO), Belgium Faculty of Social Sciences

SEEU Review

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This white paper takes the unknown and the vague and movement towards/in those realms – as frames for a discussion of present practice and emergent...

It's Ok To Coddiwomple: Anthropology, Peacebuilding and (Em)Bracing the Vague

Published Online: Jun 26, 2024

Page range: 3 - 23

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/seeur-2024-0003

Keywords
anthropology, peacebuilding, the unknown, Southeast Europe

© 2024 Charles O. Warner et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

It's Ok To Coddiwomple: Anthropology, Peacebuilding and (Em)Bracing the Vague

Published Online: Jun 26, 2024

Page range: 3 - 23

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/seeur-2024-0003

Keywordsanthropology, peacebuilding, the unknown, Southeast Europe

© 2024 Charles O. Warner et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
anthropology, peacebuilding, the unknown, Southeast Europe