Negotiating place: interpersonal reconciliation and emplacement

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    Abstract

    At the start of 2014, more people were displaced globally by conflict and human rights violations than at any time since the Second World War. Although many of those displaced, from countries such as Syria, Iraq, Colombia, Kenya, and Sudan, have survived grave human rights abuses that demand redress, the links between forced migration, justice, and reconciliation have historically received little attention. This collection addresses the roles of various actors including governments, UN agencies, NGOs, and displaced persons themselves, raising complex questions about accountability for past injustices and how to support reconciliation in communities shaped by exile. Forced Migration, Reconciliation, and Justice draws on a variety of disciplinary perspectives including political science, law, anthropology, and social work. The chapters range from case studies in countries such as Bosnia, Cambodia, Lebanon, Turkey, East Timor, Kenya, and Canada, to macro-level analyses of trends, interconnections, and theoretical dilemmas. Furthermore, the authors explore the contribution of trials and truth commissions, as well as the role of religious practices, oral history, theatre, and social interactions in addressing justice and reconciliation issues in affected communities. In doing so, they provide fresh insight into emerging debates at the centre of forced migration and transitional justice. Exploring critical issues in political science and development studies, this provocative collaboration unites leading researchers, policymakers, human rights advocates, and aid workers to examine the theoretical and practical relationships between displacement, transitional justice, and reconciliation. [book abstract - no separate chapter abstract is available].
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationForced Migration, Reconciliation, and Justice
    EditorsM. Bradley
    Place of PublicationMontreal
    PublisherMcGill-Queen's University Press
    Pages87-105
    ISBN (Print)9780773545175
    Publication statusPublished - 2015

    Keywords

    • Colombia
    • internally displaced persons
    • host communities
    • reconciliation
    • displacement-shaped communities
    • emplacement

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