Striking a balance between local capacities for peace and external intervention : the case of the Manjo in Southern Ethiopia
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Federica De Sisto, 'Striking a balance between local capacities for peace and external intervention : the case of the Manjo in Southern Ethiopia', [thesis], Irish School of Ecumenics, 2011, pp 281Download Item:
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Abstract:
This thesis explores why culture should be considered a complementary tool to
conflict transformation in the Kaffa society of Southern Ethiopia. The hypotheses
upon which the thesis is based are that both local resources and external
intervention alone have limited capacities to produce change in the highly
polarized society of Kaffa, where the Manjo and the Kafecho groups have
developed negative stereotypes of each other over the course of centuries. The
collaboration between the locals' capacities to disengage from violence and
external actors in conflict is suggested to be a promising, and so far unexplored,
path to achieving the end of direct violence and changing the cultural elements
that give reason to violence. Enemy images based on destructive narratives distort
individuals' and groups' thinking by influencing negatively cognitive processes
such as attention, memory and attribution. At the same time, the collaboration
between local and external actors could help promote and sustain a counter culture
of peace and peaceful coexistence.
Author: De Sisto, Federica
Advisor:
Atack, IainQualification name:
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)Publisher:
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