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Seeking discomfort across the border - A qualitative interview study about relational peace between online communities in India and Pakistan

Blomgren Strinnvik, Saga LU (2020) FKVK02 20201
Department of Political Science
Abstract
In February 2020, two groups met in Kartapur, near the border of India and Pakistan, for the first time. The groups, Yes Fam India and Yes Fam Pakistan, are created in connection to the YouTube channel Yes Theory, and they share an active online community.
The conflict between India and Pakistan has been active for over 70 years. Previous research suggests that there is a need to explore the possibilities of people-to-people initiatives between the countries in order to strengthen the relationship between them. The purpose of this thesis has been to study how the meetup between Yes Fam India and Yes Fam Pakistan has contributed to relational peace. Furthermore, this thesis has aimed to explore how the online community has contributed to... (More)
In February 2020, two groups met in Kartapur, near the border of India and Pakistan, for the first time. The groups, Yes Fam India and Yes Fam Pakistan, are created in connection to the YouTube channel Yes Theory, and they share an active online community.
The conflict between India and Pakistan has been active for over 70 years. Previous research suggests that there is a need to explore the possibilities of people-to-people initiatives between the countries in order to strengthen the relationship between them. The purpose of this thesis has been to study how the meetup between Yes Fam India and Yes Fam Pakistan has contributed to relational peace. Furthermore, this thesis has aimed to explore how the online community has contributed to relational peace. The method chosen for this study is a qualitative interview study with four participants from Pakistan and four from India.
This study found that there is relational peace between Yes Fam India and Yes Fam Pakistan and that their online community facilitated the relational peace. Further, the research suggests that other people-to-people initiatives might favorably adapt an online aspect to their work inspired by the meetup in Kartapur. (Less)
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author
Blomgren Strinnvik, Saga LU
supervisor
organization
course
FKVK02 20201
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
People-to-people, relational peace, India and Pakistan, online communities, peacebuilding.
language
English
id
9011376
date added to LUP
2020-09-21 11:50:02
date last changed
2020-09-21 11:50:02
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  abstract     = {{In February 2020, two groups met in Kartapur, near the border of India and Pakistan, for the first time. The groups, Yes Fam India and Yes Fam Pakistan, are created in connection to the YouTube channel Yes Theory, and they share an active online community.
The conflict between India and Pakistan has been active for over 70 years. Previous research suggests that there is a need to explore the possibilities of people-to-people initiatives between the countries in order to strengthen the relationship between them. The purpose of this thesis has been to study how the meetup between Yes Fam India and Yes Fam Pakistan has contributed to relational peace. Furthermore, this thesis has aimed to explore how the online community has contributed to relational peace. The method chosen for this study is a qualitative interview study with four participants from Pakistan and four from India.
This study found that there is relational peace between Yes Fam India and Yes Fam Pakistan and that their online community facilitated the relational peace. Further, the research suggests that other people-to-people initiatives might favorably adapt an online aspect to their work inspired by the meetup in Kartapur.}},
  author       = {{Blomgren Strinnvik, Saga}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Seeking discomfort across the border - A qualitative interview study about relational peace between online communities in India and Pakistan}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}