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Territorial Peace Through Peace For the Territory: Analysing Conditions of Indigenous Peacebuilding in Colombia

Jederlund, John LU (2021) FKVK02 20211
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The “territorial peace” runs as a buzzword around Colombian peacebuilding. A so-called territorial approach was adopted in the beginning of the Havana Peace Talks, as a means of creating locally based, differentiated modes of peacebuilding, and addressing the structural neglect of Colombia’s diverse rural areas. This study highlights the experiences of Colombian indigenous peoples in the context of the territorial peace approach. Drawing upon an emergent literature on the ethnographically based concept of indigenous peacebuilding, it analyses contrasting ideas on the part of indigenous peoples and national elites. The study zooms in on three main themes – local ownership and authorship, governance locus, and sustainability – in aiming to... (More)
The “territorial peace” runs as a buzzword around Colombian peacebuilding. A so-called territorial approach was adopted in the beginning of the Havana Peace Talks, as a means of creating locally based, differentiated modes of peacebuilding, and addressing the structural neglect of Colombia’s diverse rural areas. This study highlights the experiences of Colombian indigenous peoples in the context of the territorial peace approach. Drawing upon an emergent literature on the ethnographically based concept of indigenous peacebuilding, it analyses contrasting ideas on the part of indigenous peoples and national elites. The study zooms in on three main themes – local ownership and authorship, governance locus, and sustainability – in aiming to draw conclusions about the conditions of indigenous peacebuilding. The textual empiricism suggests that indigenous notions of local agency, territorial autonomy and sustainable relationships among people and nature are largely neglected in elite ideas underpinned by international liberal peace ideals. As such, various shortcomings are identified related to the ambitions of inclusion and comprehensiveness of the territorial approach. (Less)
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author
Jederlund, John LU
supervisor
organization
course
FKVK02 20211
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Territorial peace, indigenous peacebuilding, local ownership/authorship, territorial autonomy, sustainability
language
English
id
9046839
date added to LUP
2021-07-06 10:52:14
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  abstract     = {{The “territorial peace” runs as a buzzword around Colombian peacebuilding. A so-called territorial approach was adopted in the beginning of the Havana Peace Talks, as a means of creating locally based, differentiated modes of peacebuilding, and addressing the structural neglect of Colombia’s diverse rural areas. This study highlights the experiences of Colombian indigenous peoples in the context of the territorial peace approach. Drawing upon an emergent literature on the ethnographically based concept of indigenous peacebuilding, it analyses contrasting ideas on the part of indigenous peoples and national elites. The study zooms in on three main themes – local ownership and authorship, governance locus, and sustainability – in aiming to draw conclusions about the conditions of indigenous peacebuilding. The textual empiricism suggests that indigenous notions of local agency, territorial autonomy and sustainable relationships among people and nature are largely neglected in elite ideas underpinned by international liberal peace ideals. As such, various shortcomings are identified related to the ambitions of inclusion and comprehensiveness of the territorial approach.}},
  author       = {{Jederlund, John}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Territorial Peace Through Peace For the Territory: Analysing Conditions of Indigenous Peacebuilding in Colombia}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}