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‘Be Prepared’ for Peace: The Global Scouting Movement’s Discourse on Youth Agency in Peacebuilding

Bornhöft, Maria LU (2022) FKVK02 20221
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Perspectives on the role of children and young people in peacebuilding often
overlook youth agency. However, the growth of critical theories in peace and
conflict studies in the later decades has shone a new light on the need to
acknowledge youth as parties to peacebuilding. Through a lens of peace education, this paper analyzes the discourse on youth agency in the context of the largest youth movement in the world, the global scouting movement. The
theoretical framework posits that in order for peace education to enable youth
agency, it needs to facilitate redistribution, representation, recognition, and
reconciliation. The result shows, based on documentation from the 42nd World
Scout Conference, that the global scouting movement... (More)
Perspectives on the role of children and young people in peacebuilding often
overlook youth agency. However, the growth of critical theories in peace and
conflict studies in the later decades has shone a new light on the need to
acknowledge youth as parties to peacebuilding. Through a lens of peace education, this paper analyzes the discourse on youth agency in the context of the largest youth movement in the world, the global scouting movement. The
theoretical framework posits that in order for peace education to enable youth
agency, it needs to facilitate redistribution, representation, recognition, and
reconciliation. The result shows, based on documentation from the 42nd World
Scout Conference, that the global scouting movement has constructed a strong
discursive link between youth and agency in peacebuilding. It has done so through educational ventures which are aligned with all of the approaches which peace education typically takes; socio-economic, socio-political, and socio-cultural approaches. However, the scouting movement’s discourse also places certain constraints on youth agency by linking youth to dependency, inherent peacefulness, and generalized interests and experiences. (Less)
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author
Bornhöft, Maria LU
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course
FKVK02 20221
year
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M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
youth agency, peace education, peacebuilding, discourse analysis, scouting
language
English
id
9080855
date added to LUP
2022-07-03 09:09:28
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2022-07-03 09:09:28
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  abstract     = {{Perspectives on the role of children and young people in peacebuilding often
overlook youth agency. However, the growth of critical theories in peace and
conflict studies in the later decades has shone a new light on the need to
acknowledge youth as parties to peacebuilding. Through a lens of peace education, this paper analyzes the discourse on youth agency in the context of the largest youth movement in the world, the global scouting movement. The
theoretical framework posits that in order for peace education to enable youth
agency, it needs to facilitate redistribution, representation, recognition, and
reconciliation. The result shows, based on documentation from the 42nd World
Scout Conference, that the global scouting movement has constructed a strong
discursive link between youth and agency in peacebuilding. It has done so through educational ventures which are aligned with all of the approaches which peace education typically takes; socio-economic, socio-political, and socio-cultural approaches. However, the scouting movement’s discourse also places certain constraints on youth agency by linking youth to dependency, inherent peacefulness, and generalized interests and experiences.}},
  author       = {{Bornhöft, Maria}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{‘Be Prepared’ for Peace: The Global Scouting Movement’s Discourse on Youth Agency in Peacebuilding}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}