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Coexistence in the Aftermath of Mass Violence: Imagination, Empathy, and Resilience

Edited by Eve Monique Zucker and Laura McGrew
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Coexistence in the Aftermath of Mass Violence demonstrates how imagination, empathy, and resilience contribute to the processes of social repair after ethnic and political violence. Adding to the literature on transitional justice, peacebuilding, and the anthropology of violence and social repair, the authors show how these conceptual pathways—imagination, empathy and resilience—enhance recovery, coexistence, and sustainable peace. Coexistence (or reconciliation) is the underlying goal or condition desired after mass violence, enabling survivors to move forward with their lives. Imagination allows these survivors (victims, perpetrators, bystanders) to draw guidance and inspiration from their social and cultural imaginaries, to develop empathy, and to envision a future of peace and coexistence. Resilience emerges through periods of violence and its aftermaths through acts of survival, compassion, modes of rebuilding social worlds, and the establishment of a peaceful society.

Focusing on society at the grass roots level, the authors discuss the myriad and little understood processes of social repair that allow ruptured societies and communities to move toward a peaceful and stable future. The volume also illustrates some of the ways in which imagination, empathy, and resilience may contribute to the prevention of future violence and the authors conclude with a number of practical and policy recommendations. The cases include Cambodia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somaliland, Colombia, the Southern Cone, Iraq, and Bosnia.

  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction
  • Part 1. Imagination
    • 2. In the Realms of Ritual and Enchantment
    • 3. “And to This New Life We Are Striving”
    • 4. Imagining Alternatives
  • Part 2. Empathy
    • 5. “You Can’t Bake Bread without the Flour”
    • 6. Cultivating Empathy and Coexistence
    • 7. The Rescuers
  • Part 3. Resilience
    • 8. Women’s Survival and Memory Narratives in the Southern Cone
    • 9. Toward Resilient Cultural Initiatives of Memory and Reconciliation among Rural Displaced Populations in Transitional Colombia
    • 10. The Politics of Resilience in Somaliland
    • 11. Conclusion
  • Contributors
  • Index
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Published: 2020
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
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  • 978-0-472-07465-5 (hardcover)
  • 978-0-472-12719-1 (ebook)
  • 978-0-472-05465-7 (paper)
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  • Political Science:Conflict Resolution & Peace Studies
  • Political Science

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A large brown-gray boulder with grass in the forefront of the picture and forest behind and featuring a crevice near the top, out of which grows a small sapling.

The Enchanted Wedding Chest “The Rock Box”

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Fig. 2.1. The Enchanted Wedding Chest “The Stone Box”

In the middle of an onstage performance, Khmer dancers in lilac dress pose in a semicircle surrounding a single masked dancer in an elaborate red and gold costume who stands with legs apart and slightly bent, the pointer finger on one hand extended to the sky.

The Lives of Giants, Sophiline Arts Ensemble, Bryn Mawr College, USA, 2010.

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Fig. 4.1. The Lives of Giants, Sophiline Arts Ensemble, Bryn Mawr College (United States, 2010). Photo by Chan Sopheap.

Three Cambodian Buddhist monks in orange robes and shaved heads give blessings to a group of smiling villagers at a long, low table covered with candles, platters of fruit, and various other offerings.

Kdei Karuna Dialogue Project

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Fig. 5.1. Several NGOs conduct dialogue programs in Cambodia; here, the NGO Kdei Karuna holds a religious ceremony as part of a dialogue and healing project. (Used with permission from the NGO Kdei Karuna, http://www.kdei-karuna.org)

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Fig. 9.2. Narrative workshop with displaced indigenous youth in the village of Jaqué.

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