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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
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)
Fig. 9.1. Example of gardens in canoes, or “Jardines en Balsa,” a cultural tradition of planting herbs and vegetables to promote food autonomy among rural coastal communities.