This study outlines the emerging cultural turn in Peace Studies and provides a critical understanding of the cultural dimension of reconciliation. Taking an anthropological view on decentralization and peacebuilding in Indonesia, it sets new standards for an interdisciplinary research field.1. The Emerging Cultural Turn in Peace Research
2. Decentralization, Revitalization and Reconciliation in Indonesia
3. Conflict and Peacebuilding in Maluku
4. Reconciliation and the Revival of Tradition
5. The Reinvention of Traditional Leadership
6. Indigenous People, Migrants and Refugees: A Clash of Individual and Cultural Human
Rights
7. Concluding Reflections: Toward a New Anthropology of Peace
Birgit Br?uchler has written an excellent monograph on the potential of culture for reconciliation & . The book covers new ground in the ongoing debate over scope conditions for sustainable peacebuilding. It is a rich source of material for scholars and practitioners seeking to understand how the revival of cultural traditions can foster a normalisation of social relations at an everyday level of interaction in post-conflict settings. (Sabine Mannitz, Peacebuilding, May, 2017)
Br?uchlers nuanced and sophisticated analysis provides new insights into the evolving relations between Islam, Christianity, and adat in contemporary postconflict Moluccan society. She explains the success of the revival of adat in peace and reconciliation processes but clearly identifies the limitations of this approach in a democratised and decentralised Indonesia. (Richard Chauvel, Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 2017)
This book provides the reader with straightforward narratives and analyses that will appeal to both specialists and a wider audience who wish to investigate decentralization, democratization, local politics, and pl3
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