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Beyond the local turn divide: lessons learnt, relearnt and unlearnt

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  • Isabell Schierenbeck

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This article builds on the contributions to this special issue by examining different approaches to the local turn and what can be learnt from applying them. The contributors agree on the imperative of understanding ‘the local’ in peacebuilding; however, there seems to be a multitude of ways forward in this regard. The immediate concern is how this acknowledgement translates into practices that allow for both efficiency and local emancipation in the building of peace. The article suggests giving up the ‘one-size-fits-all’ model of peacebuilding and engaging in context-based methods and research designs beyond generalisations. One way to go about this is to strive for interdisciplinary research – combining peace studies and political science with social anthropologists and area studies – but also to involve ‘the locals’ themselves in the process of taking a few methodological steps further.

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  • Isabell Schierenbeck, 2015. "Beyond the local turn divide: lessons learnt, relearnt and unlearnt," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(5), pages 1023-1032, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:36:y:2015:i:5:p:1023-1032
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2015.1043991
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