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SUMMARY:CGHR Research Group: ‘This man does not even know the meaning of
  peace': conflicting understandings of peace and legitimate violence in Gu
 lu\, northern Uganda - Partha Moman (University of Cambridge). Discussant:
  Dr Adam Branch (POLIS)
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CONTACT:Annette LaRocco
DESCRIPTION:Current thinking concerning transitions to peace after war ten
 ds either to reduce peace to the crude absence of violence or render it as
  a holistic phenomenon that it is blurred with normative understandings of
  wider socio-political struggle and transformation. Instead\, through anal
 ysis of conversations on peace and violence in contemporary northern Ugand
 a\, this paper claims that what defines a transition from war to peace is 
 the extent to which a society shares an understanding of what constitutes 
 legitimate violence. It demonstrates the stark discord amongst the inhabit
 ants of Gulu on the extent and ‘meaning’ of peace\, and argues that if
  peace is constructed and imagined across society\, then this marked discr
 epancy is analogous to the absence of peace itself\, despite the silence o
 f the guns. By breaking down this conversation over peace\, it becomes pos
 sible to reveal the substance of these disagreements as conflicting unders
 tandings of what constitutes legitimate violence\, such as differing stanc
 es on wartime violence\, rather than debates over the entire social and po
 litical order. As such it may be possible to salvage a distinct non-normat
 ive understanding of transitions between war and peace where they are defi
 ned by shifts between dissensus and consensus on what constitutes legitima
 te violence.\n\nThe University of Cambridge Centre of Governance and Human
  Rights Research Group is a forum for graduate students and early-career r
 esearchers from any department and disciplinary background researching iss
 ues of governance and human rights in the global\, regional\, and national
  contexts. This is an excellent opportunity to receive cross-disciplinary 
 feedback\, to produce a published CGHR Working Paper with editorial help\,
  and to meet and network with student and academic researchers.\n\n\nCall 
 for Papers\n\nWe are looking to confirm presenters for coming terms. To pr
 esent a paper or for more information on the research group\, please conta
 ct the convenor\, Annette LaRocco\, aal33@cam.ac.uk\n\nMore about the CGHR
  Research Group: http://www.cghr.polis.cam.ac.uk/events/research_group
LOCATION:Room S3 Alison Richard Building\, Sidgwick Site\, 7 West Rd\, CB3
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