Developing an inclusive research network to co-design livelihood recovery measures for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Nigeria

开发包容性研究网络，共同设计尼日利亚境内流离失所者 (IDP) 的生计恢复措施

• 批准号: AH/W00979X/2
• 负责人: Ambisisi Ambituuni
• 金额: $ 2.62万
• 依托单位: University of Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FW00979X%2F2
• 关键词: Developing; inclusive; research; network; co

In Nigeria, conflict triggers are multi-faceted, often overlap, and foster within a weakened web of fragile cultures and institutions. These conflicts take the form of pastoralists' vs farmers' clashes; ethnopolitical superiority and land disputes between tribes, e.g., the Jukuns and the Tivs; struggle for governmental and political representation between people of Christian and Islamic faiths; and activities of militant Islamist groups. Consequently, there are over 2.7 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Nigeria (IDMC, 2021). The management of IDPs is further challenged by resource availability and the poor understanding of IDPs' livelihood recovery needs. This project seeks to develop a research network to work collaboratively and answer an overarching question: how can an innovative combination of livelihood studies, storytelling using participatory drama and risk management contribute to the inclusive development of culturally informed livelihood recovery measures for IDPs in Nigeria? The network combines an interdisciplinary core team and guest speakers within AHRC remit. The network will explore local cultures and communities through art-based methods to improve understanding of interconnecting conflict triggers and the intersection with livelihoods, and how these are layered and play out across time and in different contexts. The network also seeks to explore the use of participatory drama to provoke community-based discourse on the plight of IDPs, and how the concept of risk management can help mitigate vulnerabilities in the development of culturally-informed government policies on IDPs. The network addresses the cross-cutting themes of (1) conflict, (2) poverty and inequalities, and (3) displacement; and will contribute to the discourse and application of arts-based methods for the attainment of SDG 16 and the UN International Year of Peace and Trust commitments. Furthermore, the UNDP and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) have collaborated with the Nigerian Government to implement a joint protection and recovery strategy for North-East Nigeria. The network is well suited to this context and the choice of study domain, i.e., Taraba State (being a North-East state in Nigeria with one of the largest IDPs) is timely. The commitment of the Taraba State Government (TSG) to this project also promises collaborative and tangible outcomes.Three activities were, co-developed by the network. For the first activity, monthly meetings between the core team will be organised to facilitate exchange of experiences. This will culminate into a series of 6 knowledge exchange public webinars, discussing triggers of conflict, the impact on livelihoods and the potentials of the performing arts to make visible the plights of IDPs. We will then run a series of workshops with IDPs in Taraba State which will explore the potentials of participatory drama to make visible the stories of IDPs and provoke discourse. The third activity will involve the co-development of a culturally informed IDPs' livelihood recovery policy framework with key stakeholders in a two-day workshop and using a risk-based approach to explore policy approaches with the TSG.The network will produce evidence-based collaborative partnership for the application of performing arts-based methods in the attainment of developmental goals, including improving visibility to the IDP plights and facilitating the co-design of livelihoods recovery policies. Using the UNHCR and UNDP members of the network, we will also explore how the performing arts-based approach can be used in other contexts in West/Central African countries.

在尼日利亚，冲突导火索是多方面的，往往是重叠的，并在脆弱的文化和机构的薄弱网络中滋生。这些冲突的形式包括牧民与农民之间的冲突；族裔政治优势和部落之间的土地争端，例如朱昆人和提夫人；基督教和伊斯兰信仰的人之间争夺政府和政治代表权的斗争；以及伊斯兰激进团体的活动。因此，尼日利亚境内流离失所者超过270万(国内流离失所者，2021年)。由于资源的可获得性和对境内流离失所者生计恢复需要的了解不足，国内流离失所者的管理面临进一步的挑战。该项目力求建立一个研究网络，以便开展合作并回答一个重要问题：如何将生计研究、利用参与性戏剧讲故事和风险管理的创新结合起来，为尼日利亚境内流离失所者制订了解文化的生计恢复措施？该网络结合了一个跨学科的核心团队和AHRC职权范围内的嘉宾演讲者。该网络将通过以艺术为基础的方法探索当地文化和社区，以提高对相互关联的冲突触发因素和与生计的交集的理解，以及这些冲突如何分层，如何在不同的背景下发挥作用。该网络还试图探讨如何利用参与性戏剧来激发基于社区的讨论，讨论国内流离失所者的困境，以及风险管理的概念如何有助于减轻在制定了解国内流离失所者文化的政府政策方面的脆弱性。该网络涉及(1)冲突、(2)贫穷和不平等以及(3)流离失所等跨领域主题，并将促进讨论和应用以艺术为基础的方法，以实现可持续发展目标16和联合国国际和平与信托年的承诺。此外，开发计划署和联合国人权事务高级专员办事处(难民署)与尼日利亚政府合作，为尼日利亚东北部实施联合保护和恢复战略。该网络非常适合这一背景，选择研究领域，即塔拉巴州(塔拉巴州是尼日利亚的一个东北部州，境内流离失所者人数最多)是及时的。塔拉巴州政府对这一项目的承诺也保证了合作和切实的成果。对于第一项活动，将组织核心团队之间的每月会议，以促进经验交流。这将最终形成一系列6次知识交流公共网络研讨会，讨论冲突的诱因、对生计的影响以及表演艺术展示国内流离失所者困境的潜力。然后，我们将在塔拉巴州与境内流离失所者举办一系列讲习班，探讨参与性戏剧的潜力，使境内流离失所者的故事公之于众，并引发讨论。第三项活动将涉及在为期两天的讲习班中与主要利益攸关方共同制定了解文化背景的境内流离失所者生计恢复政策框架，并使用基于风险的办法与技术支持小组探讨政策办法。该网络将建立以证据为基础的合作伙伴关系，以应用基于表演艺术的方法实现发展目标，包括提高对境内流离失所者困境的认识，并促进共同设计生计恢复政策。我们还将利用难民署和开发计划署网络的成员，探讨如何在西非/中非国家的其他情况下使用以表演艺术为基础的方法。