Exploring the impacts of hybridisation on the local conflict trajectories of Madagascar

探索杂交对马达加斯加当地冲突轨迹的影响

基本信息

批准号：
ES/V012568/1
负责人：
Velomahanina Razakamaharavo
金额：
$ 30.99万
依托单位：
University of Reading
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2021
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2021 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FV012568%2F1
关键词：
Exploring impacts hybridisation local conflict

项目摘要

Madagascar has experienced regular episodes of conflict with various stages since the colonial period (e.g.: political tension situations (one or two deaths) and low intensity conflicts (between 100 to 1000 deaths)). So far, the Malagasy have not been able to explain why the conflict trajectories vary to such a great extent at the national level. This country has been in contact with external actors, their cultures and ideologies, or their modes of governance. These interactions between the local and the international created various situations involving, for example, collaboration, acceptance, rejection, clashes and even high levels of violence. Despite the recent advances in the study of processes of hybridisation involving the formation of "international/ liberal and local/ non-liberal institutions, practices and values, very little is understood regarding the way in which these processes affect local conflict trajectories. This project will respond to the following questions:1)What are the dynamics behind hybridisation, namely the formation of international (liberal/ illiberal) and local/ non-liberal institutions, practices and values in Madagascar?2)How do these dynamics affect the local conflict trajectories such as escalation, de-escalation, and protraction of conflict stages in the country?This project argues that the variations of the processes of hybridisation at the local level in two Malagasy localities have led to various conflict outcomes shaping the local conflict trajectories. To identify the character of hybridisation, and its impact on conflict at different times and in different local contexts, the project examines the effects of the interaction of the international and the local on conflict trajectories in both the centre (Antananarivo) and the periphery ( Antsiranana, Toamasina, and Mahajanga), and over three periods of time, each with different international influences: post-1945 French colonial rule (1945 - 1960), the post-colonial period (1960 - 1991), and the post-cold war period (since 1991). The PI will engage in two different types of work: one is conceptual (exploring hybridity and hybridisation) which will require archival research both in Madagascar and in France. And the other is empirical (assessing its impact on conflict trajectories) entailing the generation of new primary and bottom-up data on these processes through the organisation of "narrative workshops" during which local stakeholders, including representatives from the communities, will be invited to tell their own narratives about peace and conflict. The texts that will be gathered in this project will be examined through discourse analysis (a research method for studying written or spoken language in relation to its social context) and the impact of hybridisation on conflict trajectories will be assessed through process tracing, a tool to examine political and social phenomena and evaluate causal claims. On the one hand, this project has important implications for theories of hybridisation by proposing a theoretical and conceptual understanding of the international going beyond the liberal order. On the other hand, the local narratives that it will generate through a methodology called Delphi technique, allowing the collection of narratives through participatory focus groups, will help to understand the conflict dynamics in this country. The research will provide bottom-up-based evidence that will help actors involved in peace processes to shape solutions as they address conflicts, and in the same vein, help them develop better policy processes at different levels. Its originality also lies in the fact that it recognizes the capacity of the local communities to act as agents of change not as mere recipients while giving voice to these local narratives. This is one way of empowering local actors so that they can appropriate local peace processes. This will benefit Malagasy society and have an impact in the wider world.

自殖民时期（例如：政治紧张局势（一两个死亡）和低强度冲突（在100至1000人死亡之间）以来，马达加斯加一直经常发生与各个阶段的冲突发生。到目前为止，马加加斯加人还无法解释为什么冲突轨迹在国家一级有如此巨大的变化。这个国家一直与外部演员，他们的文化和意识形态或他们的治理方式接触。当地与国际之间的这些互动造成了各种情况，涉及，例如协作，接受，拒绝，冲突，甚至是高水平的暴力行为。 Despite the recent advances in the study of processes of hybridisation involving the formation of "international/ liberal and local/ non-liberal institutions, practices and values, very little is understood regarding the way in which these processes affect local conflict trajectories. This project will respond to the following questions:1)What are the dynamics behind hybridisation, namely the formation of international (liberal/ illiberal) and local/ non-liberal institutions, practices and values在马达加斯加？2）这些动态如何影响当地的冲突轨迹，例如升级，降级和冲突阶段的突出？这个项目认为，在两个马拉帕加尼地区，当地杂交过程的杂交过程的变化导致了当地的各种冲突和范围的冲突，并导致了各种冲突。 contexts, the project examines the effects of the interaction of the international and the local on conflict trajectories in both the centre (Antananarivo) and the periphery ( Antsiranana, Toamasina, and Mahajanga), and over three periods of time, each with different international influences: post-1945 French colonial rule (1945 - 1960), the post-colonial period (1960 - 1991), and the post-cold war时期（自1991年以来）。 PI将从事两种不同类型的工作：一种是概念性的（探索杂交和杂交），这将需要马达加斯加和法国的档案研究。另一个是经验（评估其对冲突轨迹的影响），需要通过组织“叙事研讨会”来产生这些过程的新主要和自下而上数据，在此期间，当地利益相关者（包括社区的代表）将邀请他们讲述自己的叙述有关和平与冲突。该项目将收集的文本将通过话语分析（一种研究或口语与其社会背景有关的研究方法）进行检查，以及杂交对冲突轨迹的影响将通过过程追踪评估，该工具是一种研究政治和社会现象的工具，用于检查政治和社会现象并评估因果主张。一方面，该项目通过对国际超越自由秩序的理论和概念理解提出了对杂交理论的重要意义。另一方面，它将通过称为Delphi技术的方法论产生的本地叙述，从而通过参与性焦点小组收集叙事，将有助于了解该国的冲突动态。这项研究将提供基于自下而上的证据，以帮助参与和平进程的参与者在解决冲突时塑造解决方案，并以同样的方式帮助他们在不同层面上制定更好的政策过程。它的独创性还在于，它认识到当地社区充当变革的推动者的能力，而不仅仅是受助者，同时表达了这些当地叙事。这是赋予当地参与者权力的一种方式，以便他们可以适当当地的和平进程。这将受益于马达加斯加人的社会，并对更广阔的世界产生影响。