Cyrenaica Contested: Politics, Identity and Justice in Times of Turmoil

Cyrenaica地区覆盖了利比亚的整个东部，西部与的黎波里塔尼亚和南部的费赞一起构成了利比亚的三大地区之一。自2011年以来，Cyrenaica见证了许多不同政治模式和做法(国家式、部落式、伊斯兰式、圣战主义、联邦主义和分离主义)之间经常发生的暴力竞争。此外，关于历史、身份和Cyrenaica在利比亚境内的作用的有争议的讨论已经出现，目前正在寻求可靠和合法的冲突解决形式。在利比亚持续内战的背景下，Cyrenaica一直被描述为的黎波里塔尼亚国际公认的政府的敌对阵营。然而，尽管有这样的分类，目前关于该地区的实证研究很少。这个项目将填补这一空白。该项目将结合一名德国民族学家和一名利比亚政治学家的工作，采用合作研究的方法，探索四个相互关联的主题领域：1.Cyrenaica的政治：国家、非国家和政治经济学；2.在Cyrenaica建立身份；3.政治、实践和对正义的理解；4.在危险地区进行研究的伦理和方法挑战。性别在所有领域都是一个贯穿各领域的主题，因此将使我们能够超越该区域研究中普遍存在的男性偏见(即对男性激进主义和做法的偏见)。该项目将就利比亚一个被忽视的历史地区独立后秩序的重新谈判提出具有实际意义的学术见解。

The region of Cyrenaica covers the entire eastern part of Libya, and alongside Tripolitania in the west and Fezzan in the south forms one of the three major regions of the country. Since 2011 Cyrenaica has witnessed the often violent competition between a number of different political models and practices (state-like, tribal, Islamic, jihadist, federalist, and separatist). In addition, controversial discourses about history, identity, and the role of Cyrenaica within Libya have emerged, and a quest for reliable and legitimate forms of conflict resolution is currently taking place. Against the background of the ongoing civil war in Libya, Cyrenaica has been characterized as the adversary camp of the internationally recognized government in Tripolitania. However, despite such a categorization there is little current empirical research about the region. This project will fill this gap. Using a collaborative research approach combining the work of a German ethnologist and a Libyan political scientist, the project will explore four interconnected thematic fields: 1. Politics in Cyrenaica: State, Non-state and Political Economy; 2. The Making of Identity in Cyrenaica; 3. Politics, Practices and Understandings of Justice; and 4. Ethical and Methodological Challenges for Research in Danger Zones. Gender is a crosscutting theme in all fields and will thus allow us to reach beyond the prevailing male bias (i.e. towards male activism and practices) in research on the region. The project will deliver academic insights of practical relevance about the renegotiation of the post-independence order in a neglected historical region of Libya.