Geopolitical knowledge, agency and peace: the European Centre for Minority Issues' peace-building in Europe and the post-Soviet Borderlands

这项研究促进了我们对欧洲边境地区与少数民族有关的建设和平这一紧迫的知识分子和政治问题的理解。通过将其与新兴的和平文学地理学进行更深入的对话来推进关键的地缘政治理论，它探索了机构如何通过“地缘政治脚本”产生知识--即如何用一个地方来理解和解释另一个地方，以指导政策干预。这是我们与合作伙伴欧洲少数民族问题中心(ECMI)的合作伙伴，总部设在丹麦-德国边境地区石勒苏益格-荷尔斯泰因的弗伦斯堡。作为两次19世纪战争的起因，石勒苏益格-荷尔斯泰因是战后欧洲最伟大的建设和平“成功故事”之一。ECMI与各国政府和欧盟合作，产生并传播有关石勒苏益格-荷尔斯泰因“模式”的地缘政治知识，以帮助欧洲各地以少数群体为导向的和平建设干预。这项研究探索了这种情况是如何发生的，特别是参考了他们在后苏联时代欧洲难以驾驭的边界上的工作。研究采用了三种方法和多地点方法。解释政策分析将用于分析报告、档案材料、媒体参与和视觉表现。人种学研究将在办公室环境和与来访代表团举行的会议中使用。最后，主要参与者将接受采访。将研究两个主要地点：第一个是ECMI的弗伦斯堡基地，第二个是其在德涅斯特河沿岸(位于乌克兰和摩尔多瓦之间的一个未被承认的讲俄语的国家)正在进行的政策干预和项目。除了以多种智力和政策相关的方式促进关键的地缘政治和和平地理之外，该项目还将显著促进关于石勒苏益格-荷尔斯泰因的文献的匮乏。

This research advances our understanding of the pressing intellectualand political issue of ethnic-minority related peacebuilding in Europe'sborderlands. Advancing critical geopolitical theorisation by bringing itinto deeper conversation with the emerging geographies of peaceliterature, it explores how institutions produce knowledge through'geopolitical scripting' - that is, how one place is understood andinterpreted in terms of another in order to guide policy interventions.This is pursued with our collaborative partner, the European Centre forMinority Issues (ECMI), based in Flensburg in the Danish-Germanborder region of Schleswig-Holstein. The cause of two nineteenthcenturywars, Schleswig-Holstein is one of post-War Europe's greatestpeacebuilding 'success stories.' Working with governments and the EU,the ECMI produces and transmits geopolitical knowledge about theSchleswig-Holstein 'model' to aid minority-orientated peacebuildinginterventions throughout Europe. This research explores how thisoccurs in particular reference to their work on Europe's fractious post-Soviet borderlands.Research adopts a tri-method and multi-sited approach. InterpretivePolicy Analysis will be used to analyse reports, archival material, mediaengagement, and visual representations. Ethnographic study will beused within the office environment and meetings with visitingdelegations. Lastly, key actors will be interviewed. Two main sites willbe studied: the primary one being the ECMI's Flensburg base, and thesecondary one its ongoing policy interventions and projects inTransnistria (an unrecognised, Russian-speaking state betweenUkraine and Moldova).As well as advancing critical geopolitics and peace geographies inmultiple intellectual and policy-related ways, the project will significantlycontribute to the dearth of literature on Schleswig-Holstein.