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1. Peace with the environment: Community perspectives from the Andean-Amazon foothills of Colombia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementAbstract : Half a decade after the signing of the peace agreement between the Government of Colombia and the FARC-EP, the country continues to suffer from persisting violence and the need to address environmental destruction is more evident than ever. This research builds on a post-development critique of current peace efforts and responds to the call for including local perspectives in knowledge creation and development practice. READ MORE
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2. Dialogs of Peace in Protection of Life: A Comparative Case Study of a Nonviolence Method by the Indigenous Guards of the Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca in the Post-Peace Accord Context (2016-2021) in Colombia
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nordiska LatinamerikainstitutetAbstract : The Peace Agreement of 2016 between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army raised hopes after decades of internal armed conflict, but the levels of violence continue to be high in rural areas. Cauca is the department of Colombia where most social leaders and human rights defenders have been killed since 2016. READ MORE
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3. A broken promise: an insight into the killings of social leaders and the elites' resistance to the implementation of the Comprehensive Rural Reform in Colombia
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : Four years after the signing of the Final Agreement for the Termination of the Armed Conflict in Colombia, the promises made to achieve a stable and lasting peace have by no means materialized at the expected pace. The implementation of the Agreements has focused on the demobilization of the FARC-EP while structural transformations to reduce the causes for the existence or prolongation of the conflict have been neglected. READ MORE
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4. Indigenous Peoples and Internal Displacement: A Legal No Man's Land?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : “Cultural identity is closely linked to their ancestral lands. If they are deprived of them, by means of forced displacement, it seriously affects their cultural identity, and finally, their very right to life lato sensu... READ MORE
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5. The Over-research & NGOisation Paradigm of the West Bank: Applied Cultural Analysis on the 'futility of research' and the 'burden of occupation'
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologiAbstract : El Paradigma de la Sobre-investigación y ONGización de Cisjordania: Análisis cultural aplicado de ‘el peso de la ocupación’ y ‘la inutilidad de la investigación’ Cisjordania atrae a innumerables investigadores debido la etiqueta intratable del conflicto. Por un lado, estos investigadores se sienten atraídos por el conflicto Palestino-israelí por razones logísticas: accesibilidad al área, prestigio académico, amplia financiación, subvenciones y oportunidades de ‘networking. READ MORE