Performing Violence, Engendering Change: Developing Arts-Based Approaches to Peacebuilding

实施暴力，引发变革：发展基于艺术的建设和平方法

基本信息

批准号：
EP/T023864/1
负责人：
Daniele Rugo
金额：
$ 15.41万
依托单位：
Brunel University London
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2020 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FT023864%2F1
关键词：
Performing Violence Engendering Change Developing

项目摘要

'Performing Violence, Engendering Change: Developing Arts-Based Approaches to Peacebuilding' connects artists and researchers from ODA recipient countries across Africa, the Middle East and South Asia working with peacebuilding practices rooted in the arts. It does so by bringing together GCRF and British Academy projects on the impact of the Lebanese civil war on infrastructure; gender and resistance to violent extremism in Kenya; the relationship between transitional justice and development in conflict-affected societies; and gender justice and gendered insecurities. The Cluster will enhance participants' roles as stakeholders in peacebuilding by providing opportunities for research collaboration and knowledge exchange during three week-long workshops held in Kenya, Lebanon and Sri Lanka.In recent years, scholars, policy makers and practitioners have begun to acknowledge the benefits of using arts-based methods for violence prevention and peacebuilding. Evidence suggests that arts-based methods hold significant potential for improving human security and relations between groups in areas affected by violence and conflict. Arts-based methods, especially when combined with community-centred participatory methodologies, can act at once as analytical tools and dissemination media, whilst creating spaces for practical interventions in difficult contexts. Despite the growing awareness of the positive impact of arts-based methods, there are scarce opportunities for communities of practice and research to learn from each other, co-create research and establish networks. Spatial and existential isolation can result from living with extremist violence and conflict, with debilitating but different consequences for women, men, youth and other social groups. The silence and seclusion, secrecy and loneliness that conflict zones engender have been linked with the presence of PTSD and other mental health conditions. Whilst violence and conflict disrupt and often devastate communities, the shared experiences they generate can also be used to connect people. The Cluster aims to break isolation and achieve impact by connecting communities in Kenya, Lebanon and Sri Lanka affected by conflict and extreme violence, who are working to build positive peace. The grant will be invested almost exclusively in bringing together community activists, practitioners, artists, academics (including early career researchers and PhD students) and policy makers in three workshops that will focus on network- and capacity building through intensive research production, knowledge exchange and training sessions on the use of filmmaking, theatre, performance and visual arts as tools to confront violence and promote positive peace. Workshops will include substantial focus on the ways that arts-based approaches can enhance gender approaches to conflict research and peacebuilding.The Cluster is designed to accelerate the impact of the contributor projects by building deep and lasting links between researchers, partners, policy makers, civil society actors and communities affected by violence, with a view to the network expanding to include other participants and cases in future research. In addition to traditional academic outputs, the Cluster will produce short documentary films on arts-based peacebuilding practices and an open-ended interactive Online Archive providing wide access to the Cluster's research via a dedicated website. The website will be the main portal for public engagement, featuring videos, podcasts and case studies, as well as serving as a resource beyond the end of the award. These activities and outputs are geared towards achieving three specific and measurable impacts on the practices of violence prevention, the prevention of violent extremism and peacebuilding: the creation and transfer of knowledge on arts-based approaches to these challenges; context-driven learning and capacity building; and fostering gender and social inclusion.

“表演暴力，引发变革：发展基于艺术的和平建设方法”将来自非洲、中东和南亚官方发展援助受援国的艺术家和研究人员联系起来，致力于植根于艺术的和平建设实践。它通过将 GCRF 和英国科学院关于黎巴嫩内战对基础设施影响的项目结合起来来实现这一目标；肯尼亚的性别和对暴力极端主义的抵抗；过渡时期司法与受冲突影响社会发展之间的关系；以及性别公正和性别不安全感。该小组将通过在肯尼亚、黎巴嫩和斯里兰卡举办的为期三周的讲习班期间提供研究合作和知识交流的机会，加强参与者作为建设和平利益攸关方的作用。近年来，学者、政策制定者和实践者已开始认识到使用基于艺术的方法预防暴力和建设和平的好处。有证据表明，基于艺术的方法对于改善受暴力和冲突影响地区的人类安全和群体之间的关系具有巨大潜力。基于艺术的方法，特别是与以社区为中心的参与性方法相结合时，可以立即充当分析工具和传播媒体，同时为困难环境中的实际干预创造空间。尽管人们越来越认识到基于艺术的方法的积极影响，但实践和研究团体很少有机会互相学习、共同创造研究和建立网络。生活在极端主义暴力和冲突中可能会导致空间和存在上的孤立，给妇女、男子、青年和其他社会群体带来不同程度的衰弱后果。冲突地区造成的沉默、隐居、秘密和孤独与创伤后应激障碍和其他心理健康状况有关。虽然暴力和冲突扰乱并经常摧毁社区，但它们产生的共同经历也可以用来联系人们。该集群旨在通过将肯尼亚、黎巴嫩和斯里兰卡受冲突和极端暴力影响的社区联系起来，打破孤立并产生影响，这些社区正在努力建设积极的和平。这笔赠款将几乎全部投资于将社区活动家、从业者、艺术家、学者（包括早期职业研究人员和博士生）和政策制定者聚集在一起参加三个研讨会，这些研讨会将重点通过密集的研究成果、知识交流和关于利用电影制作、戏剧、表演和视觉艺术作为对抗暴力和促进积极和平的工具的培训课程。研讨会将重点关注基于艺术的方法如何增强冲突研究和和平建设中的性别方法。该集群旨在通过在研究人员、合作伙伴、政策制定者、民间团体之间建立深入而持久的联系，加速贡献者项目的影响。受暴力影响的社会行为者和社区，以期扩大该网络，以纳入未来研究中的其他参与者和案例。除了传统的学术成果外，该小组还将制作关于以艺术为基础的和平建设实践的纪录片短片，以及一个开放式互动在线档案，让人们可以通过专门网站广泛访问该小组的研究成果。该网站将成为公众参与的主要门户，以视频、播客和案例研究为特色，并作为奖项结束后的资源。这些活动和产出旨在对预防暴力、预防暴力极端主义和建设和平的实践实现三个具体和可衡量的影响：创造和转让以艺术为基础的方法应对这些挑战的知识；情境驱动的学习和能力建设；促进性别和社会包容。