Hidden politics of power and governmentality in transitional justice and peacebuilding:The problem of ‘bringing the local back in’

This paper examines ‘the local’ in peacebuilding by examining how ‘local’ transitional justice projects can become spaces of power inequalities. The paper argues that focusing on how ‘the local’ contests or interacts with ‘the international’ in peacebuilding and post-conflict contexts obscures contestations and power relations amongst different local actors, and how inequalities and power asymmetries can be entrenched and reproduced through internationally funded local projects. The paper argues that externally funded projects aimed at emancipating ‘locals’ entrench inequalities and create local elites that become complicit in governing the conduct and participation of other less empowered ‘locals’. The paper thus proposes that specific local actors—often those in charge of externally funded peacebuilding projects—should also be conceptualised as governing agents: able to discipline and regulate other local actors’ voices and their agency, and thus (re)construct ideas about what ‘the local’ is, or is not

Characterization of Cracks in Thick Plates by Lamb Wave Diffraction Studies

The object of the work is a combined theroretical and experimental study of diffraction of Lamb waves by two- and three-dimensional cracks in a plate. An important motivation for this project is the desire to develop a technique capable of detecting and characterizing cracks in weldments in plates. We want to analyze the dependence of the scattered signals on the dimension, angle of inclination and depth of burial of the crack. The basic measurement techniques requires the accurate determination of minute normal surface displacements at ultrasonic frequencies. Such measurements have recently been made possible by the development in our laboratory of a new surface displacement capacitive tranducer [1]. The measured displacements will be compared with the theoretical predictions.</p

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The object of the work is a combined theroretical and experimental study of diffraction of Lamb waves by two- and three-dimensional cracks in a plate. An important motivation for this project is the desire to develop a technique capable of detecting and characterizing cracks in weldments in plates. We want to analyze the dependence of the scattered signals on the dimension, angle of inclination and depth of burial of the crack. The basic measurement techniques requires the accurate determination of minute normal surface displacements at ultrasonic frequencies. Such measurements have recently been made possible by the development in our laboratory of a new surface displacement capacitive tranducer [1]. The measured displacements will be compared with the theoretical predictions

Civil Society in Fragile Contexts

Contains fulltext : 121599pub.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access)Policies to promote peace in conflict-torn societies increasingly include “civil society (CS) building” as an aim; however, in such settings, it is often difficult – if not impossible – to distinguish between state and society, or between “civil” and “uncivil”. Local legitimacy (representativeness and a strong support base) and international legitimacy (living up to norms of inclusiveness and nonviolence) rarely overlap. This poses complex challenges for those aiming to strengthen CS in support of peace. This chapter illustrates those challenges by exploring the experiences of the staff of a Dutch peacebuilding organization with identifying local CS partners in Ituri (DRC)