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SUMMARY:Alternatives to Incarceration in Latin America and the Caribbean
DESCRIPTION:Drug laws and the region’s untenable prison crisis are at the center of the drug policy debate in Latin America and the Caribbean. The incarceration of low-level drug offenders for exceptionally long sentences has left the region’s prisons bursting at the seams; the impact is not only felt by those incarcerated\, but also by their families and communities. Cutting edge research by the Colectivo de Estudios Drogas y Derecho (Research Consortium on Drugs and the Law\, CEDD) and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) sheds new light on the problem and efforts to address it through alternatives to incarceration. \nThe latest investigation carried out by CEDD\, which brings together researchers from 9 Latin American countries\, shows that despite the lively debate taking place across the region\, the number of people incarcerated for drug offenses continues to grow. The SSRC’s Drugs\, Security and Democracy (DSD) Program is carrying out an investigation on drug courts in Latin America and the Caribbean. The research to date offers an analysis and critique of drug courts as a public policy option that is increasingly under consideration by Latin American and Caribbean countries\, and the lessons to be learned from the U.S. experience. The session will conclude with a discussion of other alternatives to incarceration\, including measures taken prior to the initiation of a criminal proceeding.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/alternatives-to-incarceration-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-2/
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SUMMARY:China-Africa Peace Research Fellowship\, Writing and Research Workshops (New York)
DESCRIPTION:The 2018-2020 cohort of the Social Science Research Council’s (SSRC) China-Africa Peace Fellowship met for a second time for a research and writing workshop in New York. The first day of the workshop\, (18 November 2019) served as an opportunity for Fellows to workshop and refine first drafts of their research papers through a collaborative exchange of ideas with Program Director Tatiana Carayannis\, and a small group of invited scholars working on their topics. \nThe SSRC’s China-Africa Peace Fellows received training and research support to travel to five field-work sites (Juba\, South Sudan\, Addis Ababa\, Ethiopia\, Monrovia\, Liberia\, and Johannesburg\, South Africa) throughout the summer of 2019. Fellows were matched with host institutions across the African continent and were integrated into platforms of scholarly exchange with African scholars\, human right activists\, and expert practitioners in their region\, which helped expand their understanding of issues of global inequality and the impact of China’s engagement with multilateralism and with the African continent. One Fellow observed the ways in which her positionality as an independent Chinese academic researcher surfaced as she moved across her different research sites. \nIn research site 1\, the Fellow explains\, “I was warm-welcomed and was able to conduct a lot of well-organized data. When I switched to research site 2\, I met great resistance from the Chinese community that did not automatically trust the scientific and academic integrity of my research and targeted me with great suspicion. These tensions in the fieldwork restricted my research access significantly.” \nThe project has also exposed our research Fellows first-hand to the lived realities of African communities with the aim to work towards approaches to sustaining peace that are better adapted to the needs of these countries. \nUpon returning from the field one Fellow highlighted a new sense of understanding of the term “soft power” and remarked\, “Instead of inserting our understanding of soft power and seeing whether it’s operable\, we have to rethink and get the idea and new ideas from the field from the local people’s own understanding. The Chinese emphasize mutual understanding\, but we are reluctant to present ourselves as powerful and impactful even though we are yielding significant power over local people’s lives.” \nOn Tuesday\, 19 November\, at the Security Council Report in New York\, Fellows presented their research findings to an academic\, diplomatic\, NGO\, and UN policy audience and participated in a conversation with the audience on China’s contributions to global peace practice. Dr. Carayannis introduced the program and the fellows. Dr. Lina Benabdallah of Wake Forest University\, an expert on China’s foreign policy\, served as moderator for the Fellows’ presentations where Fellows shared emerging views on global peace practice\, noting various themes such as the role of regional powers in peacekeeping and international peacekeeping norms\, to the role of infrastructure initiatives and philanthropy. Fellows also received insightful feedback from invited scholars\, NY-based think tanks\, and peace practitioners on their projects. Dr. Duncan Omanga\, Program Officer for the SSRC’s African Peacebuilding Network and Next Generation Social Sciences Africa moderated the conversation on China’s contributions to global peace practice. Dr. Benadbdallah and Dr. Xue Lei of the Shanghai Institute for International Studies shared their assessments of China’s growing leadership in the UN\, and the potential challenges and possibilities for sustaining peace and multilateral cooperation. \nAfrican host institutions are core to the project. The mutual trust created through these relationships will facilitate a necessary dialogue between Chinese and African scholars at the research and policy workshops planned during a conference in Beijing in Spring 2020. The research conference will facilitate a broader dialogue in the Chinese scholarly community about field research methods and evidence-based scholarship. The workshop will also be open to advanced graduate students and interested faculty and will discuss challenges\, best practices\, and recommendations for conducting effective field research in conflict-affected regions. Panelists will share their experiences in data collection\, data security\, and data analysis\, and discuss questions about the ethics of doing field research and international research collaborations. \nFellows have been invited to submit their research papers to the World Economics and Politics Journal at Peking University. In addition\, Fellows will be publishing English research briefs which will be published on the SSRC website. \nWith support from the Ford Foundation\, the China-Africa Peace Fellowship strengthens the evidentiary basis for Chinese scholarship on the UN and multilateral cooperation\, fosters greater South-South dialogue and promotes knowledge exchange between African and Chinese scholars\, and integrates African and Chinese perspective into key policy debates within the UN. The China-Africa Peace Fellowship is emblematic of the Social Science Research Council’s longstanding commitment to enhance international research collaborations and to produce knowledge for the public good. Our partners in this research fellowship include the Centre for Dialogue\, Research\, and Cooperation in Addis Ababa\, Ethiopia; The Kofi Annan Institute for Conflict Transformation at the University of Liberia; The South African Institute for International Affairs in Johannesburg; The University of Dar es Salaam; The Institute for Peace\, Development\, and Security Studies at the University of Juba (South Sudan)\, Chinese Peacekeeping Police Training Centre; and Peking University.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/china-africa-peace-research-fellowship-writing-and-research-workshops-new-york-2/
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SUMMARY:African Studies Association 2019 Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The African Peacebuilding Network (APN) and the Next Generation Social Sciences (Next Gen) in Africa programs of the Social Science Research Council participated in the African Studies Association’s 62nd Annual Meeting in Boston\, Massachusetts. The APN and Next Gen programs convened a special panel on “Discourses that Make or Mar: Engaging History\, Identity and the Narratives of Violence and African Peacebuilding\,” featuring the following APN and Next Gen alumni: Samaila Suleiman (IRG 2018 and Next Gen 2012/2013)\, Sifiso Ndlovu (Next Gen 2015)\, Chantal Ingabire (IRG 2017)\, and Edmore Chitukutuku (IRG 2018 and Next Gen 2013/2015). Program Director of the APN and Next Gen\, Dr. Cyril Obi\, was the chair and Patience Adzande (IRG 2017 and Next Gen 2013/2014) was the co-chair and discussant. \nAPN Special Panel \nAPN alumnus Chantal Ingabire (IRG 2017) presented a paper on “Youth Perspectives and Practices on the Reconciliation after the Genocide: A Study of Rwanda.” She focused on community-based sociotherapy and the importance of youth participation in reconciliation initiatives in post-genocide Rwanda. Dr. Ingabire also focused on psychosocial recovery from a historical perspective – in this case the history of the genocide – and how facilitating social change can promote sustainable peace by drawing upon the important role being played by youth associations/clubs. APN and Next Gen alumnus Edmore Chitukutuku (IRG 2018 and Next Gen 2013/2015) followed with a presentation on “Spiritualized Everyday Youth Peacebuilding Initiatives in Northern Zimbabwe.” He spoke about the ways in which youth in Northern Zimbabwe participate in spiritual cleansing ceremonies of youth who had committed acts of violence/atrocities in the past. It was a way of making them atone for their past acts of violence\, reconcile with their victims and prevent future conflict. Dr. Chitukutuku also described his fieldwork experience working with churches in the region to get a deeper understanding of the messages of peace that the youth were embracing and how these were impacting conflict and peacebuilding in their communities. \nThe third presentation on\, “Ethnocultural Diversity and Peacebuilding in Postcolonial Southern Africa: The Case of Post-apartheid South Africa.” was delivered by Next Gen alumnus Sifiso Ndlovu (Next 2015).  Dr. Ndlovu spoke about ethnocultural identity in South Africa and how diversity was accommodated under the constitutional design of the country. \nThe last presentation of the panel was given by APN alumnus Samaila Suleiman\, who presented on “The Perils of History: Another Culture of Violence in Central Nigeria.” His paper was based on the problematic nature of the manipulation of historical facts and how these could escalate tensions or lead to conflict.  To illustrate this Dr. Sulaiman gave instances of the falsification of historical narratives by various political actors and how these increased inter-ethnic and inter-religious tensions in Central Nigeria. He argued that the distortion of historical information to mobilize people along regional\, religious and religious fault lines in a multi-ethnic and culturally diverse Nigeria was fueling a culture of violence with its attendant risks. \nOther Panels \nSeveral other APN and Next Gen alumni and grantees presented papers on other panels at the conference. APN alumnus Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka (IRG 2017) spoke on a Roundtable on “Field Research in Sensitive Contexts.” Dr. Bisoka talked about the decolonization of knowledge and shared some of his experiences regarding field research in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). He urged other presenters and members of the audience to question and really think about the challenges that come with doing field work in conflict-affected settings\, and how to address such challenges. \n2017 Next Gen alumnus Evarist Ngabirano gave a presentation on “The Politics of Local Governance” on a panel on “Explaining Variation in Local Governance.” He focused his presentation on postcolonial politics of “tribalism” in Africa and Uganda. In his presentation he focused on the kingdom of Buganda and spoke about the ways in which this region has been an important site for the emergence of postcolonial ethno-politics in Uganda. \nCurrent Next Gen fellow Titilope Ajayi (APN IRG 2018) presented a paper on “Local conflicts\, global frameworks: the Boko Haram Conflict and the Women\, Peace\, and Security Agenda” at a panel on “Women and Political Resistance.” Ajayi emphasized the fact that the search for the missing Chibok girls was started by local women who were on the ground. In Nigeria\, the elite women are the ones who hold the power when it comes to advocating for peace\, however\, where is the acknowledgement of the local women who started the work? When the lived realities of women who are most affected are overlooked\, it leads to an incomplete view of the problem at hand. \n2017/2018 Next Gen alumnus Patricia Serwaa Afrifa’s presentation was titled “’These Days Nothing is for Free’: The Nature of Childcare Arrangements in Urban Accra.” Her paper examined the changing nature of childcare arrangements and how they are impacted by social\, cultural\, and economic changes. She focused among others on the commodification of childcare and its impact on the changing dynamics that ensue within the household. \nIn addition to fellow and grantees\, APN and Next Gen Program Officer Duncan Omanga presented on “Digitality” on the “African Studies Keywords Part III” panel. APN and Next Gen Program Director Dr. Cyril Obi spoke on a roundtable on “Change and Continuities in the 2019 Nigerian Elections” organized by the Nigerian Studies Association. \nDuring the closing ceremony\, the following fellows and alumni were honored as 2019 ASA Presidential Fellows: Patricia Serwaa Afrifa (Next Gen 2017)\, Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka (APN IRG 2017)\, and Evarist Ngabirano (Next Gen 2017). Serwaa and Aymar were also ASA-SSRC Presidential Fellows. Furthermore\, Daniel Olisa Iweze (IRG 2017)\, Nicodemus Minde (IRG 2013 and Next Gen 2017/2019)\, Patience Adzande (IRG 2017 and Next Gen 2013/2014)\, and Titilope Ajayi (IRG 2018\, Next Gen 2017/2019) were honored as Carnegie Corporation of New York Scholars and Fellows.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/african-studies-association-2019-annual-meeting/
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