Kris Brown
Biographic Data
| ID | 3773711 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kris Brown |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kris |
| FAMILY NAME | Brown |
| SIGNATURE | BROWN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ulster |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2937-5394 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Political commemoration and peacebuilding in ethno-national settings
This article examines partisan political commemorations and their impact on peacebuilding in ethno-national settings. It considers how commemoration can assume highly partisan, ideological frames working to exacerbate conflict but also argues that partisan forms of commemoration may be used in a more pragmatic, adaptive fashion that may underwrite peaceful politics. Whilst arguing this, the article notes that partisan commemoration can remain as …
A Lens Over Conflicted Memory
The political functions of conflict-related commemoration have been examined in Northern Ireland, as in other deeply divided societies. However, a gap in research has persisted. In order to properly examine and evaluate local commemoration as a political activity, we should find out the size and spread of this activity, and ascertain who is responsible for its production. Accordingly, this paper presents the findings of a scoping survey of ‘Troub…
Commemoration as Symbolic Reparation
High Resolution’ Indicators in Peacebuilding
This article explores the use of political memory in examining, and providing indicators for, everyday processes of peacebuilding in divided societies, using Northern Ireland as a brief case study. Adopting a position critical of many formal peacebuilding indicators, the article argues for the utility of informal, 'high resolution' indicators that can be supplied by examining localized and everyday forms of post-conflict memory. In so doing, the …
Transitional Justice, Rigour and Politics
This article responds to McGrattan's critique of transitional justice both as a model of dealing with the past and as a field of scholarly inquiry. In contrast to his account, this article asserts that there is an embedded and rigorous approach to uncovering and examining the political within the study of transitional justice mechanisms, and that McGrattan's critique is based on an incomplete and flawed understanding of the literature. The articl…
Recipe for Disaster?’ Trust, Memory and Space in a Post-Conflict City—A Case Study of the Tri-Service Homecoming Parade in Belfast 2008
This article uses the controversial November 2008 Belfast homecoming parade of local men and women in the British armed services as a case study to examine the mechanisms at work picking away at inter-communal trust, and the speed and persistence of their application, a defining characteristic of these mechanisms. The article conceptualises trust partially by reference to social capital, and closely examines how issues of post-conflict memory and…
Our father organization
Memories of military sacrifices and demonstrations of ‘national’ characteristics of bravery, comradeship and integrity still have considerable popular purchase within contemporary states and communities, and as such can accrue significant political capital. With this in mind, this paper will show how Ulster Loyalists attempt to anchor themselves in the memory of the Somme, seeking to deliberately construct a line of direct continuity between mode…
Public Attitudes toward Partisan and Neutral Symbols in Post-Agreement Northern Ireland
Using original data from the Northern Ireland Life and Times survey, this article assesses public attitudes toward key issues of symbolism intimately connected with the Northern Ireland conflict and peace process. It uses public attitudes toward the symbolic expressions of Northern Ireland's politico-religious blocs as indicators of the extent of intercommunity tolerance in the delicate post-Belfast Agreement period. Survey questions on attitudes…
Our father organization
Memories of military sacrifices and demonstrations of ‘national’ characteristics of bravery, comradeship and integrity still have considerable popular purchase within contemporary states and communities, and as such can accrue significant political capital. With this in mind, this paper will show how Ulster Loyalists attempt to anchor themselves in the memory of the Somme, seeking to deliberately construct a line of direct continuity between mode…
A Lens Over Conflicted Memory
The political functions of conflict-related commemoration have been examined in Northern Ireland, as in other deeply divided societies. However, a gap in research has persisted. In order to properly examine and evaluate local commemoration as a political activity, we should find out the size and spread of this activity, and ascertain who is responsible for its production. Accordingly, this paper presents the findings of a scoping survey of ‘Troub…
Commemoration as Symbolic Reparation
High Resolution’ Indicators in Peacebuilding
This article explores the use of political memory in examining, and providing indicators for, everyday processes of peacebuilding in divided societies, using Northern Ireland as a brief case study. Adopting a position critical of many formal peacebuilding indicators, the article argues for the utility of informal, 'high resolution' indicators that can be supplied by examining localized and everyday forms of post-conflict memory. In so doing, the …
Transitional Justice, Rigour and Politics
This article responds to McGrattan's critique of transitional justice both as a model of dealing with the past and as a field of scholarly inquiry. In contrast to his account, this article asserts that there is an embedded and rigorous approach to uncovering and examining the political within the study of transitional justice mechanisms, and that McGrattan's critique is based on an incomplete and flawed understanding of the literature. The articl…
Recipe for Disaster?’ Trust, Memory and Space in a Post-Conflict City—A Case Study of the Tri-Service Homecoming Parade in Belfast 2008
This article uses the controversial November 2008 Belfast homecoming parade of local men and women in the British armed services as a case study to examine the mechanisms at work picking away at inter-communal trust, and the speed and persistence of their application, a defining characteristic of these mechanisms. The article conceptualises trust partially by reference to social capital, and closely examines how issues of post-conflict memory and…
Political commemoration and peacebuilding in ethno-national settings
This article examines partisan political commemorations and their impact on peacebuilding in ethno-national settings. It considers how commemoration can assume highly partisan, ideological frames working to exacerbate conflict but also argues that partisan forms of commemoration may be used in a more pragmatic, adaptive fashion that may underwrite peaceful politics. Whilst arguing this, the article notes that partisan commemoration can remain as …
Public Attitudes toward Partisan and Neutral Symbols in Post-Agreement Northern Ireland
Using original data from the Northern Ireland Life and Times survey, this article assesses public attitudes toward key issues of symbolism intimately connected with the Northern Ireland conflict and peace process. It uses public attitudes toward the symbolic expressions of Northern Ireland's politico-religious blocs as indicators of the extent of intercommunity tolerance in the delicate post-Belfast Agreement period. Survey questions on attitudes…
Our father organization
Memories of military sacrifices and demonstrations of ‘national’ characteristics of bravery, comradeship and integrity still have considerable popular purchase within contemporary states and communities, and as such can accrue significant political capital. With this in mind, this paper will show how Ulster Loyalists attempt to anchor themselves in the memory of the Somme, seeking to deliberately construct a line of direct continuity between mode…
Recipe for Disaster?’ Trust, Memory and Space in a Post-Conflict City—A Case Study of the Tri-Service Homecoming Parade in Belfast 2008
This article uses the controversial November 2008 Belfast homecoming parade of local men and women in the British armed services as a case study to examine the mechanisms at work picking away at inter-communal trust, and the speed and persistence of their application, a defining characteristic of these mechanisms. The article conceptualises trust partially by reference to social capital, and closely examines how issues of post-conflict memory and…
Transitional Justice, Rigour and Politics
This article responds to McGrattan's critique of transitional justice both as a model of dealing with the past and as a field of scholarly inquiry. In contrast to his account, this article asserts that there is an embedded and rigorous approach to uncovering and examining the political within the study of transitional justice mechanisms, and that McGrattan's critique is based on an incomplete and flawed understanding of the literature. The articl…
Commemoration as Symbolic Reparation
High Resolution’ Indicators in Peacebuilding
This article explores the use of political memory in examining, and providing indicators for, everyday processes of peacebuilding in divided societies, using Northern Ireland as a brief case study. Adopting a position critical of many formal peacebuilding indicators, the article argues for the utility of informal, 'high resolution' indicators that can be supplied by examining localized and everyday forms of post-conflict memory. In so doing, the …
A Lens Over Conflicted Memory
The political functions of conflict-related commemoration have been examined in Northern Ireland, as in other deeply divided societies. However, a gap in research has persisted. In order to properly examine and evaluate local commemoration as a political activity, we should find out the size and spread of this activity, and ascertain who is responsible for its production. Accordingly, this paper presents the findings of a scoping survey of ‘Troub…
Political commemoration and peacebuilding in ethno-national settings
This article examines partisan political commemorations and their impact on peacebuilding in ethno-national settings. It considers how commemoration can assume highly partisan, ideological frames working to exacerbate conflict but also argues that partisan forms of commemoration may be used in a more pragmatic, adaptive fashion that may underwrite peaceful politics. Whilst arguing this, the article notes that partisan commemoration can remain as …
Political science (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Irish and British Studies (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Narrative (3 works) · Political economy (3 works)