Peace is possible
The role of strategic narratives in peacebuilding
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12904620 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tiffany Fairey (0000-0001-8668-1940, King's College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-22 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Media War & Conflict (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1750-6352 • E-ISSN: 1750-6360 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/17506352231160360 |
| OpenAlex | W4361214353 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 32 |
In Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), scholars and practitioners often cite the lack of shared narrative as a primary challenge to long-term peace. A study of the multi-ethnic, collaborative story-telling work of the Post Conflict Research Centre (PCRC), a Bosnian peacebuilding organization, however, tells a different story. Instead of aiming to forge a singular narrative, PCRC weaves together multiple stories that express complex positions while driving narrative frames that show peace is possible. In a context where actors might not be ready for a joint narrative, the organization demonstrates how plural stories can co-exist, and be strategically mobilized and disseminated through diverse formats to actively engage others in peace-building processes. Identifying key narrative principles, tactics and frames employed by PCRC, this article proposes more attention is paid to how narrative can be strategically harnessed to de-stabilize the stories that drive entrenched division and to foster and cultivate a culture of peace
Bosnian · Context (archaeology · Linguistics · Narrative · Narrative inquiry · Peacebuilding · Political economy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Storytelling · Gender, Security, and Conflict · History · Peace and Human Rights Education · Peacebuilding and International Security
Forging the World
Speaking of Violence
The Rise and Fall of Peacebuilding in the Balkans
The Moral Imagination
Narratives of change and repair
What Works? Creative Approaches to Transitional Justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Strategic narrative
Storytelling, resilience and transitional justice
Bosnia
Divergent Transformation and Centrifugal Peacebuilding
Winning the peace
Bereavement, Storytelling, and Reconciliation
Fostering reconciliation through historical moral exemplars in a postconflict society
Narrative, Political Violence, and Social Change
Shared History Project
The Impact of the Icty on the Former Yugoslavia
Strategic Narratives
Seeing strategic narratives
On the Subject of the Object
Adaptive peacebuilding
The Sociology of Storytelling
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 5 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |