Conflict and communication in everyday life

An exploration of intercommunity conflict in Assam, India

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21741685
AutoresAmiya Kumar Das (0000-0001-6031-5221, Tezpur University), Soumen Ray (0000-0003-3924-1007, United Nations Children's Fund India), Ahana Choudhury (0000-0003-3478-2322, Tezpur University, autor correspondente)
Ano2024
Volume42
Fascículo2
Páginas223-240
Data de publicação2024-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoConflict Resolution Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1536-5581 • E-ISSN: 1541-1508
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/crq.21441
OpenAlexW4400252540
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas25

Ethnic conflicts have proved to be inherently dangerous and repressive across the globe. While this signification cannot be negated, a deeper articulation of liminal existences in the conflict‐prone areas requires more attention. Using case studies with a qualitative research design, the paper emphasizes on conflict as a social force, facilitating the (re)structuration of communities entangled within it. The paper explores the mundane lived experiences of the Adivasis and the Bodos, two of the ethnic communities living in Assam, a Northeastern state of India, by making a few claims. First, ethnic conflicts reorient social relations, intercommunity interactions and economic exchanges between the Adivasis and Bodos. Second, ethnic conflicts recourse varied negotiations and emotions in their being(ness), aspirational values, and embodied meanings in mundane life‐processes. The complex realization of identities for the Adivasis and the Bodos is fostered by the exposure of fear, past loss of life, and the varied interactions between victims and perpetrators in everyday social life

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