Everyday Diplomacy

Bibliographic Data

ID4380245
AuthorsМагнус Марсден (University of Kent), Magnus Marsden, Diana Ibañez‐tirado (0000-0001-8003-6158, University of Kent), Diana Ibañez-Tirado, D Henig (0000-0001-6111-6523, University of Sussex)
Year2016
Volume34
Issue2
Publication date2016-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Cambridge Journal of Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0305-7674 • E-ISSN: 2047-7716
PublisherBerghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3167/ca.2016.340202
OpenAlexW2530333671
LanguageEN
Citations received42
References cited99

This article considers the relevance of an ethnographic approach towards the study of diplomacy. By drawing upon recent interdisciplinary developments we critically reassess the ongoing assumption that in the modern world diplomacy is separated from other domains of human life, and that the only actors authorized and able to conduct diplomacy are the nation-state's representatives. Having outlined recent theoretical interventions concerning the turn towards the study of everyday, unofficial and grass-roots forms of diplomacy, the article suggests some of the ways in which ethnography can be deployed in order to understand how individuals and communities affected by geopolitical processes develop and pursue diplomatic modes of agency and ask how they relate to, evaluate and arbitrate between the geopolitical realms that affect their lives. In so doing, we propose an analytical heuristic - 'everyday diplomacy' - to attend to the ways individuals and communities engage with and influence decisions about world affairs

Everyday life · Geopolitics · Relevance · Cyprus History, Politics, Society · History, Culture, and Diplomacy · Peacebuilding and International Security

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