Learning with Peaceful, Heterogeneous Communities: Lessons on Sustaining Peace in Mauritius
Start Date
10-2-2021 1:45 PM
End Date
10-2-2021 2:45 PM
Proposal Type
Presentation
Proposal Description
Abstract: This study presents a ‘ground-truthing’ case study of one of the most sustainably peaceful nations on Earth – Mauritius. Through a systematic review of the literature on Mauritius and qualitative interviews and focus groups with a wide range of Mauritian stakeholder groups, the study focused on interrogating a new conceptual model of sustaining peace by gleaning insights from the lived experiences of a broad swath of Mauritian society. The study is one component of a comprehensive, multi-method project on sustaining peace, which combines theory development, empirical validation, complexity visualization and mathematical modeling with grounded insights of citizens living in peace in resilient communities and societies around the globe. Findings from this study provide general support for the conceptual model, while offering a nuanced understanding some of the contradictions evident in how everyday peace is often maintained in these societies.
Learning with Peaceful, Heterogeneous Communities: Lessons on Sustaining Peace in Mauritius
Abstract: This study presents a ‘ground-truthing’ case study of one of the most sustainably peaceful nations on Earth – Mauritius. Through a systematic review of the literature on Mauritius and qualitative interviews and focus groups with a wide range of Mauritian stakeholder groups, the study focused on interrogating a new conceptual model of sustaining peace by gleaning insights from the lived experiences of a broad swath of Mauritian society. The study is one component of a comprehensive, multi-method project on sustaining peace, which combines theory development, empirical validation, complexity visualization and mathematical modeling with grounded insights of citizens living in peace in resilient communities and societies around the globe. Findings from this study provide general support for the conceptual model, while offering a nuanced understanding some of the contradictions evident in how everyday peace is often maintained in these societies.