Under construction: Toward a theory and praxis of queer peacebuilding
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Date
2023
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Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Abstract
| This article explores what queer as a concept brings to peacebuilding, presenting
a guiding framework and introduction for a special issue on queer peacebuilding. It offers
an initial approach to the topic, which means to center queer and trans perspectives of
peace and bring queer epistemologies to bear on how peace is constituted so as to rearticulate the concept both in theory and praxis. In doing so, it addresses an unexamined gap in
peacebuilding efforts to achieve gender justice and inclusive security in conflict-affected
societies, namely the unique experiences of LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and
queer) individuals and their collective efforts to achieve social justice in these contexts.
The authors approach the topic of queer peacebuilding through three questions: What
is queer peacebuilding?, �Why is queer peacebuilding important? and What can queer
peacebuilding contribute? While the impacts of queer peacebuilding in sites of contentious politics around the globe are visible, it remains an emergent and somewhat elusive
concept, still under construction within peace and security scholarship and practice.
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LGBT, Gender studies, Queering, Peace, Transitional Justice
Citation
Ritholtz, S. et al. (2023). Under construction: Toward a theory and praxis of queer peacebuilding. Revista de Estudios Sociales, 2023(83), 3-22. https://doi.org/10.7440/res83.2023.01