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- International Development, DDR and SSR, DDR and post -conflict security, Trust, Peacebuilding, Forgiveness and Reconciliation, and 9 moreHumanitarian Intervention, Area Studies, Irreconciliation & Unforgiveness, International Studies, Ethnography, Latin American Studies, Politics of Emotions, Transitional Justice, and Political Forgivenessedit
- I am a political anthropologist who researches the individuals and institutions that make and unmake war with a focus... moreI am a political anthropologist who researches the individuals and institutions that make and unmake war with a focus on the policies and practices of ex-combatant integration into civilian populations. I analyze the daily lived experiences of policy makers and policy receivers in contexts of neither peace nor war, and the constellation of forces that shape civilian decisions to take up and lay down arms. In particular, I examine in situ emergent forms of (mis)trust in relations both between victims of armed conflict and violent oppression and those who previously perpetrated violence, and also between civilian populations and the intervening organizations and institutions attempting to facilitate war-to-peace transitions among them. The overarching theme that unites my various projects relates to the complexities of new beginnings: for former armed actors who decide to start anew, for a victim who wishes to come out from under the paralyzing weight of loss, for a government that wishes to shed its image of malfeasance and neglect, and for communities looking to find their way out of war.edit
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Climate change and water scarcity increasingly threaten vulnerable communities in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The MENA region is the most water-scarce in the world and is projected to be one of those most severely... more
Climate change and water scarcity increasingly threaten vulnerable communities in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The MENA region is the most water-scarce in the world and is projected to be one of those most severely affected by the impacts of climate change globally. Disasters like floods, droughts and wildfires are likely to increase in scale and frequency due to climate change, with severe impacts on people’s livelihoods, security, well-being and resilience. Resultant displacement alongside resource and water scarcity can amplify disaster risk in areas where large-scale movements strain already limited water sources. These dynamics can combine to exacerbate tensions over access to key resources between different community groups, thereby amplifying fragility.
Research Interests: Peace and Conflict Studies, Climate Change, Middle East & North Africa, Conflict, Migration, and 6 moreMigration Studies, Development in the Middle East and North Africa, Ethnic Conflict and Civil War, Climate Change and National and International Security, Climate Change and Security, and Climate Change and Food Security
The MENA region is the most water-scarce in the world and is projected to be one of those most severely affected by the impacts of climate change globally. Disasters like floods, droughts and wildfires are likely to increase in scale and... more
The MENA region is the most water-scarce in the world and is projected to be one of those most severely affected by the impacts of climate change globally. Disasters like floods, droughts and wildfires are likely to increase in scale and frequency due to climate change, with severe impacts on people’s livelihoods, security, well-being and resilience. Resultant displacement alongside resource and water scarcity can amplify disaster risk in areas where large-scale movements strain already limited water sources. These dynamics can combine to exacerbate tensions over access to key resources between different community groups, thereby amplifying fragility.
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The ex-Afghan National Army Special Operations Command (ANASOC) soldiers made unparalleled sacrifices fighting alongside U.S. military special operations forces during the last 10 years of the war in Afghanistan. Existing legislation and... more
The ex-Afghan National Army Special Operations Command (ANASOC) soldiers made unparalleled sacrifices fighting alongside U.S. military special operations forces during the last 10 years of the war in Afghanistan. Existing legislation and visa provisions for Afghan allies who
emigrated to the U.S. after the takeover of the Taliban, however, do not account for populations beyond translators and interpreters. Moreover, many ANASOC veterans in the U.S. struggle financially and from the strains of family separation while also lacking the necessary counseling, training, and employment opportunities that they deserve in return for their unwavering service to their country and the United States. This policy paper delves into the experiences of former Afghan National Army Special Operations Command (ANASOC) soldiers who have resettled in the United States after the tumultuous withdrawal from Afghanistan and presents a nuanced set of recommendations to effectively support their livelihoods and dignified integration into this new context. It is grounded in mixed-methods research based on life history interviews and surveys with 36 ANASOC veterans (including two women from the Female Tactical Platoons (FTP)), shedding light on the multifaceted (psycho-)social, economic, and legal challenges faced by these individuals as they transition from military service to civilian life in the United States.
emigrated to the U.S. after the takeover of the Taliban, however, do not account for populations beyond translators and interpreters. Moreover, many ANASOC veterans in the U.S. struggle financially and from the strains of family separation while also lacking the necessary counseling, training, and employment opportunities that they deserve in return for their unwavering service to their country and the United States. This policy paper delves into the experiences of former Afghan National Army Special Operations Command (ANASOC) soldiers who have resettled in the United States after the tumultuous withdrawal from Afghanistan and presents a nuanced set of recommendations to effectively support their livelihoods and dignified integration into this new context. It is grounded in mixed-methods research based on life history interviews and surveys with 36 ANASOC veterans (including two women from the Female Tactical Platoons (FTP)), shedding light on the multifaceted (psycho-)social, economic, and legal challenges faced by these individuals as they transition from military service to civilian life in the United States.
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Despite a proliferation of scholarship on armed conflict and violence, Colombia and Mexico have been underexplored in studies of mass atrocities. However, systemic and grave violence in both contexts suggests a need to correct this... more
Despite a proliferation of scholarship on armed conflict and violence, Colombia and Mexico have been underexplored in studies of mass atrocities. However, systemic and grave violence in both contexts suggests a need to correct this empirical blind spot. This chapter contributes to the field by focusing on those individuals who have previously associated with the groups that commit these atrocities. Public, private, and third-sector actors posit a “lack of values” and “dysfunctional families” as the root cause for men’s involvement in non-state armed groups (NSAGs) in Colombia and Mexico. Leveraging an abductive study design, we took these emic claims seriously and investigated gendered understandings of family roles among former members of NSAGs and their family members, as well as explored the relationship of these understandings to decisions to participate in these groups. We draw from a combined 39 months of ethnographic fieldwork, social census activities, formal and informal interviews in Mexico and Colombia, as well as feminist and anthropological theory on masculinity and violence to develop the concept of moral sonhood through the presentation of our tripartite findings. First, participants do not lack “values” (and those of their families, specifically, their mothers). Second, the shared understandings of what it takes to fulfill filial obligations and duties in these contexts at least partially explain decisions to participate in NSAGs. Third, these reciprocal relations of care can transform to relations of harm when the son is effectively bound to dangerous activities and places.
Research Interests: Political Violence and Terrorism, Moral Philosophy, Human Rights and Non-State Actors, Violent Non-State Actors, Non-state actors, and 7 moreCartels, Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration, DDR and SSR, Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Child Soldiers, FARC EP, Guerrillas, and Non-State Armed Groups
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Colombian President Santos's government and the leftist guerrilla group, the FARC, have led three years of peace negotiations to end the half-century long internal conflict. Not surprisingly, " peace " and its significance have emerged as... more
Colombian President Santos's government and the leftist guerrilla group, the FARC, have led three years of peace negotiations to end the half-century long internal conflict. Not surprisingly, " peace " and its significance have emerged as loci of debate in all sectors of political and social life. This work draws on hegemonic discourses and ethnographic research among conflict affected actors in the department of Caquetá in order to analyze a core site of contestation: the sequencing of peace in relation to other domains of sociopoliticial and economic well-being. I find that the state articulates these other areas of citizen life as contingent upon achieving peace, while citizens believe that peace will only come once there are changes in these other domains. I argue that competing representations in this domain comprise the processes through which key state actors work to set the terms for a very particular kind of Colombian posacuerdo subject.
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After more than 50 years of internal conflict, Colombia hosts simultaneous conflict, transition, and postconflict conditions. Within this milieu, the government-sponsored Colombian Agency for Reintegration of Armed Persons and Groups... more
After more than 50 years of internal conflict, Colombia hosts simultaneous conflict, transition, and postconflict conditions. Within this milieu, the government-sponsored Colombian Agency for Reintegration of Armed Persons and Groups (ACR) has recently focused national and international attention on the elimination of stigma against ex-combatants in order to create the conditions for a more-inclusive postconflict society and reduce the risk for future rearmament and violence. The ACR does this in part by recasting a multitude of individual identity groups associated with the conflict (e.g., " demobilized, " " ex-combatant, " " guerrillero ") as " Colombians " and " citizens " and articulating the conflict as a thing of the past, out of which will emerge a more-peaceful future. Despite this work, I find that the accounts of ex-combatants from illegal armed groups paint a far more complex and precarious picture of managing real threats to personal, familial, and socioeconomic security on a daily basis. I draw on ethnographic field work and semistructured interviews in 2 of the ACR's local service centers to demonstrate the way in which ex-combatants must " play double " in order to survive: They must at once be demobilized in order to obtain life-sustaining benefits from the state and simultaneously hide those identities in their daily lives in order to protect their person and family from the socioeconomic effects of deeply ingrained stigma. I also address the way in which social theory on passing and stigma might fill in some of our gaps in understanding of the highly context-bound conditions of complex transitioning settings.
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1 doctoral student and research fellow of Bode Graduate School of Business, 8049 Bode, Norway e-mail:Tatiana.Iakovleva@nforsk.no, tel. +4797626214, (corresponding author) 2 Elizabeth J. McCandless Professor of Entrepreneurship, Simmons... more
1 doctoral student and research fellow of Bode Graduate School of Business, 8049 Bode, Norway e-mail:Tatiana.Iakovleva@nforsk.no, tel. +4797626214, (corresponding author) 2 Elizabeth J. McCandless Professor of Entrepreneurship, Simmons School of Management 409 ...
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ABSTRACT Pressure intensifies on a strategy consulting team as they deliver a critical project, and the team manager faces a dilemma about her changing role on the team. Although she had been the key decision-maker in the early weeks of... more
ABSTRACT Pressure intensifies on a strategy consulting team as they deliver a critical project, and the team manager faces a dilemma about her changing role on the team. Although she had been the key decision-maker in the early weeks of the project, Julia Narino now finds that her team increasingly discounts her deep client expertise while deferring to the senior partner’s more generalized contributions. Trouble arises because the client expects the team to deliver a highly customized solution that absolutely requires Julia’s expertise. This case presents an opportunity for students to analyze two prevailing aspects of organizational life: working in teams and working under pressure. This case also offers a platform for instructors to introduce the concept of threat rigidity to the class and explore some of the team behaviors that result from this condition.
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Teaching note for the Eden McCallum: A Network Based Consulting Firm case: Eden McCallum pioneered the network-based ("virtual") consulting firm model in the UK. Contracting freelance consultants on a per-project basis keeps... more
Teaching note for the Eden McCallum: A Network Based Consulting Firm case: Eden McCallum pioneered the network-based ("virtual") consulting firm model in the UK. Contracting freelance consultants on a per-project basis keeps overheads lean so that Eden McCallum's fees are a fraction of the big firms' rates. Their flexible, low-cost model has attracted top-notch corporate clients, resulting in steady double-digit annual growth in its first nine years. In January 2009, however, the global economic crisis has dramatically reshaped the competitive landscape and the founders must decide between pursuing their high-growth strategy versus retrenching – including cutting costs and pulling out of their first international expansion that they had launched the prior year. This case explores how the elements of a firm's innovative model reinforce each other and what happens when the environment changes.
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Abstract: To weather the 2009 financial crisis, Eden McCallum's cofounders must renegotiate partners' compensation, attract independent consultants to meet different client demands, and reassure their Advisory Board that... more
Abstract: To weather the 2009 financial crisis, Eden McCallum's cofounders must renegotiate partners' compensation, attract independent consultants to meet different client demands, and reassure their Advisory Board that their network-based consulting model ...
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One month after the launch of the Freelancers Insurance Company, Sara Horowitz, Founder and CEO, holds a staff meeting to discuss the outcome. The discussion focuses in particular on members' reaction. With the staff at odds with one... more
One month after the launch of the Freelancers Insurance Company, Sara Horowitz, Founder and CEO, holds a staff meeting to discuss the outcome. The discussion focuses in particular on members' reaction. With the staff at odds with one another, Horowitz considers what next steps to take. Learning Objective: To examine alternative approaches to managing human resource relationships.
Mina O'Reilly, an officer at Logan Airport's Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in Boston, must discipline an employee responsible for a security breach that resulted in a 45-minute terminal closure during peak hours, a... more
Mina O'Reilly, an officer at Logan Airport's Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in Boston, must discipline an employee responsible for a security breach that resulted in a 45-minute terminal closure during peak hours, a potential threat to traveler safety, and travel delays across the U.S. O'Reilly considers the impact of her decision on a shifting labor force: the growing divide between those employees deeply committed to the mission and those joining to simply find a job. The senior TSA staff and airlines are calling for accountability, but the person responsible for the breach is a passionate and valued employee who has been with TSA since its formation. As his shift approaches, O'Reilly must decide whether or not he can clock in as usual.
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Teaching note for the Mina O'Reilly at Logan's TSA Case: Mina O'Reilly, an officer at Logan Airport's Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in Boston, must discipline an employee responsible for a security breach... more
Teaching note for the Mina O'Reilly at Logan's TSA Case: Mina O'Reilly, an officer at Logan Airport's Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in Boston, must discipline an employee responsible for a security breach that resulted in a 45-minute terminal closure during peak hours, a potential threat to traveler safety, and travel delays across the U.S. O'Reilly considers the impact of her decision on a shifting labor force: the growing divide between those employees deeply committed to the mission and those joining to simply find a job. The senior TSA staff and airlines are calling for accountability, but the person responsible for the breach is a passionate and valued employee who has been with TSA since its formation. As her shift approaches, O'Reilly must decide whether or not she can clock in as usual.
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What happens to individuals and societies after experiences with violence? This course takes a critical look at scholarship and practitioner efforts to understand and influence individuals and groups that make and unmake violence and who... more
What happens to individuals and societies after experiences with violence? This course takes a critical look at scholarship and practitioner efforts to understand and influence individuals and groups that make and unmake violence and who are implicated in its aftermath. It uses film, literature, memoir, and academic works in anthropology and related disciplines to interrogate what it is to live as a human in the world after experiences with war and oppression.
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This course explores the dynamics of conflict and organized violence in Latin America through a combination of Latin American podcast reporting, documentary films, guest speakers, and ethnographic and other relevant research. The... more
This course explores the dynamics of conflict and organized violence in Latin America through a combination of Latin American podcast reporting, documentary films, guest speakers, and ethnographic and other relevant research. The following are some of the interrelated topics that we will cover, which draw primarily from scholars not only of Latin America, but also in Latin America: an overview of the discipline in the field, non-state armed groups, human rights abuses and activism, gendered experiences of violence and its aftermath, and the state. This course does not cover the region's military dictatorships, nor does it address all forms of violence and conflict: lamentable gaps due to time constraints. We will begin our work in contemporary conversations about these topics throughout the region and weave in readings from the globally dispersed foundational thinkers who have informed them. The readings focus substantially on Mexico, Colombia, and El Salvador, though many of the phenomena under consideration are applicable in other contexts. I have also included analyses drawing from fieldwork in Guatemala, Brazil, and Peru.
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This course explores the dynamics of conflict and organized violence in Latin America through a combination of Latin American podcast reporting, documentary films, guest speakers, and ethnographic and other relevant research. The... more
This course explores the dynamics of conflict and organized violence in Latin America through a combination of Latin American podcast reporting, documentary films, guest speakers, and ethnographic and other relevant research. The following are some of the interrelated topics that we will cover, which draw primarily from scholars not only of Latin America, but also in Latin America: an overview of the discipline in the field, non-state armed groups, human rights abuses and activism, gendered experiences of violence and its aftermath, and the state. This course does not cover the region's military dictatorships, nor does it address all forms of violence and conflict: lamentable gaps due to time constraints. We will begin our work in contemporary conversations about these topics throughout the region and weave in readings from the globally dispersed foundational thinkers who have informed them. The readings focus substantially on Mexico, Colombia, and El Salvador, though many of the phenomena under consideration are applicable in other contexts. I have also included analyses drawing from fieldwork in Guatemala, Brazil, and Peru. Students will select one of three of the following countries for peer group projects designed to facilitate student-student interactions outside of the synchronous sessions: Colombia, Mexico, or El Salvador. Over the course of the quarter, each group will compile a shared journal of literature and reporting on the COVID situation in each of these countries, discuss these submissions as a group, and each member will submit a final 15-minute podcast linking the course readings to the group journals. Students will also develop a paper topic of their choosing over the quarter that interrogates key themes of the course.
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This course is designed to introduce students to the specific human rights issues that come into play through the implementation of peacebuilding missions, NGO interventions, and public policy initiatives in the wake of authoritarian... more
This course is designed to introduce students to the specific human rights issues that come into play through the implementation of peacebuilding missions, NGO interventions, and public policy initiatives in the wake of authoritarian regimes, civil wars, and other violent conflicts. Over the course of the quarter, students will learn about peacebuilding at the international, national, and local levels, as well as the tensions that emerge among various actors at each of these levels. The course covers transversal approaches to peacebuilding – e.g., the differential needs of women, individuals with non-hegemonic sexual identities, children, and indigenous persons – and draws from readings in the policy, academic, and organizational domains to reveal the complexities and multi-disciplinary approaches to this field. Students will apply these lessons through the development of policy and analytic papers and presentations on a case study of their choosing.
Research Interests: Peace and Conflict Studies, Academic Writing, United Nations, Humanitarian Intervention, Gender and Peacebuilding, and 7 moreLiterature Review, Peacebuilding, Forgiveness and Reconciliation, Transitional justice and reconciliation processes, Literature review writings, United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, and Peacebuilding and Development
Panelist, “Networks, Influence, Identity”, In the Session Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency for the Irregular Warfare Forum Spring Symposium, May 15, 2024, Virtual.
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In the high-stakes realm of international SOF, operators often encounter situations that challenge their moral frameworks and leave lasting psychological impacts. This panel discussion illuminates the complex landscape of moral injury and... more
In the high-stakes realm of international SOF, operators often encounter situations that challenge their moral frameworks and leave lasting psychological impacts. This panel discussion illuminates the complex landscape of moral injury and trauma experienced by these elite forces. Our diverse panel of experts, drawn from various corners of the globe, delve into the multifaceted nature of these experiences, exploring how they differ across cultures, missions, and individual backgrounds. It also outlines the differential impact and experiences of men and women in special operations, with an eye for the evolving role of women in combat and special operations roles. The panel addresses the unique challenges both men and women face and the way that gender influences the perception, processing, and aftermath of morally injurious events and traumatic experiences. The session further highlights innovations and services for support and recovery, offering pathways towards healing and resilience. This dialogue is essential for shaping policies and practices that effectively address the mental health needs of all special operations personnel, according to their distinct needs.
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This conference was organized by the Corioli Institute. The findings and talk made a case for expanded (inter)national attention to the holistic health (physical, psychological, spiritual) demands of Ukraine's fighters and contextually... more
This conference was organized by the Corioli Institute. The findings and talk made a case for expanded (inter)national attention to the holistic health (physical, psychological, spiritual) demands of Ukraine's fighters and contextually relevant approaches to increasing readiness for care. Additionally, I presented the differentiated needs of women veterans, which include combatting harmful stigma, access to reproductive health, and psychosocial supports tailored to the unique experiences of women in war.
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This paper presents a novel application of affect theory, with a focus on Sianne Ngai's concept of stuplimity—a fusion of shock and boredom—in the context of sustainable action and measurement in the regime-level response (RLR) to... more
This paper presents a novel application of affect theory, with a focus on Sianne Ngai's concept of stuplimity—a fusion of shock and boredom—in the context of sustainable action and measurement in the regime-level response (RLR) to ex-combatant reintegration in Colombia between 2013 and 2018. The study employs an exhaustive ethnographic approach, encompassing semi-structured interviews with 106 individuals across 22 organizations and institutions in seven sectors. It draws from 18 months of immersive ethnographic research among implicated actors and beneficiaries. I argue that stuplime experiences within the context of the RLR generate a centrifugal force that moves people away from one another even as they engage in the acts intended to convene and hold them together over the long term. By integrating ethnographic observations at the regime level with the principles of affect theory, this research enriches the field of organization studies along several lines. Firstly, it contributes to our understanding of how RLRs can hinder their own effectiveness through sustainability practices. Secondly, it underscores the significance of affect theory in organizational studies by examining how the experiences of multi-organizational action, shaped by cultural contexts and institutionalized through relational interactions (including aversions), are rendered through ‘intersubjective transmissions of intensity’ (Fotaki, Kenny, & Vachhani, 2017). Thirdly, it introduces Sianne Ngai's concept of stuplimity to organization studies and demonstrates its relevance in understanding the dynamics of producing, sustaining, and reporting RLR activities. Taken together, this work advocates for a renewed consideration of the circuits of embodied and relational experience among those whose everyday lives constitute multi-organizational action in contexts of ambiguity, uncertainty, and high-stakes outcomes.
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Panel Event with Department of Treasury; Department of State; TRM Labs and Alexandra Solórzano - Owl Consultancy at NatSecGirlSquad Conference 2024. "Money laundering, antiquities theft, counterfeiting, the trafficking of people, drugs,... more
Panel Event with Department of Treasury; Department of State; TRM Labs and Alexandra Solórzano - Owl Consultancy at NatSecGirlSquad Conference 2024.
"Money laundering, antiquities theft, counterfeiting, the trafficking of people, drugs, weapons, and goods. Where is the line between homeland defense and national security - if it exists at all? How do evolving foreign policy priorities impact the US’ involvement in international efforts against organized criminal networks? How can the national security apparatus map, track, combat, and prevent these crimes and is Indiana Jones real?"
"Money laundering, antiquities theft, counterfeiting, the trafficking of people, drugs, weapons, and goods. Where is the line between homeland defense and national security - if it exists at all? How do evolving foreign policy priorities impact the US’ involvement in international efforts against organized criminal networks? How can the national security apparatus map, track, combat, and prevent these crimes and is Indiana Jones real?"
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Panel Event with LTC Douglas A. Livermore and CPT Walker A Mills together with the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.
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Co-sponsored by the Latina America Institute at Freie University-Berlin and Oxford University, April 06, 2022
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Preparado para el VI Congreso Internacional de Derecho, 2 junio 2017 | Universidad Simón Bolívar, Cúcuta-Norte de Santander
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Discurso preparado para el Seminario "Internacional Desarme, Desmovilización, Reinserción, Reintegración y Reincorporación: Estrategias e iniciativas para la paz y la reconciliación". | Panel: El papel de las víctimas en la construcción... more
Discurso preparado para el Seminario "Internacional Desarme, Desmovilización, Reinserción, Reintegración y Reincorporación: Estrategias e iniciativas para la paz y la reconciliación". | Panel: El papel de las víctimas en la construcción de paz. | 12-13 de septiembre de 2018
Research Interests: Colombia, Intervención social, Reinserción Social, Confianza, Convivencia, and 10 moreConstruccion de paz, Excombatientes, Excombatant reintegration, Intervenciones psicosociales y comunitarias, Reinsercion Social, Reconciliación, Seguridad y convivencia, Construccion De Paz En Colombia, Reinserción, and Mujeres excombatientes y reinserción, Colombia
Terrorism recently dropped from the list of national security priorities, vacating its spot for growing concerns like strategic competition with adversaries like Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran, among others. Even as academic,... more
Terrorism recently dropped from the list of national security priorities, vacating its spot for growing concerns like strategic competition with adversaries like Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran, among others. Even as academic, policy, and military experts continue to delve deeper into understanding pressing concepts like strategic competition, terrorism still touches the international order and necessitates study. Put differently, terrorism could still affect international order through cooperation or disruption. In this paper, terrorism and its effects on international order are investigated by looking at terrorism in the past, such as in the reintegration of formerly armed actors, the pressing threat of domestic terrorism in the present and its international implications, and what terrorism could be in the future. The paper concludes by examining cooperative measures between interested states in quelling terrorism and maintaining international order.
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Research Interests: Business Ethics, Psychology, Ethics, Measurement and Evaluation, Evaluation, and 10 moreCurriculum, Organization, Social Science Research Network, Business and Management, Organizational Management, United States, Business Schools, Organization Management, Assessment of learning, and Business School
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ABSTRACT Pressure intensifies on a strategy consulting team as they deliver a critical project, and the team manager faces a dilemma about her changing role on the team. Although she had been the key decision-maker in the early weeks of... more
ABSTRACT Pressure intensifies on a strategy consulting team as they deliver a critical project, and the team manager faces a dilemma about her changing role on the team. Although she had been the key decision-maker in the early weeks of the project, Julia Narino now finds that her team increasingly discounts her deep client expertise while deferring to the senior partner’s more generalized contributions. Trouble arises because the client expects the team to deliver a highly customized solution that absolutely requires Julia’s expertise. This case presents an opportunity for students to analyze two prevailing aspects of organizational life: working in teams and working under pressure. This case also offers a platform for instructors to introduce the concept of threat rigidity to the class and explore some of the team behaviors that result from this condition.
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Teaching note for the Eden McCallum: A Network Based Consulting Firm case: Eden McCallum pioneered the network-based ("virtual") consulting firm model in the UK. Contracting freelance consultants on a per-project basis keeps... more
Teaching note for the Eden McCallum: A Network Based Consulting Firm case: Eden McCallum pioneered the network-based ("virtual") consulting firm model in the UK. Contracting freelance consultants on a per-project basis keeps overheads lean so that Eden McCallum's fees are a fraction of the big firms' rates. Their flexible, low-cost model has attracted top-notch corporate clients, resulting in steady double-digit annual growth in its first nine years. In January 2009, however, the global economic crisis has dramatically reshaped the competitive landscape and the founders must decide between pursuing their high-growth strategy versus retrenching – including cutting costs and pulling out of their first international expansion that they had launched the prior year. This case explores how the elements of a firm's innovative model reinforce each other and what happens when the environment changes.
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This research brief describes the disengagement process of formerly armed actors (FAAs) from a Non-State Armed Group (NSAG) as a social network enterprise. It characterises leaving an NSAG as a relational process shaped by various nodes... more
This research brief describes the disengagement process of formerly armed actors (FAAs) from a Non-State Armed Group (NSAG) as a social network enterprise. It characterises leaving an NSAG as a relational process shaped by various nodes in a defector's network and actors at multiple societal levels such as family and community members, other FAAs, government officials, and (I)NGO professionals, varying across conflict settings and individual cases. The analysis emphasises the importance of relationships in informing individual disengagement decisions and the logistical support required for successful outcomes. It underscores the need to understand how social networks function and recommends to the institutions involved in Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) meaningful engagement with the vast range of actors implicated in this process.
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After more than 50 years of internal conflict, Colombia hosts simultaneous conflict, transition, and post-conflict conditions. Within this milieu, the government-sponsored Colombian Agency for Reintegration of Armed Persons and Groups... more
After more than 50 years of internal conflict, Colombia hosts simultaneous conflict, transition, and post-conflict conditions. Within this milieu, the government-sponsored Colombian Agency for Reintegration of Armed Persons and Groups (ACR) has recently focused national and international attention on the elimination of stigma against ex-combatants in order to create the conditions for a more inclusive post-conflict society and reduce the risk for future rearmament and violence. The ACR does this in part by recasting a multitude of individual identity groups associated with the conflict (e.g., " demobilized, " " excombatant, " " guerrillero ") as " Colombians " and " citizens " and articulating the conflict as a thing of the past, out of which will emerge a more peaceful future. Despite this work, I find that the accounts of ex-combatants from illegal armed groups paint a far more complex and precarious picture of managing real threats to personal, familial, and socioeconomic security on a daily basis. I draw on ethnographic field work and semi-structured interviews in two of the ACR " s local service centers to demonstrate the way in which ex-combatants must " play double " in order to survive: they must at once be demobilized in order to obtain life-sustaining benefits from the state, and simultaneously hide those identities in their daily lives in order to protect their person and family from the socioeconomic effects of deeply ingrained stigma. I also address the way in which social theory on passing and stigma might fill in some of our gaps in understanding of the highly context-bound conditions of complex transitioning settings.
Research Interests: Psychology, Social Psychology, Latin American Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, Ethnography, and 11 moreColombia, Political Science, Cultural Psychology, Transitional Justice, Music and identity, Post-Conflict State Building, Reconciliation, Post Conflict Development, Proceso De Paz En Colombia, Post Conflict Issues, and Ex Combatants
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Intervenções e programas governamentais elaborados para os jovens “maus” envolvidos em atividades de grupos armados da Colômbia são simplistas demais para terem eficácia. A realidade do envolvimento dos jovens é complexa e heterogênea,... more
Intervenções e programas governamentais elaborados para os jovens “maus” envolvidos em atividades de grupos armados da Colômbia são simplistas demais para terem eficácia. A realidade do envolvimento dos jovens é complexa e heterogênea, principalmente porque pode ser motivado por “boas” intenções e escondido por “bons” comportamentos. Somente uma abordagem mais holística e uma mudança no pensamento paradigmático podem reconhecer essas realidades e avançar em direção a esforços mais efetivos para reduzir a participação dos menores, escreve Erin K. McFee (LSE Latin America and Caribbean Centre), após participarem do Researcher Links Workshop – Governança, Crime e Segurança Internacional, organizado conjuntamente por LSE Latin America and Caribbean Centre, PUC-SP e UNICAMP
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Three anthropologists share insights on the challenges of crossover careers and how to have an impact in the real world. There is considerable scope for crossover between political and legal anthropology and the worlds of business,... more
Three anthropologists share insights on the challenges of crossover careers and how to have an impact in the real world. There is considerable scope for crossover between political and legal anthropology and the worlds of business, government, nongovernmental organizations, advocacy, activism, development, journalism, and finance. Many anthropologists working on political and legal topics came to anthropology through practitioner experiences. Several of us seek to use our research to have an impact beyond the academy, while maintaining academic posts. Others have left academic positions to work in other sectors, where our anthropological knowledge can serve the world differently.
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Despite a proliferation of scholarship on armed conflict and violence, Colombia and Mexico have been underexplored in studies of mass atrocities. However, systemic and grave violence in both contexts suggests a need to correct this... more
Despite a proliferation of scholarship on armed conflict and violence, Colombia and Mexico have been underexplored in studies of mass atrocities. However, systemic and grave violence in both contexts suggests a need to correct this empirical blind spot. This chapter contributes to the field by focusing on those individuals who have previously associated with the groups that commit these atrocities. Public, private, and third-sector actors posit a “lack of values” and “dysfunctional families” as the root cause for men’s involvement in non-state armed groups (NSAGs) in Colombia and Mexico. Leveraging an abductive study design, we took these emic claims seriously and investigated gendered understandings of family roles among former members of NSAGs and their family members, as well as explored the relationship of these understandings to decisions to participate in these groups. We draw from a combined 39 months of ethnographic fieldwork, social census activities, formal and informal interviews in Mexico and Colombia, as well as feminist and anthropological theory on masculinity and violence to develop the concept of moral sonhood through the presentation of our tripartite findings. First, participants do not lack “values” (and those of their families, specifically, their mothers). Second, the shared understandings of what it takes to fulfill filial obligations and duties in these contexts at least partially explain decisions to participate in NSAGs. Third, these reciprocal relations of care can transform to relations of harm when the son is effectively bound to dangerous activities and places.
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En este libro se realiza un análisis multidisciplinario sobre distintos aspectos del proceso de paz entre el Gobierno colombiano y las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia - Ejército del Pueblo (FARC-EP), así como de los retos de... more
En este libro se realiza un análisis multidisciplinario sobre distintos aspectos del proceso de paz entre el Gobierno colombiano y las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia - Ejército del Pueblo (FARC-EP), así como de los retos de la implementación temprana del acuerdo logrado en el 2016. Los autores de Excombatientes y acuerdo de paz con las FARC-EP en Colombia abordan cuestiones prácticas en materia de reintegración, implementación de acuerdos de paz y situaciones de transición relacionadas con excombatientes. Analizan el proceso de reintegración política, el rol de la cooperación internacional y del sector privado, las respuestas de grupos como los jóvenes, y también los ajustes institucionales que ha implicado esta etapa temprana. Gracias a la diversidad temática, de enfoques y de metodologías se logra una mirada complementaria y pertinente a la luz de los desafíos que este proceso implica para la formulación de políticas públicas en el país. Esta obra está dirigida a acad...
The importance of family caregivers in providing palliative care at home and in supporting a home death is well supported. Gaining a better understanding of what enables palliative family caregivers to continue caring at home for their... more
The importance of family caregivers in providing palliative care at home and in supporting a home death is well supported. Gaining a better understanding of what enables palliative family caregivers to continue caring at home for their family members until death is critical to providing direction for more effective support. The purpose of the study was to describe the experiences of bereaved family caregivers whose terminally ill family members with advanced cancer were successful in achieving a desired home death. A qualitative interpretive descriptive approach was used. Data were collected using semi-structured, audio-recorded interviews conducted in-person or via telephone in addition to field notes and reflective journaling. The study took place in British Columbia, Canada, and included 29 bereaved adult family caregivers who had provided care for a family member with advanced cancer and experienced a home death. Four themes captured the experience of caring at home until death: context of providing care, supportive antecedents to providing care, determination to provide care at home, and enabled determination. Factors that enabled determination to achieve a home death included initiation of formal palliative care, asking for and receiving help, augmented care, relief or respite, and making the healthcare system work for the ill person. Clarifying caregiving goals and supporting the factors that enable caregiver determination appear to be critical in enhancing the likelihood of a desired home death.
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This paper reviews the teaching of business ethics at 70 of the top ranked business schools in the United States and internationally as determined by Business Week magazine. Interviews were conducted with deans, associate and assistant... more
This paper reviews the teaching of business ethics at 70 of the top ranked business schools in the United States and internationally as determined by Business Week magazine. Interviews were conducted with deans, associate and assistant deans, directors and faculty with a survey instrument focusing upon ethics in the curriculum, modifications to the ethics curriculum, and assessment of learning.
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The overall workshop aimed to enhance the understanding of the core principles of Integrated Border Management, while unpacking the link between border management and other areas such as search and rescue operations, protection... more
The overall workshop aimed to enhance the understanding of the core principles of Integrated Border Management, while unpacking the link between border management and other areas such as search and rescue operations, protection considerations (including countering and preventing trafficking and smuggling of migrants), disaster risk reduction and responses to climate change
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Organized workshop. Funded by the AHRC UN Trust & Peacebuilding initiative, the VSP Network led a virtual conference in June 2022 to develop a shared understanding of core concepts and the role of trust in violence-affected contexts. The... more
Organized workshop. Funded by the AHRC UN Trust & Peacebuilding initiative, the VSP Network led a virtual conference in June 2022 to develop a shared understanding of core concepts and the role of trust in violence-affected contexts. The conference brought together scholars, practitioners, officials and violence-affected individuals from the Americas, the United Kingdom, Europe and China to promote collaborations for long-term quality-of-life improvements for those living in these settings.
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Organized conference. Led by Dr. McFee, this knowledge exchange was dedicated to discussing values-based collaboration versus problem-based collaboration and using these strategies to reintegrate and rebuild.
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Organized workshop. Broadcasted from Bogotá, Colombia. The first virtual workshop of the Violence, Security, and Peace (VSP) Network served as a platform for relaunching this intersectoral research enterprise, which has been in operation... more
Organized workshop. Broadcasted from Bogotá, Colombia. The first virtual workshop of the Violence, Security, and Peace (VSP) Network served as a platform for relaunching this intersectoral research enterprise, which has been in operation since 2018. After being introduced to the VSP network, workshop participants focused on a theoretical and conceptual discussion of the network's themes (Violence, Security, and Peace) and explored their relationship with building trust in the context of Latin American societies that have experienced social and armed conflicts in recent decades.
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The war in Ukraine with its diverse array of regular and irregular armed groups and spatial disparity of fighting exemplifies the complexities of formerly armed actor (FAA) (re)integration efforts amidst ongoing and post-conflict... more
The war in Ukraine with its diverse array of regular and irregular armed groups and spatial disparity of fighting exemplifies the complexities of formerly armed actor (FAA) (re)integration efforts amidst ongoing and post-conflict scenarios. The purpose of this conference is to have a global collective of academics, policymakers and practitioners elaborate on a plan of action for the sustainable reintegration of FAAs returning from the frontlines in Ukraine and contribute to advancements in the scientific field of FAA reintegration on a broader scale.
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Organized Conference. The workshop brought together participants from Latin America and Europe, managers in the field of peacebuilding and security and violence prevention, and focused on clarifying the concepts of violence, security and... more
Organized Conference. The workshop brought together participants from Latin America and Europe, managers in the field of peacebuilding and security and violence prevention, and focused on clarifying the concepts of violence, security and peace and their relationship with the building of institutional and interpersonal trust. The meeting was attended by managers from the academic community, civil society, public servants and beneficiaries of violence prevention and peacebuilding and security programs. Attendance: 75 people.
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Over the last ten years, I have conducted fieldwork among former and current members of non-state armed groups in Colombia and, more recently, Mexico. During this time, I have borne witness to the myriad ways in which (often, though not... more
Over the last ten years, I have conducted fieldwork among former and current members of non-state armed groups in Colombia and, more recently, Mexico. During this time, I have borne witness to the myriad ways in which (often, though not always) men present their stories to a female anthropologist from the United States. I reflect here on one particular encounter with a young man in an in-patient drug rehabilitation center in Sinaloa, Mexico, where I lived and taught martial arts classes to the patients during the Summer of 2019. He recounted to me the details of the two murders that he committed against the men who had, together with the mother of his infant son, cuckolded him. Notable in this young man’s narrative was the extent to which he lingered on the specific details of the corporeal mess created by the acts of killing. My prompts were few, and he went on for nearly an hour to only the nodding of my head and occasional affirmative noise on my part to show that I was still listening, even after I had unwittingly stopped writing. Later on, as we rose from our chairs and readied ourselves to leave, he said, laughing, “I’ve never told anyone that before – not my therapist, not my mother, not my woman. No one.” The questions that I will address in this panel are twofold: in what ways does sharing this kind of “insider information” shape the nature of the relationship between interlocutor and researcher, especially in terms of responsibility? And, what does the sharing of such information do for the individual embroiled in the complexities of structural life changes?