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Temporality and contextualisation in Peace and Conflict Studies: The forgotten value of war memoirs and personal diaries

Mac Ginty, Roger

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This article contributes to debates on appropriate levels of analysis, temporality, and the utility of fieldwork in relation to Peace and Conflict Studies (PCS), and International Relations more generally. It observes a recentism or privileging of the recent past in our studies and a consequent overlooking of the longer term. As a corrective, the article investigates the extent to which wartime memoirs and personal diaries (specifically from World War I and World War II) can help inform the study of contemporary peace and conflict. In essence, the article is a reflection on the epistemologies and methodologies employed by PCS and an investigation of the need for greater contextualisation.

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Mac Ginty, R. (2022). Temporality and contextualisation in Peace and Conflict Studies: The forgotten value of war memoirs and personal diaries. Cooperation and Conflict, 57(2), 191-209. https://doi.org/10.1177/00108367211027605

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 8, 2021
Online Publication Date Oct 21, 2021
Publication Date Jun 1, 2022
Deposit Date Jun 9, 2021
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Cooperation and Conflict
Print ISSN 0010-8367
Electronic ISSN 1460-3691
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 57
Issue 2
Pages 191-209
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/00108367211027605

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