Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict

Highlight Publication Sharepic: Laura Guntrum & Christian Reuter (2025). Activists’ Stra­tegies for Coping with Technology- Facilitated Vio­lence in the Global South. in: ACM Trans­actions on Computer-Human Inter­action (TOCHI), 32: 6, 1–38, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3762811

TraCe Highlight Publication Sharepic: This ar­ticle shows how acti­vists from seven coun­tries in the Global South develop situated coping and protection strate­gies in res­ponse to tech­nology-facili­tated vio­lence. Coping mechanisms and res­ponses ranged from self-censorship and with­drawal to various forms of resis­tance, in­cluding the adop­tion of selec­tive, low-threshold digital security practi­ces such as encryp­tion.

TraCe Highlight publication sharepic: Activists’ digital security beha­viors often di­verged from universa­lized IT security recommenda­tions, under­scoring the impor­tance of situa­ting protec­tion strate­gies within activists’ specific threat models and lived con­texts.

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📣 Explore the TraCe publication highlights on the change of forms, causes, and consequences of political violence.

In @acmtochi.bsky.social, Laura Guntrum & Christian Reuter (@peasec.de) analyze how activists cope with technology-facilitated violence.

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A wide range of forms of resistance is considered, from artistic and aesthetic interventions and civil society engagement to journalistic and legal work in repressive contexts.

The policy workshop examines how different forms of resistance can counter processes of autocratisation. It focuses on artistic, journalistic, academic, and legal perspectives on practices of resistance under conditions of shrinking civic space.

We would like to invite you to a guest lecture next week with Filipp Semyonov. We look forward to seeing you there, and feel free to share this widely !

I think there is alot more on the gound, up to date reporting happening on Iran that should be prioritized - but in case anyone is interested, here are some analytical takes that I think are as relevant today as they were three years ago, and some thoughts on what is different today.

We thank the BMFTR for its continued support and look forward to further advancing this important work. #postcolonialhierachies #research #transformation

You can visit our website for more information: www.postcolonial-hierarchies.net/extension/

In the next funding phase it will advance interdisciplinary research, consolidate partnerships – particularly with colleagues from the Global South – and further develop structures such as the Virtual Encyclopaedia.

Hierarchies examines how historically rooted postcolonial power structures shape contemporary conflicts and influence sustainable conflict transformation.It contributes to debates on global peace and security while analysing international peace architectures,strengthening Peace and Conflict Studies.

We are happy to announce that the competence network Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict(Hierarchies) has been granted a two-year extension by the BMFTR, beginning 1 April 2026.

Hierarchies examines how historically rooted postcolonial power structures shape contemporary conflicts and influence sustainable conflict transformation ->

Find out more:
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Bayreuth Peace Talk with Lina Benabdallah It will be discussed whether in today's geopolitical moment South-South cooperation is truly a path of alterity for Global South states or if it is indelibly caught in extractive and exploitative competition over resources and markets.

Bayreuth Peace Talk with Lina Benabdallah

It will be discussed whether in today's geopolitical moment South-South cooperation is truly a path of alterity for Global South states or if it is indelibly caught in extractive and exploitative competition over resources and markets

Non-Western Visions of International Order The scholarship on the concept of order has been expanding within international relations. The continuous upheaval of world politics first triggered a broad debate on the resilience of the liberal int...

We’ve surveyed ‘Non-Western Visions of International Order’ for Annual Review of Political Science vol 29

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Just published in the new issue of Alternatives Humanitaires
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Our Winter School "Inherited Futures: Ruptures and Contestations" is starting tomorrow in Basel! It's part of a EUCOR partnership between the universities of Basel, Strasbourg, and Freiburg, but everyone is welcome to the public sessions. Please contact the Basel organizers here tinyurl.com/bdfx8cj8

This handbook is the first of its kind with a comprehensive and inclusive agenda for the field of peace and conflict studies: Several of our Network's members engage in a thorough academic discussion not only about, but also including perspectives from the Global South(s).

Out now! We are very happy to share our newest publication: the "Handbook of Peace & Conflict Studies. Perspectives from the Global South", edited by our Siddharth Tripathi and Solveig Richter.

Check out the book here - it's open access!
www.bloomsburycollections.com/encyclopedia...

Our new PI Dr. Alena Strohmaier has won this year’s teaching prize at the University of Marburg. The idea of the team of four was called „Mehr als Seminarraum: Über ein Semesterthema zur großen Studierendenkonferenz“.

Congratulations !

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🥁 Join us next Thursday, October 23, for the first lecture on on "Anti-colonial Social Theory and the Peripheral Gaze" by Sujata Patel, recipient of the @humboldt-foundation.de Research Award, hosted at the @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social of the @uni-freiburg.de for the duration of her stay 2025-2026!

Look at this beautiful chapter, co-authored with @tbonacker.bsky.social on how Global South(s) is conceptualized across disciplines! Out now and Open Access, in an incredible Handbook edited by @sidtrip.bsky.social & Solveig Richter

www.bloomsburycollections.com/encyclopedia...

Podcasts - Rewriting peace and conflict Peace and conflict studies is a burgeoning field. Yet, it still needs to tackle the legacies of colonialism and its hierarchies; the historical trajectories of conflicts and their embeddedness in glob...

🎧 New episode of "Confronting Hierarchies" out now!

@postcolh.bsky.social have released the last episode of their podcast series. This time: "Confronting #Genocide. German Colonialism and African Struggles for Justice" with Jephta Nguherimo.

▶️ Listen here: rewritingpeaceandconflict.net/podcasts/

Our cojoint conferences allowed unique synergies with their following conference on knowledge diplomacy and South-South-North cooperation 12.-13.10.2025. Our sincere thanks to all who participated and helped make the conference a success!

Last week, our research network had the honor of inviting scholars from all around the world to our concluding conference in Tunis, from 10.-11.10.2025. Grateful to all inputs, discussions and support, especially from our partner MECAM!

Part 2: Some other highlights include our Thinklab and very insightful public lectures we hosted in Freiburg and Marburg.

We are also very much looking forward to our final conference!

Make sure to check our website to stay updated throughout the year.
postcolonial-hierarchies.net

Part 1: Take a look at some of the things we have done this 4th year of the Postcolonial Hierarchies project - and what is yet to come.

Our highlights include the Virtual Encyclopaedia with written, audio and audiovisual content.

postcolonial-hierarchies.net/encyclopedia/

🚨 Save the Date: #MeDiMiConference2026! 🚨

💥 We are thrilled to officially announce the final conference of MeDiMi's first research phase!

📅 May 7–8, 2026

📍 Justus Liebig University Giessen

👉 A detailed announcement and a call for papers will follow – stay tuned!

Podcast logo: "confronting HIERARCHIES - A podcast on (de)coloniality, peace & conflict"

🎙️ @postcolh.bsky.social release 4th podcast episode!

Guests Hanna Al-Taher and Firoozeh Farvardin explore a range of topics, including authoritarianism, collective mobilization, epistemic hierarchies, and the relationship between resistance, praxis, and academia.

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Cover of TraCe Policy Brief No. 9 titled Truth Spoken, Progress Delayed: Reflections on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

The 2015 Truth & Reconciliation Commission of Canada report documented the devastating legacy of the Indian Residential School System. In the new TraCe Policy Brief, Rita Kopp (@prif.org) examines the Commission’s work, political progress & ongoing challenges.
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Web dossier on uneasy postcolonial spaces, with contributions on Latin America, Ireland, Goa, Palestine & the European East, initially published in 2013 in honor of Fernando Coronil, is now available for free download tinyurl.com/3bp6wky6. Thanks to Louise Link for invaluable work on the new layout!