ABSTRACT

This article examines sensemaking in complex peace operations. The article’s key argument is that adaptation to ‘the local’ and its complexity requires sensemaking, and that sensemaking helps to disrupt conflict dynamism and prevent conflicts. The study’s theoretical underpinnings are linked to the concept of sensemaking and its further development. The findings are based on eleven in-depth interviews with commanders who have concrete command experience in peace operations. The research findings describe four processes – sensegiving, sensebreaking, sensedrawing and sensekeeping – that are part of the sensemaking entity. Each process entails practices in which sense is embedded, negotiated and regenerated to be shared, in order to work with change, adapt to local necessities and sustain peace. Theoretically, the article contributes to the existing understanding of complex, ongoing and longstanding crises in general and adaptive and proactive sensemaking, in which ‘the local’ is emphasized, in particular.

摘要

本文探讨了复杂和平行动中的意义建构。这篇文章的主要论点是，适应“当地”及其复杂性需要意义建构，而意义建构有助于破坏冲突动态并防止冲突。该研究的理论基础与意义建构的概念及其进一步发展有关。调查结果基于对在和平行动中具有具体指挥经验的指挥官进行的 11 次深度访谈。研究结果描述了四个过程——意义赋予、意义破坏、意义绘制和意义保持——它们是意义构建实体的一部分。每个过程都需要实践，在这些实践中，意义被嵌入、协商和再生以共享，以便与变化一起工作，适应当地的需要并维持和平。理论上，