ABSTRACT

How can researchers do more than ‘do no harm’ and have a positive impact in the contexts in which they intervene? These are classic questions of PAR, which also apply to peace research. How can research practice contribute to peace? There is an intimate relationship between power, violence and silence. Hence, working with subalternised voices, subject to epistemic violence, poses a methodological challenge for social sciences in which words are data. This paper presents a research method that allows for constructive confrontation in contexts of terrorist violence in European cities, generally considered to be at peace. This method consists of organising public debate in collaboration with community organisations in a neighbourhood directly affected by the aftermath of a wave of terrorist attacks in France. In the case of the Université Populaire, the organisation of public debates allowed for the public expression of agonism, and was a source of hope and prefigurative politics. Exploring this case, this article contributes to discussions about how to deal with the challenges of pluralism within current peace research.

摘要

研究人员如何能做更多的事情而不是“不伤害”并在他们干预的环境中产生积极影响？这些都是 PAR 的经典问题，也适用于和平研究。研究实践如何促进和平？权力、暴力和沉默之间有着密切的关系。因此，使用受认知暴力影响的次要声音对以文字为数据的社会科学提出了方法论挑战。本文提出了一种研究方法，该方法允许在欧洲城市的恐怖主义暴力背景下进行建设性对抗，通常被认为是和平的。这种方法包括与社区组织合作，在受法国恐怖袭击浪潮影响的社区组织公共辩论。就大众大学而言，公开辩论的组织允许公开表达激动，是希望和象征性政治的源泉。通过探索这个案例，本文有助于讨论如何应对当前和平研究中的多元化挑战。