Side-by-Sidedness: A Conceptual Rethinking of Post-Peace Agreement Encounter

IF 1 Q3 SOCIOLOGY

Journal of Intercultural Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-11 DOI:10.1080/07256868.2023.2166027

Eric Lepp

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Between the poles of conflict and reconciliation are the complex and simple interactions of the everyday. This article introduces the conceptual development of ‘side-by-sidedness’ – a form of ‘lightened encounter’ that is civilly inattentive to differences and divisions, thus contributing to improved relationships between individuals in violent protracted conflict. Emerging from a case study centred on the supporters of the Belfast Giants ice hockey club, this concept is developed around shifts in identity, encounter and space that occur through the willingness to sit side-by-side across historical divisions at ice hockey games without a necessary willingness to live side-by-side the person in the seat next to you. The case study is utilised as an unorthodox meeting point – the ice hockey arena of Northern Ireland sits outside the disputed histories in the region and yet offers a banality in the inclusion of the ‘other’. Side-by-sidedness thus lies between the narratives and imagery of a divided past and that of a reconciled, hand-in-hand future, instead identifying the willingness to share space as a means of ‘getting on with it’ in everyday Belfast.

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肩并肩：和平协议后遭遇的概念反思

在冲突与和解的两极之间，是日常生活中复杂与简单的互动。本文介绍了“肩并肩”概念的发展，这是一种“轻松相遇”的形式，在文明上不注意差异和分歧，从而有助于改善暴力持久冲突中个人之间的关系。这个概念来自于一个以贝尔法斯特巨人冰球俱乐部支持者为中心的案例研究，它是围绕着身份、相遇和空间的变化而发展起来的，这种变化是通过在冰球比赛中并排坐在一起而不是坐在你旁边座位上的人的必要意愿而发生的。这个案例研究被用作一个非正统的交汇点——北爱尔兰的冰球馆位于该地区有争议的历史之外，但在“他者”的包容中却提供了一种平庸。因此，并排存在于分裂的过去和和解的未来之间的叙事和意象之间，而不是将共享空间的意愿作为日常贝尔法斯特“与之相处”的手段。

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期刊介绍： Journal of Intercultural Studies showcases innovative scholarship about emerging cultural formations, intercultural negotiations and contemporary challenges to cultures and identities. It welcomes theoretically informed articles from diverse disciplines that contribute to the following discussions: -Reconceptualising notions of nationhood, citizenship and belonging; -Questioning theories of diaspora, transnationalism, hybridity and ‘border crossing’, and their contextualised applications; -Exploring the contemporary sociocultural formations of whiteness, ethnicity, racialization, postcolonialism and indigeneity -Examining how past and contemporary key scholars can inform current thinking on intercultural knowledge, multiculturalism, race and cultural identity. Journal of Intercultural Studies is an international, interdisciplinary journal that particularly encourages contributions from scholars in cultural studies, sociology, migration studies, literary studies, gender studies, anthropology, cultural geography, urban studies, race and ethnic studies.