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Reflections on the Prospect of a Peace Studies Approach to Study Urban (In)security in Latin America Workshop on Sustainable Peace: "Old and New Approaches Bilbao, 01/12/ 2011 Alexandra Abello Colak PhD Candidate University of

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Reflections on the Prospect of a Peace Studies Approach to Study Urban (In)security in Latin America

Workshop on Sustainable Peace: "Old and New Approaches“ Bilbao, 01/12/ 2011

Alexandra Abello Colak PhD Candidate University of Bradford Marie Curie Fellow at University of Utrecht

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Urban Insecurity

 Armed violence growing at the fastest rate since

1999

 31% of global homicides ocurred in the

Americas in 2010 (144,000)

 Urban violence and criminality have become the

first concern for Latin Americans (7 countries)

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 The perception of insecurity in the region

is extremely high and victimization levels are on the rise. 73% of Latin-Americans fear that they could become victims of violent crime.

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 Young men between 15 and 29 are especially

affected, either as victims or as perpetrators of violence and crime.

 The homicide rate for young men between 15

and 29 is 68.9 per 100.000 inhabitants

 For young population of higher income is 21.4

per 100.000 and for the same population group with medium and lower income, the rate is 89.7 per 100.000.

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Complex phenomenon with multiple causes…

 Ten of the 15 most unequal countries in

the world are in Latin America and the Caribbean region.

 According to the World Bank the richest

ne-tenth of the population in Latin

America and the Caribbean earns 48% of total income, while the poorest tenth earns

nly 1.6%.

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Responses

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What is the connection between SECURITY and PEACE?

SECURITY SUSTAINABLE PEACE

Focused on Social order and control Eliminating threats (internal or external) Processes of multilevel transformation and social change

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How can security become an enabler of sustainable peace?

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The search for an approach…

 PEACE STUDIES?

Multidisciplinary Critical Practice oriented Normative framework

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The impact

 From quantitative to qualitative  From institutional centred to a focus on

people’s daily experiences (methods)

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Getting a different picture

 Differential impact of violence and

insecurity (women, children, young people. LGTB, etnic groups, etc)

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 Normalization of violence  Complex relation between armed actors

and communities

 Paradoxical sources of insecurity (security

forces)

 AGENCY and resilience!

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Developing a Participatory Methodology

 Understanding and transforming

(in)security (Action-research)

 Coproducing knowledge

Community Security Agenda Impacting on Public Policy Developing community initiatives

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 What is the role of knowledge

production in building sustainable peace?

 How critical are we of the limitations of

ur own methodological choices?

 Is there space for dialogue among

different approaches and disciplines within XXI century peace studies?

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‘I feel like we have been sold all this time a concept of security that definitely does not work for us, we have to start constructing a new idea of security together, all of us, women and men, the youngsters from the popular neighbourhoods and the other ones, right? We still have to discuss what security really is...

Andrea 25 resident of comuna 1