The Face of Peace

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Government Pedagogy amid Disinformation in Colombia

By Gwen Burnyeat

Summary

The Face of Peace explores Colombia's 2016 peace agreement with the FARC guerrilla through a multi-scale ethnography of government pedagogy. Gwen Burnyeat offers an insider perspective on the innovative 'peace pedagogy' strategy designed to communicate the peace process to a sceptical public. The book reveals the challenges faced by government officials amid a polarising referendum and disinformation campaigns, and situates Colombia’s experience within the broader global crisis of liberalism and post-truth politics.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in politics, peace studies, anthropology, and current affairs, especially those seeking to understand Colombia's peace process and the challenges of peace-making in divided societies.

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A multi-scale ethnography of government pedagogy in Colombia and its impact on peace.

Colombia’s 2016 peace agreement with the FARC guerrilla sought to end fifty years of war and won President Juan Manuel Santos the Nobel Peace Prize. Yet Colombian society rejected it in a polarising referendum, amid an emotive disinformation campaign. Gwen Burnyeat joined the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace, the government institution responsible for peace negotiations, to observe and participate in an innovative "peace pedagogy" strategy to explain the agreement to Colombian society.

Burnyeat’s multi-scale ethnography reveals the challenges government officials experienced communicating with sceptical audiences and translating the peace process for public opinion. She argues that the fatal flaw in the peace process lay in government-society relations, enmeshed in culturally liberal logics and shaped by the politics of international donors. The Face of Peace offers the Colombian case as a mirror to the global crisis of liberalism, shattering the fantasy of rationality that haunts liberal responses to "post-truth" politics.

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Praised for its sensitive ethnography and bold analysis, the book is described as a brilliant and riveting inside story that sheds light on the failures of liberal peace-making and the difficult bridge between state and society. Esteemed academics commend its lessons for lasting peace in polarized contexts and its valuable perspectives on countering disinformation.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780226821603

Publisher: The University of Chicago Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 30 September 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: University of Chicago Press

Illustration: 10 halftones, 1 tables

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 594g

Pages: 320

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Education & Reference Gwen Burnyeat Non-Fiction Politics & Current Affairs

About the Author

Gwen Burnyeat is a junior research fellow in anthropology at Merton College, University of Oxford. She is the author of Chocolate, Politics, and Peace-Building.