Drs. L. Berckmoes
- Telephone:+31 20 59 83723
- Room nr:z-205
- E-mail:l.h.berckmoes@vu.nl
- Unit:faculteit der sociale wetenschappen (afd. sociale en culturele antropologie)
- Position:PhD Candidate
Contact
Present: Monday till Friday; please call me or send an e-mail for an appointment
Room number: Z-121 (Metropolitan)
Phone: +31 20 598 6747
Specialisation
• Jouth
• Postconflict situations / Peacebuilding
• Identity
• Regugees
Region: Africa; Great Lakes Region; Burundi
PhD Project
Burundian Youth’s Social Navigation in Fragile Contexts
Burundi’s transition process towards a democracy at peace is internationally considered successful. Yet, recurrent outbreaks of violence show continued fragility of peace. This project investigates how the fractured social fabric reproduces fragility, and whether and how young Burundians ‘navigate’ and contribute to restructuring the social fabric in their own way – following or diverting from social divisions of belonging and exclusion. Burundian youth offer a good point of departure in shedding light on such ‘no peace no war’ situations. Young people are specially focussed on social change and possibilities and are seen as both makers and breakers of society. In-depth empirical research is used to examine the local praxis of war and peace-building. The central aim is to contribute to insight in local youth's experiences and enhance scientific theory on post-war situations and policy and intervention for sustainable peace-building.
Teaching 2011/2012
Theoretical Orientation on Human Security Part 2 (MSc SCA)
Publications
Publications (Source: METIS VU)
(2009) ‘ Challenges for Ethnographic Research in Fragile Situations: Youth Research in Post-war Burundi.’ (forthcoming).
(2008) ‘ Growing up in Mobile Worlds: Experiences of Young Burundians in War and Post-war Contexts.’ Conference Paper. Leiden: African Children in Focus.
(2008) ‘Being and Becoming in Bujumbura: War and Peace through the Eyes of Burundian Youth.’ Mphil thesis Onderzoeksmaster African Studies, Afrika studiecentrum / Leiden Universiteit.
(2006) ‘Growing up in a Refugee Camp: Constructions of Identity among Burundian Youth in Tanzania’. Msc thesis Culturele Antropologie, Universiteit van Amsterdam.
