Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict

We explored #utopia and future-making from a variety of conceptual, empirical, and methodological perspectives. We examined how alternative #futures are imagined and enacted in contexts shaped by colonial legacies and contemporary #inequalities. The fourth was dedicated to the General Assembly.

The new entry “Memory and Justice in a Postcolonial World” explores how memory can become a driver of justice by connecting past injustices,present inequalities and future possibilities.Drawing on perspectives from memory studies, it approaches colonial legacies. #memory #coloniality #justice#utopia

On the 06.07 Marburg hosted the first event of the Short Speaker Series. The topic of the lecture was „Community Archives as Sites of Memory and Justice: Insights from the Middle East and its Diasporas“.

Community archives are not simply about collecting documents or preserving memory. They are about building relationships, fostering exchange and creating spaces for justice, imagination and collective existence.

The new entry “Youth Perspectives on Peace” explores how young people understand peace, violence and social change in their everyday lives. Drawing on conversations with Brazilian students, it shows that peace is not only the absence of conflict. #brazil #youth #peace #power #empowerment

The new entry “Decolonial Solidarity” examines how solidarity can be rethought across unequal power relations. It highlights the tensions of acting “in solidarity” while calling for ethical and political commitments that challenge structures of domination. #solidarity #decolonisation #inequality

The new entry “Postconflict” explores how the concept of ‚post-conflict‘ can be reimagined beyond the end of war. It argues that lasting peace depends on confronting structural inequalities, epistemic violence and colonial legacies. #postconflict #pluriversality #coloniality #peacebuilding #justice

The new entry “Counter - Mapping in Peace and Conflict Research: Reflections from (South)Eastern Europe” explores counter-mapping as a critical approach to challenging dominant spatial narratives and exposing the power relations embedded in cartographic practices.

Through case studies from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ukraine, it highlights how mapping can be used to support resistance, visualize marginalized perspectives and produce alternative forms of spatial knowledge in conflict settings. #mapping #critical #cartography #conflict #resistance

The Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict Network cordially invites you to the first Short Speaker Series on „Community Archives as Sites of Memory and Justice: Insights from the Middle East and Its Diasporas“.

The new entry “Afrocentrism as a postcolonial approach to understanding migration” explores Afrocentrism as a decolonial approach to migration studies.

Against the backdrop of colonial legacies and Eurocentric migration frameworks, it examines how African-centered perspectives can reshape understandings of mobility, agency and belonging.The entry also reflects on the relationship between Pan-Africanism, migration regimes and postcolonial realities.

On April 24 and 25, the exhibition “Extractivism & Resistance in the Ecuadorian Andes and Beyond” in Marburg offered visitors insights into global commodity supply chains, tracing them all the way to a community in northern Ecuador.

The exhibition highlighted the impacts on land, water, and communities — and how people confront these challenges in their daily lives through diverse forms of resistance.

On 20 May 2026, the research network Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict held its first Virtual Think Lab of the second funding phase.

Under the title “Researching Postcolonial Hierarchies in Conflictive Times: Entanglements, Power Hierarchies and Academic Integrity in German Institutions”, participants discussed the challenges of conducting postcolonial and critical research.

The research network “Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict Studies”, the Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) and the Forum Transregionale Studien open the call for contributions.

The thematic focus is on methodological innovations and alternative formats of knowledge production and circulation.

New milestone for the Virtual Encyclopaedia reached ! The Regional Video N°2: Plural Perspectives on Peace and Conflict in Asia was just released and is part of the video-series of the Virtual Encyclopaedia "rewriting peace and conflict".

The researchers featured in the video present their take on postcolonial approaches to Peace and Conflict. Understanding the postcolonial trajectories of peace and conflict in Asia is particularly complex, as it encompasses a plurality of historical colonial projects.

In this post we highlight a selection of publications from 2025 by the Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict network. You can find an overview of all our publications on our website: www.postcolonial-hierarchies.net/publications/

In this post we highlight a selection of publications from 2025 by the Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict network. You can find an overview of all our publications on our website: www.postcolonial-hierarchies.net/publications/