Healing through the Bones: Empowerment and the 'Process of Exhumations' in the Context of Cyprus

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dc.contributor.authorFics, Kristian Taxiarchis Phikas
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeSenehi, Jessica (Peace and Conflict Studies) Stobbe, Stephanie (Conflict Resolution Studies University of Winnipeg and Menno Simons College)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorByrne, Sean (Peace and Conflict Studies)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-19T15:07:05Z
dc.date.available2016-01-19T15:07:05Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.degree.disciplinePeace and Conflict Studiesen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US
dc.description.abstractInter-ethnic and intra-ethnic violent conflict created a divide in Cyprus (1950-1974) that still exists to this day. This study explores specifically an effect of violent conflict – Missing Persons – and the ‘process of exhumations,’ which is defined as; the recovery of Missing Persons, identification, and reunification of the Missing with loved ones as a key component of peacebuilding via inter-ethnic reconciliation and restorative justice. This process is important for peacebuilding because it empowers individuals, communities, and nation-states to satisfy basic human psycho-social needs in order to deal with the trauma of past violence, to recognize loss, and to seek closure of uncertainty to prevent the transgenerational transmission of trauma and escalation of violence between and within ethnic societies. By interviewing eight experts on the Cypriot conflict about what the ‘process of exhumations’ does in Cyprus, revealed the challenges and successes that may arise during and after the process for sustainable peace.en_US
dc.description.noteFebruary 2016en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/31100
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectCyprus conflicten_US
dc.subjectReconciliationen_US
dc.subjectMissing personsen_US
dc.subjectRestorative justiceen_US
dc.subjectPeacebuildingen_US
dc.subjectProcess of exhumationsen_US
dc.subjectStorytellingen_US
dc.subjectInter-ethnicen_US
dc.subjectTraumaen_US
dc.subjectTransgenerational transmission of traumaen_US
dc.subjectMourningen_US
dc.subjectBurialen_US
dc.subjectGrievingen_US
dc.subjectClosureen_US
dc.subjectSustainable peaceen_US
dc.subjectBasic human needsen_US
dc.subjectPsycho-social needsen_US
dc.titleHealing through the Bones: Empowerment and the 'Process of Exhumations' in the Context of Cyprusen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
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