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Knowing but not knowing: conflict, development and denial.
  Drawing on case study material from Uganda and Nepal, this paper highlights the tension between what is ‘known’ and what is ‘done’ by practitioners working in the arena of conflict and development. It explores the forms of knowledge given conceptual and practical influence and the development interventions that are consequently sanctioned or sidelined. Examining Stanley Cohen's work on atrocities and suffering, the paper considers the explanatory potential of the concepts of denial and acknowledgement in the context of conflict and development. It argues that this approach opens conceptual and practical space in which to address the interplay between personal experiences of conflict contexts and institutional barriers to communication and changed practice.

  • Type:

    Article

  • Date:

    12 December 2006

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    Informa UK Limited

  • DOI:

    10.1080/14678800601066561

  • Cross Ref:

    10.1080/14678800601066561

  • ISSN:

    1467-8802

  • Library of Congress:

    LB2300 Higher Education

  • Funders:

    The Open University

Citation

Caddell, M., & Yanacopulos, H. (2006). Knowing but not knowing: conflict, development and denial. Conflict, Security and Development, 6(4), 557-579. https://doi.org/10.1080/14678800601066561

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Keywords

Conflict, development, practitioners, knowledge,

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