The art(s) of conflict disruption in South Sudan

Sayra van den Berg

Third World Quarterly, 2025, vol. 46, issue 9, 970-986

Abstract: In a context characterised by ongoing and multi-level violence, how do the arts in South Sudan contribute to disrupting conflict? Through an ethnographic examination of diverse artistic practices in South Sudan, and drawing from critical peace and conflict studies and transitional justice scholarship, this article contends that in a context of enduring violence, artistic practices in South Sudan contribute to disrupting conflict by expressing the justice needs and hopes of conflict-affected communities. It argues that as part of the justice imagination in South Sudan, the arts disrupt conflict by resisting the erasure of past and present violence and offer visions of justice that refuse the totality of violence by rendering visible an imagined future without war.

Date: 2025
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