Afterlives of the Troubles: Life Stories, Culture and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland

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Graham Dawson

Afterlives of the Troubles

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Life Stories, Culture and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland

Graham Dawson

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Manchester University Press
01 March 2026

Peace studies & conflict resolution; Comparative politics

Focusing on experiential life stories across a range of forms and practices, this book investigates subjectivity, culture and the cultural politics of representation as a neglected dimension of conflict transformation in the Northern Irish peace process. Interdisciplinary critical perspectives from historical cultural studies, oral history and popular-memory theory inform close interpretive engagement with life stories in their cultural, historical and geographical contexts. This enables exploration of the complex temporal dynamics of 'post-conflict' subjectivities in the lengthening 'afterlife' of the Troubles, where feelings attached to conflict experiences are not 'past' but haunt the present, and memory-work carries future-oriented desires for truth, justice and reconciliation. Through case studies responding to the evolving peace process through this prism of life-storytelling, Afterlives maps a contested history of legacy policy-making and approaches to 'dealing with the past', from devolution in 2005-7 through to the Legacy and Reconciliation Act of 2023.

By: Graham Dawson
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 659g
ISBN: 9781526146496
ISBN 10: 1526146495
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 01 March 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Graham Dawson is Visiting Professor in INCORE (International Conflict Research Institute) at Ulster University.

Reviews for Afterlives of the Troubles: Life Stories, Culture and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland

'This important book provides scholars and practitioners with new ways of understanding the enduring effects of the conflict and the possibilities for conflict transformation. The life stories at its centre are movingly interpreted using new frameworks of analysis. It is an exploration that opens up new fields of enquiry for future studies of individual and collective memories of the conflict. The book repudiates the discourse of moving on and shows the complex dynamics involved in the work of reconciliation and building peace in the long term.' Claire Hackett, Falls Community Council -- .