Ebola created mental barriers between contaminated and ‘clean’ regions that raised national security concerns. These barriers stripped people of their identity – they became viruses themselves – and of their social ties, keeping families and communities apart.
Behind well-established and fixed peacebuilding ‘models’ there always lies the danger of normativity and of a lack of flexibility. Rather than a model, it seems much more promising to foreground a frame within which to design more reflexive, adaptative and respectful peacebuilding strategies.
Building back better requires integrated approaches that address the impacts of COVID-19 across sectors, including health, environment, climate and urban planning.
“In un paese in cui si sono succeduti, nell’età repubblicana, 67 governi in 76 anni, con una durata media di 13,6 mesi, dovrebbe ormai risultare evidente che esiste un problema strutturale che rinvia alle istituzioni nel loro complesso e, in particolare, alla natura e alla storia dei partiti politici italiani.”