The Scope of “Anthropology of Peace” : A Case Study of “Ethnic Tension” in the Solomon Islands.

ヘイワ　ノ　ジンルイガク　ノ　シャテイ　ソロモン　ショトウ　ノ　エスニック　テンション　ヲ　ジレイ　ニ　ボウリョク　カイヒ　ト　フンソウ　カイケツ　ヲ　カンガエル

フジイ, シンイチ

Fujii, Shinichi

オオサカ ダイガク ダイガクイン ニンゲン カガク ケンキュウカ シャカイガク ニンゲンガク ジンルイガク ケンキュウシツ

Sociology, Anthropology and Philosophy, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University

ソロモン諸島

「エスニック・テンション」

暴力回避

紛争解決

Anthropology of Peace

Solomon Islands

“ethnic tension”

Avoidance of the Violence

Conflict Resolution

This article examines the scope of the “anthropology of peace”based on ethnographic field research. I argue that the anthropology of peace has two major achievements.: First, it reveals the dynamics of peace as social processes, based on ethnographic research. Second, it deals with peace and conflict as a spectrum, and considers the relationship between them dynamically. However, it also has limitations in that it tends to focus mostly on peaceful societies. To overcome the challenges of previous research in the anthropology of peace, this paper deals with conflicts that are commonly called “ethnic tension” in the Solomon Islands. I will present two case studies based on my fieldwork. The first study will focus on how the Solomon Islanders, especially the Guadalcanalese, avoided involvement in the violence of “ethnic tension” that prevailed from 1998 to 2003. The second case study will discuss the traditional ways of conflict resolution in Solomom Island. Through the analysis of these cases, I will examine the scope of the “anthropology of peace”.