{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"S\u00e9verine Autesserre","description":"International peacebuilding efforts in conflict-affected countries, including the DRC, typically prioritize top-down approaches. According to S\u00e9verine Autesserre\u2014an expert on peacebuilding, humanitarian aid, and African politics\u2014international peace organizations rarely tap into local knowledge and expertise or consider the voices of local communities. For episode 2 of the APN (SSRC) Kujenga Amani podcast, we spoke with S\u00e9verine Autesserre, a professor of Political Science at Barnard College, about the overall impact of international peacebuilding efforts in the DRC, the difficulty of building peace from the top down and without input from the intended beneficiaries, and the potential for local peacebuilding efforts to transform conflict situations in the DRC and beyond. ","author_name":"Kujenga Amani: Peacebuilding in Africa","author_url":"http:\/\/apddpodcast.libsyn.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/6957421\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/22839294"}