Culture Of Peace Research Articles

On The Essence Of The Concept Of A Culture Of Peace

The article discusses the main issue that defines the content and essence of the XXI century - the idea of a culture of peace.

The Dual Attitude towards the Arab Personality in the Contemporary Hebrew Children's Literature: A Critical Analysis of Ronette Gettleman's 'On Her Way

Having received a noticeable stature in the contemporary Hebrew children’s literature, Ronette Gettleman is one of the most renowned authors who have addressed the issue of hate speech and the culture of peace in contemporary Hebrew children’s literature. Hate speech is considered part of Zionist literature. Gettleman’s story On Her Way is a prominent piece of prose that depicts the Arabs and their image in Israeli children's minds. Hence, the story On Her Way was chosen as an attempt to identify, through selected excerpts from the story, how the Arab person is negatively portrayed in contemporary Hebrew children’s literature. The author, through some Israeli children, expresses the concepts of hostility and hatred in their conscience towards the Arab character. Like other Israeli authors, Gettleman shows that the image of Arabs in Hebrew literature raises fear, anxiety and terror whenever Israeli children hear the word "Arab". It also makes the culture of hatred and hostility a headline for the Israeli child. In contrast, the author highlights the culture of coexistence and peace among some Israeli children towards the Arab character. The story demonstrates that there are some Israeli children who are willing to coexist and live peacefully with Arabs. This story with its focus on both hatred and hostility on the one hand and coexistence and peace, on the other, shows the dual attitude of Israeli children towards Arabs. This is a new trend in contemporary Hebrew children's literature towards the Arab character and its positive outlook. Keywords: Contemporary Hebrew Children’s Literature, Hate speech, Culture of peace, Ronette Gettleman, On Her Way.

Promoting a Culture of Peace to Fight Poverty

Promoting a Culture of Peace to Fight Poverty

Linking the Peace-loving Nature of Ghanaians to Traditional Peace Educational Practices: Myth or Reality?

Purpose: The 2013 version of the International Day of Peace was dedicated to peace education, by way of drawing the attention of the international community to the pre-eminence of peace education as that channel of achieving the much sort for global culture of peace. Before then, many countries notably Ghana, had long been in the process of cultivating the culture of peace via the practices of peace education within the traditional setting, even if in its remotest form. In large part, Ghanaians are peace-loving people, attributable to the traditional peace education lessons that children receive from parents and the society at their formative stages. This study in examining this assertion, also seeks to determine to what extent peace educational practices in both the traditional and global senses, have shaped the Ghanaian peace-loving nature.
 Methodology: The study adopted the quantitative approach where semi-structured questionnaires were administered to 1450 randomly selected respondents across Ghana. The age range of respondents which are between 10 and 60 and above, comprise 1019 (70.3 %) males and 431 (29.7 %) females from all walks of life.
 Findings: The study while empirically evidencing that Ghanaians are peace-loving people, also established a link between this peace culture and the basic lessons children receive from parents and the society at their formative stages, about peace.
 Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The paper calls on the government of Ghana in particular and other peace education actors in general, to work assiduously towards the effective blending of traditional (informal) and global (formal) peace educational practices within Ghana, as well as, enhance peace education in the country by building the capacity of communities and schools in financial, technical, and logistical terms. Indeed, this paper which is the first-ever study into traditional peace education in Ghana, uniquely adds to academic literature and serves as a useful guide for practitioners and policy makers in the study area.

Integrating Peace Education into the Curriculum of Nigerian Teacher Education Programme to promote Culture of Peace

Çalışma, barış bilincine sahip öğretmenler yetiştirmek için hem Üniversite hem de Eğitim Fakültesi Nijerya Öğretmen Eğitimi programının müfredatına barış eğitimi içeriklerini entegre etmede kullanılabilecek stratejileri araştırmak için tanımlayıcı bir anket tasarımı formunu benimsemiştir. ve gerçek dünyada öğretecekleri öğrenci ve öğrencilere barış kültürünü aşılayabilecekler. Nijerya Eğitim Kolejlerindeki hizmet öncesi öğretmen eğitimcileri nüfusu oluştururken, hedef nüfus Kuzey-Orta Nijerya'da hizmet öncesi öğretmen eğitimcileridir. Jeopolitik bölgedeki toplam altı Federal ve altı Eyalet eğitim kolejinden tabakalı örnekleme teknikleri kullanılarak çalışma için üç Federal ve üç eyalet koleji örneklendi. Toplam 333 öğretmen adayı eğitimcisinden oluşan toplam 2,411 katılımcıdan basit rastgele örnekleme teknikleri kullanılarak örneklenmiştir. Bir araştırmacının tasarladığı anket geçerliliği 0.74 ve güvenilirlik indeksi 0.71, katılımcılardan gerekli verileri elde etmek için kullanıldı. Ortalama puan, çalışmada ortaya çıkan araştırma sorularını yanıtlamak için kullanılan istatistiksel araçtır. Çalışmadan elde edilen bulgular, bütüncül yaklaşımın barış eğitiminin içeriğini yaygınlaştırmak için en iyi seçenek olarak kabul edildiğini ortaya koydu. Dahası, çalışma sorgulama gibi öğretim yöntemleri ve stratejileri önermiştir; Öğretmen adaylarına barış eğitimi vermek için kullanılacak farklı stratejilerle açıklayıcı, etkinlik ve tartışma

Community radio for peacebuilding in the Colombian post-conflict: transformations, tensions and challenges for content production and local participation

ABSTRACT The text presents the results of the external evaluation of the project: ‘Community Radio for Peace and Coexistence’ (CRPC), implemented between 2015 and 2017 by the community media network RESANDER, with the support of the Colombian Government and the European Union. Considering that community radios are key actors for the construction of public dialogue and collective action about peace and coexistence in the Colombian territories, the purpose of the CRPC project was to strengthen community radios through a process that involved: training in radio production skills and communication for peace, production of new radio content and circulation of the content produced throughout the project. The evaluation aimed to generate evidence about the role of these community radios, especially after the signature of the peace agreements between the Colombian State and the FARC guerilla. The results show the contributions of the Colombian community radios for the construction of a culture of peace and coexistence from the local territories, as well as the transformations, tensions and challenges they faced on the production of new radio content and the construction of spaces for dialogue, participation and collective action.

Hurdles in the Transformation of Peace Process: Indicators for Universities in Pakistan

The present article represents the most operational and implacable indicators for the transformation of peace in the universities of Pakistan. The main objective of the study is to find out the major hurdles that educational institutions are facing in the way of the development peace culture. Furthermore, this study provides the highlights for the peace development in the universities. The qualitative analysis was used to collect the opinions of the respondents. For this purpose, a semi-structured interview was designed for the public university heads/chairman of different social sciences departments. Moreover, the data were analyzed with NVIVO that used for the in-depth thematic analysis and presents in the form of a word cloud (MADQDA 18). The study findings, however, show that the universities are facing different dimensions that are related to teacher competency, student behaviors, and social influences. The study further recommended, that according to the indicators there is a need to plan flexible and operational strategies to overcome the hurdles that are creating unrest in the educational institutions, there is space to work on teachers and students relationship, develop moral and valued based class environment and involve students in creative and productive activities for the peaceful setting in the present phenomena.

A poiesis of peace: imagining, inventing & creating cultures of peace. The qualities of the artist for peace education

ABSTRACT In this theoretical article, the qualities of the artist for peacebuilding and peace education are explored. Peacebuilding and peace education are not only based on skills and knowledge, but also on art, a creative process that originates in our imagination. The question guiding this paper is: How can we, as peacebuilders and educators, imagine, invent, and create cultures of peace and build spaces for others to do so? Based on Lederach’s moral imagination, I present a conceptualization of a poiesis of peace as a frame for peace education. This so-called poiesis of peace is built on the sensibility of the heart as the feeling center that can perceive the imaginal and the relationality of breath as described by Irigaray as a field of intersubjectivity and interconnectedness. The potential of this imaginative sensibility is the ability to feel into another experience, described as empathy and resonance, which might manifest as an ethics of care and nonviolence. Using arts based methods in peace education can be one way to encourage feelings of interconnectedness and empathy.

Peace Education and Colombia’s Efforts Against Violence: A Literature Review of Cátedra de la Paz

As long as there has been violence in organized societies, achieving peace has been a goal through different means, including education. In Colombia –a country where the national government and the guerrilla FARC reached a peace agreement–, education was set to be essential to promote a culture of peace. Accordingly, this article presents a literature review of Cátedra de la Paz, a peace education course that seeks to encourage and strengthen a culture of peace in every educational institution in Colombia. The literature review suggests that, whereas this course reveals a positive impact in the communities, a lack of institutional support –which could stem from larger-scale political and societal conflicts over what peace means and how to achieve it– trumps its implementation. Furthermore, this paper argues that –if Cátedra de la Paz or other future peace education courses aim to promote a culture of peace grounded in contextualized needs and opportunities– critical lenses towards the topics and pedagogy are necessary.

Supporting peaceful individuals, groups, and societies: Peace psychology and peace education.

In 2020, individuals, societies, and the international community were presented with a myriad of challenges that were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Social bonds were stretched thin, racial inequity was brought to the forefront, and political polarization deepened. This context heightened the need for effective theoretical frameworks, strategies, and understandings of how to support positive and negative peace and build cultures of peace across varied contexts. In this special section, we present a compendium of articles highlighting various ways that psychologists support these efforts through peace education. The section developed in a pre-COVID context from Christie and Wagner's (Handbook on peace education, 2010, Psychology Press) call in this journal for peace psychology to be central to peace education. Although the articles themselves do not directly address COVID-19, the racial pandemic, or political polarization, they offer insights into how the intersection of peace psychology and peace education can be used to promote harmonious relations and societies in a post-2020 world. In this introduction, we define peace education and its connections to peace psychology and then summarize each of the articles in the special section while drawing applications to the challenges that emerged in 2020. The rich and diverse articles in this section discuss innovative approaches to peace education that are designed to promote and maintain cultures of peace. This work must continue and accelerate, and more psychologists must invest in advancing such approaches to enhancing the quality of life of individuals and groups worldwide.

Challenges in Food Security, Nutritional, and Social Public Policies for Venezuela: Rethinking the Future

Food security in Venezuela presents signs of individual, family, community and national deterioration. The food and nutrition system has been weakened by the decrease in the production and the installation of parallel, irregular and insufficient distribution networks. Economic turmoil, political instability, hyperinflation, and poverty, the highest in recent history, limit the population's income and the access to quality food. The transition from capitalism to state-centered socialism has not been successful in ensuring enough foods for Venezuelans and the effect on the well-being of the population has been detrimental. This study proposes to design a public policy model based on the analysis of food security indicators, to generate an integrated framework of actions. The proposed model considers Dunn's classic public policy approach (2017) and the criteria of the Public Health Tools/Community Nutrition Program-Nutritional Care Process: Nutrition Care Process (NCP) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2012. The World Food Program survey on food security in Venezuela 2019, and the HumVenezuela.com 2020 platform were used. The integrated model includes two levels, one for bringing assistance to the most vulnerable and the other for strategic planning of structural, legal and institutional problems, and health and food safety gaps, in an ethical and moral framework that challenges corruption and promotes education and culture of peace. It is necessary for public policies to have parallel levels of actions to assist those most in need and to face long-term structural changes, which should begin as soon as possible, to ensure the correct path toward development.

Gotong Royong as the Core Principle of Pancasila and Its Relevance as Peace Education in Social Studies Learning

<p><em>This paper seeks to investigate the position of gotong royong (mutual cooperation) in Pancasila and its relevance as peace education in social studies learning. This paper is an effort as well as an offer to build an inclusive culture in order to solve the problems of bullying and intolerance in education. This paper used qualitative method with literature study approach by analyzing literatures related to the research corpus, i.e. Pancasila, mutual cooperation, peace education, and social studies learning. The results showed that mutual cooperation as the </em><em>core principle</em><em> of Pancasila is a treasure of Indonesian culture which is closely related to the substance of divine values, deliberation and consensus, kinship, justice and tolerance (humanitarianism). These values have strategic values to be conveyed in the social studies learning process in the classroom in order to foster a culture of peace for students.</em></p>

KH Ahmad Dahlan's the values of peace in the novel entitled Sang Pencerah: A hermeneutics study

Adolescence violence is a problem that often occurs and is of concern to many parties. This condition can have an impact on various aspects, including subjective well-being, a sense of security and comfort at school, students' poor perceptions of the school climate, to the decline in student academic achievement. The problem of adolescent violence requires solutions to minimize it, one of which is through internalizing the values of peace. One of the figures who teaches the values of peace is KH Ahmad Dahlan, as the founding figure of Muhammadiyah in Indonesia. This study aims to identify the values of peace through KH Ahmad Dahlan's life experiences, as stated in the novel entitled Sang Pencerah. This study uses a qualitative approach with a hermeneutic type. The results showed that the values of peace according to the perspective of KH Ahmad Dahlan includes (a) achieving life goals freely and responsibly, (b) humbly, (c) seeking the truth, and not following habits considered right, (d) studying the fact with tolerance, and (e) sacrificing for the people (compassion). The values of peace according to the perspective of KH Ahmad Dahlan should be a reference for developing a model of guidance or counseling to help students develop a peace-loving character to create a culture of peace in their environment.

Sustainable Natural Resources Management and Land Planning: The Case of Parque Agroecológico De Zapopan

This research aims to analyze the model of sustainable natural resources management and land planning an in the Agro ecological Park of Zapopan (PAZ). Based on the need to rescue vacant urban land use with the participation of residents residing in the surrounding colonies, social movements, civil society and local government, they have designed and implemented actions to create PAZ (PEACE) as an area of green innovation. In addition to the cultivation of vegetables, vegetables, medicinal plants and decoration under relations of cooperation, trust and community support, the formation of social capital that sustains a culture of peace based on environmental sustainability activities. The results of the implementation of this project, born from bottom of the social and power structures, constitute a significant experience in the regeneration of public spaces and green areas that provides greater economic efficiency in terms of family income, a greater relevance of equity, inclusion and social justice and improvement of environmental sustainability.

Cidades MIL: anúncio de um novo tempo. Reflexões

Aiming to stimulate reflection on Media and Information Literacy Cities (MIL Cities), this study associates some data collected in bibliographic and virtual sources and data resulting from participant observation in the following dialogue Working Groups: Psychology and Religion (National Association of Research and Post Graduate Studies in Psychology); Interfaith Coalition in Health and Spirituality (House of Reconciliation) and Interreligious Forum for a Culture of Peace and Freedom of Belief (Secretariat of Justice and Citizenship of Sao Paulo State). Privilegicing the themes Urban Politics in Brazil; MIL Cities; Human Diversity

Tolerance for Sustainable Peace Culture in a Divided Society: The effect of Peace Education on Tolerance Tendency and Human Values

In this study, the effect of Peace Education Program (PEP) on eighth grade students' tolerance tendency and human values were examined. The research was carried out with the eighth grades studying in Northern Cyprus during the 2018–2019 academic year. The research was carried out within the framework of the semi-experimental design using the pre-test-post-test monitoring for the results of the experimental group, control group and the placebo group. While carrying out the Peace Education Program prepared within the scope of the research with the experimental group, no activities were conducted with the control group. A program to deal with exam anxiety was applied to the placebo group. The research was conducted with 17 students (52.94%; female n = 9, 47.05%; male n = 8, %) in the experimental group, 17 students (47.05% female n = 8, 52.94%; male n = 9) in the control group and 17 students (47.05 female n = 8, 52.94%; male n = 9) in the placebo group which together composed a total of 51 students. The Experiment, control and placebo groups were determined by using random selection method over existing groups. The Tolerance Tendency Scale and the Human Values Scale were used as data collection tools for students. The findings of the study revealed that the peace education program provided to the experimental group was effective in increasing students' tolerance tendencies and human values.

Juventude ativa: protagonismo juvenil em prática na educação não formal

ABSTRACT: Non-formal education enables learning for citizenship formation, so that individuals understand their political rights and act with a view to changing the status quo in their community. Amid this scenario, youth protagonism is specifically about young people who appropriate their rights and use them to change society. The objective of this research was to understand the educational practices aimed at youth protagonism in a non-formal educational institution. It is characterized as an ethnographic research carried out at Coletivo Mulher Vida (CMV), a non-governmental institution located in Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil, through participant observation in the formative process called Culture of Peace, with adolescents aged 12 to 15 years old, and “Rede Mobilizacao Jovem de Olinda” (RMJO) with the presence of young people aged 15 to 20 years old. In addition, a document analysis was carried out on documents provided by the institution. The procedures were developed with ethical care through an institutional consent term. It was obtained as results that young people are considered as part of the solutions of the social problems, since in the institution there is the formation of adolescents and young people to act in the communities, besides the plenary sessions for the youth mobilization, which are thought, discussed and placed in practice by them, who demonstrate self-confidence, building knowledge through the exchange of experiences. This occurs through active listening and without punitive or inhibitory attitudes. It was identified that the institution's vision for youth protagonism starts from an incentive to autonomy based on the development of being for society, with the empowerment content about its own existence and the social context in which it is inserted. This study has its relevance because it is a concrete experience that allows reflection for professionals in the areas of education and humanities. Likewise, suitable as an example and basis for formal and non-formal educational institutions. KEYWORDS: social participation, citizen education, youth autonomy.

Encumbrances To Non-Governmental Organisations (Ngos) Efforts Towards Conflict Resolution In The North West Region Of Cameroon, 1990-2010

Conflicts have existed since the creation of man and have remained an undeniable aspect of the human society. Conflicts have manifested in various ways in Cameroon and the incidence has indeed been high in the North West Region. This study entitled “Challenges of Non-Governmental Organisations in Conflict Resolution in the North West Region, 1990-2010” seeks to examine the difficulties that NGOs involved in conflict resolution faced between 1990 and 2010 in this part of Cameroon. The culture of peace has been difficult to nurture in the region because of the proliferation of conflicts. The present study therefore, seeks to explore the sector of NGOs with special focus on their challenges in conflict management and resolution since many of these NGOs were devoted to human rights issues, capacity building and conflict resolution. A critical study of existing literature on the subject of conflicts and our numerous visits to the field revealed that NGOs in this domain had invested valuable time and resources to prevent the escalation of tension among the antagonist of the region. Despite the influential role and enormous resources deployed by these NGOs, many obstacles perturbed the realisation of their missions. By the end of our research these challenges which constituted the “raison d’être” of the present study turned out to be internal and external.

Pembacaan Martabat Manusia Sebagai Teks Untuk Konstruksi Budaya Damai ala Levinas dan Murdoch

AbstractIn this century, we repeat religion-based violence and mixed with politics from the past. Beyond that, the basis of this form of violence is because it emphasizes the aspects of exclusion in diversity. All of these forms have an impact on the lowest universal value, namely human dignity (also the nature). We would indeed talk about the dignity of creation including the universe. But at this time, the purpose of this paper will only discuss how dignity has reflected only on the limits of human dignity from a theological-philosophical perspective. Especially for building a culture of peace. The dignity of the 'Liyan' must be seen as 'text'. There are many approaches and disciplines for that. However, I try to construct it at the most basic level of efforts to build a culture of peace, namely the interpersonal level. Therefore, the ethics of relations is using to re-read human dignity in diversity to reach the point of encounter, and the values of dignified relation rather than exclusion, and all violence forms as a final consequence.Keywords: the culture of peace, violence, theological-philosophical, ethical relations, diversity.

Building a Culture of Peace and Multiculturalism in the World of Education

Building a culture of peace in the education space is a joint task for all Indonesian people. The strategic position of education is expected to be the center of forging a spirit of togetherness in diversity. Teachers / lecturers and other academicians need to continue to mainstream "peaceful culture" and the spirit of multiculturalism in the education space. Creating a school climate and culture that is safe, comfortable, peaceful and respects differences is the main task and responsibility of the educational community through various approaches, namely intra-curricular, co-curricular, and extra-curricular.