Welcome
Over the past three years, our student team has developed The Visualising Peace Library, an online database of bibliographic references designed to promote cross-disciplinary conversations about peace and peace-building.
The Visualising Peace Library has two core aims. Firstly, it represents a footprint for our various research projects – in particular, our Museum of Peace and the series of reports, blogs, short films and interactive tools published on our project website. Secondly, it is designed not just to reflect the research that we have been doing but also to stimulate and expand future research. In bringing together a wide range of publications, from different disciplines and sectors, we aim to stretch and inspire new habits of studying, learning and thinking about peace.
We are building a growing portfolio of blogs and presentations to complement the resources we have gathered together in the Visualising Peace Library. Students from different disciplines have taken time to highlight particular items or connections and contrasts between items which have struck them as offering fresh insights into peace or peace-building. We hope that you find these stimulating as you explore the wider Library.
You can browse the resources we have gathered together via the Library button below, or click on Learning Journeys to be guided through some of our resources by members of the Visualising Peace team. You can also dip into a ‘pot luck’ selection of our latest library entries at the bottom of this page, and explore some of the themes we cover via the cloud of ‘tags’ on the right.
Observing conflict, building peace
In this presentation, Visualising Peace student Robert Rayner shares some of the research he has been doing into neutrality and observation as productive methodologies for peacebuilding. He discusses…
Learning about conflict and negotiations through computer simulations: The case of PeaceMaker
Cuhadar, E., & Kampf, R. (2014). International Studies Perspectives, 15(4), 509-524. This article introduces the videogame PeaceMaker which has been used in addressing the Israeli-Palestine conflict. In the…
Peace Education in Central Africa: A public health intervention
Smith, J. (2017). OxPeace 2017. This podcast is part of the program ‘building peace‘ and it discusses Aegis Trust’s peace education programme in Kigali, Rwanda. Peace activists established…
Schooling for violence and peace: How does peace education differ from ‘normal ’schooling?
Harber, C., & Sakade, N. (2009). Journal of Peace Education, 6(2), 171-187. In this article, the authors engage with the concept of peace education. To introduce the importance…
The ethnography of peace education: Some lessons learned from Palestinian–Jewish integrated education in Israel
Sandole, D. (2008). In Handbook of conflict analysis and resolution (pp. 170-182). Routledge. This article discusses the role of bilingual education in peacebuilding in Israel. The author conducted…
From wargaming to peacegaming: digital simulations with peacekeeper roles needed
Dorn, A. W., Webb, S., & Pâquet, S. (2020). International Peacekeeping, 27(2), 289-310. In this article, the authors engage with the concept of peacebuilding in the process of…
Language, education and the peace process in Myanmar
South, Ashley, and Marie Lall. Contemporary Southeast Asia 38, no. 1 (2016): 128-153. This article discusses the impact of ethnic conflict in Myanmar on the country’s language and education…
“My Journey of Hope and Peace” Learning From Adolescent Refugees’ Lived Experiences
Stewart, Mary Amanda. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy 59, no. 2 (2015): 149-159. In this article, Mary Amanda Stewart reflects on how classroom activities centred around the refugee experience…
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