This report is a collaborative effort by the Project for Placemaking and UN-HABITAT to tackle the issues facing public space in the Global South and promote placemaking strategies as a possible solution. From urbicide…
This article interprets the “beach party films” of the late 1950s and early 1960s as rebellions against societal expectations and unrest. R. L. Rutsky argues that surfing films were inherently about nonconformity and a…
This article provides a fascinating history of protest songs and their connection to political opposition in Poland in the 1970s and 1980s. Protest songs were used in more traditional contexts, such as strikes and…
This article discusses how artists used music and music videos to create a counternarrative during Turkey’s 2013 Gezi Park protests. It analyzes the various tactics used by artists and filmmakers, such as mash-ups,…
This article, originally a speech made by Caroline Coon, examines the power art has to influence popular opinion and politics. Taking 1970s British punk band The Clash as a case study, the article uses anecdotes to…
This website tells the tale of how women helped greatly bring about peace in Liberia, involuntarily revolutionising conceptions of gender and femininity in Western Africa. Tired of sitting down and watch everyone…
Cortés-Martínez, Carlos A., and Ryan J. Thomas. “Probing peace journalism: The discursive construction of blackness within the racial democracy of Colombia.” Journalism 23, no. 1 (2022): 189-206. Peace journalism, the…
This article focuses on the court systems in the wake of the Rwandan genocide which targeted the people responsible for the organisation of mass killings, as well as individual criminals in isolated villages. Saul…
This article focuses on the impact of journalism in Greece, both in shaping mindsets and in conforming to the political orientations of different periods, focussing on the subject of immigration. The article uses…
This article deals simultaneously with journalists’ political and personal orientations and with the challenges that inherently go with reporting on fresh attempts at reaching peace. What influences the agenda of…