““Terrorism and Taboo: an anthropological perspective on political violence against civilians” is an article written by Jeffry Sluka which examines the anthropological methods of studying state violence. The author…
The Global Peace Film Festival is a yearly festival that aims to inspire peace-building efforts through the engagement of local communities and presentation of peace narratives. This paper explores the ways in which…
This article examines the phenomenon of informal video houses showing action films with scenes of violence to young people in Gorongosa, a district in the center of Mozambique. It reviews the ambivalent response to…
This article further develops the concept of “local ownership” in international peacebuilding efforts and assesses the feasibility of a complementary relationship between indigenous and external practice of…
This article introduces the concept of “everyday peace”, small-scale individual level interactions and coping mechanisms that serve to bridge gaps in divided communities. The case study examined is that of maternal…
Fry, Souillac, Liebovitch et al. focus on using a scientific method of analysis regarding anthropological works on indigenous societies in order to demonstrate the way in which peace can be created and maintained, both…
Sponsel writes about the Tasaday peoples, an indigenous group living in the Lake Sebu area in Mindana, Phillipines. He discusses the symbolic relevance of the Tasaday, and how they are representative that humans are…
A case study of the Mbendjele people in Northern Congo, and their indigenous belief of ‘ekila,’ which is an abstract construct present in every area of their life. Ekila mandates their behaviour and attitudes to one…
This chapter provides an introduction and critical analysis of the way anthropological research illustrates peaceful societies, which can be utilised to remove the western narrative that war is a necessity. The main…
This article discusses the visualisation of peace on the artistic level, analysing how political authorities attempted to reconstruct a peaceful portrayal of Iran after the Iran-Iraq war of 1988 by using images of…