This article by Raymond Cohen aims to shed light on the influence of language and culture on conflict resolution. Cohen carries this out by exploring and comparing the vocabulary of conflict resolution in English,…
In this short piece, Buthpitiya is introducing an extremely interesting nuance in Conflict Resolution. There is a tendency for people to think that peace automatically has positive meanings and implications. In the…
This piece is a short autoethnographic description of the author – an adopted Cambodian child who grew up in Southern America – coming back to a memorial place and remembering the violence of the Khmer Rouge during the…
Marc Augé’s book directly challenges the ways we visualise our reality. He encourages us to think of place and space as something that is different from the straightforward idea we normally have of it. Usually, we do…
““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…