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…
This article examines the symbolism of hijab in post-9/11 America, analysing how the obsession with the imagery of the Muslim woman traces back to the era of colonialism, and how Muslim women reappropriated its…
Bonta analyses the way in which twenty four peaceful societies such as the Semai, the !Kung, and the Nubian peoples utilise methods of conflict resolution, revolving around maintaining harmony. These methods include…