In this theoretical paper, we contribute to ongoing narratives that attempt to mitigate and curb school violence. We do this by critiquing school relations through the lens of critical emancipatory research. Critical emancipatory research has the impetus to map skewed relations that exacerbate school violence in South African schools. In order to achieve our aim, we highlight various principles of critical emancipatory research that position the theory so that it relates to rebuilding school safety to achieve better schools for all stakeholders. The principles of social justice and social transformation, and the necessity to eliminate false consciousness, are discussed as critical elements of mitigating school violence. The article argues that critical emancipatory research, when it is used to frame relationships within the school milieu, has the impetus to forge new dimensions of, and responses to, conflict resolution—and to lessen school violence.

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开展重要的解放研究，以减轻南非的学校暴力

在这篇理论文章中，我们为正在进行的叙事做出了贡献，这些叙事旨在减轻和遏制学校暴力。为此，我们通过批判性解放研究的视角来批评学校关系。批判性的解放性研究推动了人们描绘歪曲关系，从而加剧了南非学校的学校暴力。为了实现我们的目标，我们重点介绍了批判性解放研究的各种原理，这些原理对理论进行了定位，从而使它与重建学校安全有关，以便为所有利益相关者提供更好的学校。讨论了社会正义和社会转型的原则以及消除虚假意识的必要性，将其作为缓解学校暴力的关键要素。文章认为，批判性解放研究被用来构筑学校环境中的关系时，