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The European Union and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Let’s Agree that we Disagree Peace Review Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Manuel Herrera
The European Union has traditionally been an efficient actor on nonproliferation and peaceful uses of nuclear energy, but a poor actor on disarmament, mainly due to internal decisions within the Un...
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The Challenges and Avenues for Banning Nuclear Weapons in the Middle East Peace Review Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Nir Hassid
This essay explores the complex dynamics surrounding the establishment of a nuclear weapons-free zone (NWFZ) in the Middle East. It examines the regional and international perspectives on a nuclear...
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South Asian Perspectives on the Nuclear Weapons Ban: Challenges and Prospects for Disarmament Peace Review Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Mohd Amin Mir, Thseen Nazir
This research paper explores the nuanced perspectives of South Asian nations, primarily India and Pakistan, on the global efforts toward nuclear disarmament. Against a complex regional security lan...
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The Challenges and Efficacy of International Organizations in the Context of Russia’s War in Ukraine Peace Review Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Lidiya Zubytska
International organizations (IOs) demonstrate both agency and pathologies in their humanitarian work. IOs’ operations in war zones hinge on their ability to gain access to vulnerable groups and sit...
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Reflecting on the Russian Aggression against Ukraine and the Russo-Ukrainian War Peace Review Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Maureen P. Flaherty, Katarzyna A. Przybyła
This is an introductory essay to the special issue of “Peace Review” on the Russian aggression against Ukraine and the Russo-Ukrainian war. When we put out the call for submissions for this issue, ...
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When the Chief is Away: Managing a Leadership Vacuum in a Ghanaian Community Peace Review Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Kwame Joseph Sasu, Yaw Owusu-Agyeman
The debate on the relevance of traditional authorities in contemporary societies has been ongoing. However, less emphasis has been given to the effect of the absence of legitimate traditional leade...
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State Silencing as a Tool to Suppress Russians’ Civil Resistance to the War with Ukraine Peace Review Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Katarzyna A. Przybyła
The 2022 full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine brought back to the main political stage questions about the state of Russian society. Research and history show that civil nonviolent resistance can...
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The Premises, Promises, and Pitfalls of Resilience in Peacebuilding Theory Peace Review Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Manuel Francisco Sambo
Published in Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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“Pridnestrovie for Peace”: Accounting for Transnistrian Divergence from the Russian Position vis-à-vis the Russo-Ukrainian War Peace Review Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Shaun D. Foster
Despite historical and ongoing reliance on Russia and an enduring pro-Russian stance, the official narrative of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (Transnistria) regarding the Russian invasion o...
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Prisoners of Impunity: What the Global Community Should Know about and Learn from the Russo-Ukrainian War Peace Review Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Yulia Ivaniuk Squires
While the world awoke to the horrors of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Russia’s military intervention into Ukraine’s internal affairs had its roots in 2014 with the a...
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Teaching Peace in Times of War: Perspectives from a Ukrainian University Peace Review Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Liliya Klos, Sofiya Stavkova, Maureen Flaherty
How do you teach about peacebuilding and build the skills necessary to do the work during active war? This article shares an interview, conducted October 9, 2023, with two university professors fro...
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Depleted Uranium in Ukraine: Lessons from the Balkans and Iraq Peace Review Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Matthew Fuller
Published in Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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A Material Inquiry into Paths of Peaceful co-Existence and Interethnic Harmony in Late Antiquity in Sri Lanka Peace Review Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Sandunika Hasangani, Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits
This research paper explores how the ancient Silk Road facilitated cultivating a culture of accommodation, tolerance, and peaceful co-existence in Sri Lanka via the foreign medical practice of Unan...
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Estimating the Number of Attacks to Civilians in Ukraine: A Quantitative Analysis from Media Sources Peace Review Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Alessio Farcomeni, Antonello Maruotti
We describe a compiled database of daily reports of attacks involving civilians that are associated with the Russian aggression to Ukraine. We argue how obtaining reliable estimates is beneficial f...
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Russian Aggression against Ukraine from the Perspective of Russia’s Political-Strategic Culture Peace Review Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Onat Isik
When analyzing the root causes of Putin’s military aggression in Ukraine, the influence of Moscow’s historical experiences should be taken into account. Ever since the formation of the first Russia...
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A Fragile Agenda for Peace: Change and Continuity in the Biden Administration’s Africa Policy Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Sobukwe Odinga
As the Biden administration’s first term nears its conclusion, this essay takes stock of the emerging consequences of its approach to US foreign relations with Africa. It does so by assessing chang...
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The Power of Education in a Globalised World: Challenging Geoeconomic Inequalities Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-12-16 Ozéias Rocha, Daniel Kamphambale, Cormac MacMahon, Jon-Hans Coetzer, Lucía Morales
The globalization process has led to significant levels of controversy, as over the past few years, researchers have highlighted its negative connotations in terms of exacerbating economic inequali...
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The Geoeconomic Simulacrum of BRI and the South Asian Regional Security Complex Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-12-16 Ambrish Dhaka
The Belt and Road Initiative rattled the South Asian security environment vigorously as it involved strong territorial sensitivities of India, which found itself engaged on two fronts with Pakistan...
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The New Normal: Multifaceted and Multidimensional Crises and the Interplay of Geoeconomics and Geopolitics Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-12-16 Jon-Hans Coetzer, Daniel Rajmil, Lucía Morales
The world’s economic and social systems are subject to a significant state of influx, with the G20 leaders pointing out cascading crises captured by discussions about polycrisis or permacrisis. Glo...
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Peace, Propaganda, and Natural Resources: The Geoeconomics of Rwandan Peacekeeping in Mozambique and Implications for European and African Regionalism Projects Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-12-16 Kaitlyn Rabe
Since the end of the genocide in Rwanda, the small nation has solidified its reputation as an economic powerhouse among African countries, as well as the continent’s largest peacekeeping force. Som...
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Extractivism in Mexico: Questions of Geopolitics, Geoeconomics, and Human Rights Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-12-16 Gerardo Sánchez Nateras, Christina Boyes
In this essay, we use the example of chronic extractive violence in the Mexican mining sector to examine the impact of human rights violations in this sector on geopolitical and geoeconomic relatio...
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Competing Regionalisms in the Asia-Pacific? Versatile Sustainable Development Issues in FTAs Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-12-16 Erja Kettunen
The essay explores the inclusion of sustainability commitments in free trade agreements (FTAs) in the Asia-Pacific and the potential differences in their emphases that may reflect “competing region...
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Navigating the Ukraine War: Unraveling the Interplay of Geoeconomics, Geopolitics and Deterrence Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-12-16 Lucía Morales, Daniel Rajmil, Bernadette Andreosso O’Callaghan
The Russian war in Ukraine has brought the deterrence dilemma back to the international table. More than a year after the eruption of the war both parties’ deterrence and military strategies, in pa...
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The Role of Geopolitical Risk in Conflict Analysis: Critical Insights Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-12-16 Daniel Rajmil, Lucía Morales
Conflict analysis is a key step to be considered by conflict and peace academics, practitioners and policymakers willing to assess the complexities associated with conflict scenarios. With this aim...
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Women Inequality in the MENA Region: Insights from the Arab Spring Revolution Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-12-16 Intesar Madi, Lucía Morales, Fathi Yosef, Bernadette Andreosso
Women’s inequality remains a significant global concern with important connotations for the MENA region. Preserving human rights, combating discrimination against women, and enhancing equality of l...
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Geoeconomic and Geopolitical Dynamics of Water Scarcity in Oil-Rich Economies: The Case of Kuwait Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-12-16 Abrar Alzankawi, Lucía Morales, Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan, Daniel Rajmil
Published in Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice (Vol. 35, No. 4, 2023)
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Resituating Human Rights within Planetary Boundaries: A Promising Narrative for Peace and Climate Justice in the Post-Ukraine World Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-12-16 Ana García-Juanatey, Bettina Steible
Ambitious climate action is crucial to achieve social justice and peaceful development in the next decades. However, the current geopolitical and geoeconomic context runs counter to meaningful clim...
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Where is the Ordinary? Understanding People’s Engagement in the Korean Peacebuilding Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-12-16 Hyukmin Kang, Ji Young Heo
This article provides a nuanced explanation of the ways in which the ordinary activists engage with the Korean peacebuilding. By undertaking three years of field research and analyzing the collecte...
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Renewables Geopolitics: Toward a New Generation of Energy Conflicts? Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-12-16 Aurèlia Mañé-Estrada
Building on the historical foundations of the geopolitics of energy, this essay argues that under capitalism, the “energy model” performs more functions than only supplying energy to the system. In...
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“Geopolitical Dynamics and Their Impact on Trade between India and Pakistan: A Comprehensive Analysis” Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-12-16 Raveena Kousar, Shafiq Ahmed, Subhasis Bhadra
Trade among neighboring nations holds significant economic importance, influencing the socio-economic development of countries. India and Pakistan represent one of the most persistent conflicts in ...
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Education to Navigate Global Power Dynamics and Conflict through the Lens of Caring Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-12-16 Lia Pop, Lucía Morales
Education emerges as crucial to manage ongoing global challenges as it is vital to help minimize the risk of conflict, inequities and inequalities, or even violent disasters. Developing a new educa...
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A State of Interregnum in Rule-Based International Order and the Russian–Ukrainian War Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Cenap Çakmak
This article reviews the recent Russian intervention in Ukraine from an international legal perspective that attempts to explain the state of violent engagement by referring to the change in the ru...
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What Are the Geo-Economic Consequences of Japanese Demography? Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Sophie Nivoix, Serge Rey
The phenomenon of demographic transition and falling birth rates has affected all industrialized countries for many years, and also most emerging countries. However, Japan is undoubtedly the one in...
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Tlatelolco Treaty: The Global South’s Postcolonial Contestation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-08-25 João Paulo Nicolini Gabriel, Ana Sánchez Cobaleda
This article demonstrates how Global South countries tried to manage global pressures and preserved nuclear scientific ambitions via post-colonial understandings. By resorting to the Treaty for the...
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Beyond Indices of Peace and Sustainability: Everyday Perspectives from Nepal Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-08-09 Dahlia Simangan
Published in Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice (Vol. 35, No. 3, 2023)
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Culturally Responsive Peace Education: Teacher Preparation for Post-War Societies Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Sreemali Herath
In societies that are emerging out of protracted war, teacher preparation geared toward peace poses a unique challenge. Their contested histories, normalization of violence and fear over prolonged times, and entrenched social and political structures that that have sustained violence, inequity, discrimination, injustice and unequal power distribution over time can prevent peace initiatives realizing
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Negotiating the Good Friday Agreement and Ending the Ukraine War Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-06-27 Paul Dixon
This article argues that an understanding of the successful process which led to the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement (GFA) provides a useful context for understanding the constraints and opportunities for peace making in Ukraine. In Northern Ireland political actors took a pragmatic Realist approach to negotiations using a range of political skills, including manipulation and deception, to bring various
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Encounters, Institutions & Lessons: 25 Years after the Good Friday Agreement Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-06-23 James Headley, Lena Tan
Published in Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice (Vol. 35, No. 3, 2023)
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Folklore: Cultural Roadmaps to Creating, Perpetuating, Resolving and Evolving Peace and Conflict Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-06-22 Tatiyana Bastet, Ceri Houlbrook
Given folklore’s quiet pervasiveness in all our lives, it is unsurprising that it has often been used to think through the big issues faced by a community. Folklore is at once a useful lens, permitting focus and diverse perspectives, and an adaptable tool in the handling of such matters. Stories and customs travel, taken as cultural luggage as people move in and out of communities. And just as folklore
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“Living Through It, Living After It: Personal Reflections on ‘The Troubles’ in Northern Ireland” Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-06-18 Joe Coulter, Joe Duffy
Published in Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice (Vol. 35, No. 3, 2023)
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Peace Action: Struggles for a Decolonised and Demilitarised Oceania and East Asia, Radical Lessons from Peace Activists Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-06-16 Heather Devere
Published in Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice (Vol. 35, No. 3, 2023)
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“We Shout at Each Other, But We’re Not Shooting Each Other”: An Interview with Reverend Harold Good on the Decommissioning of the Provisional Irish Republican Army Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-06-13 Matt Fuller
Published in Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice (Vol. 35, No. 3, 2023)
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The Steel Shutter Revisited: The Importance of Encounter Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Michael R. Montgomery
The author provides a personal perspective on the legacy of the Troubles and relevance of the Steel Shutter project, a community-based initiative aimed at promoting peace and reconciliation. Drawing on their experience as a peacemaker and psychotherapist, the author emphasizes the transformative power of human encounter and highlights unique cross-community initiatives, which have brought people from
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Finding Peace at the Chalice Well, Glastonbury: An Exploration of Folklore, Belief, Landscape, and Sacred Water at a British Holy Well Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-06-10 Claire Slack
The intersections of peace and heritage have long been discussed in academia, but these discussions are often focused on the aftermath or the experiences of violence and conflict. There has been less written about heritage sites as places of positive peace, where visitors can connect with more ethereal aspects of inner peace, wellbeing and mindfulness. Many heritage sites allow visitors an opportunity
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From Constructive Ambiguities to Structural Contradictions: The Twilight of the Good Friday Agreement? Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Chris Ó Rálaigh
The Good Friday Agreement contained a series of constructive ambiguities which were critical to ensuring that it received broad cross-political support. These ambiguities were reflective of the balance of political power of the time. Once institutionalized, they contained an immanent potential to morph in to structural contradictions as the re-balancing of demographic and political power in Ireland
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Contested Forgiveness: Unsolicited Amnesty and the Reintegration of ‘Repentant’ Bandits in Northwest Nigeria Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-05-11 Folahanmi Aina
Banditry poses a serious threat to lives and livelihoods in parts of Nigeria’s Northwest and Northcentral regions. This has resulted in the deaths of thousands and the displacement of several others. Both the federal government and the affected subnational state governments have responded to this threat by deploying different measures aimed at bringing an end to it. One of such measures adopted by
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Tackling Environmental and Epistemic Injustice: Decolonial Approaches for Pluriversal Peacebuilding in South Africa Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-05-08 Goutam Karmakar, Rajendra Chetty
The paper highlights environmental injustices in South Africa as well as the accompanying continuation of mega-extraction-based violence. In doing so, the paper examines how the history of environmental injustices has left its mark in various parts of this country, where industrialization practices and policies from the apartheid era lead to environmental degradation that disproportionately impacts
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Should Conflict Research End after Peace Achieved? The Case of Aceh Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Edwin M. B. Tambunan
A large body of literature focusing on the Aceh conflict now exists as a result of the intellectual journey to comprehend Aceh separatism since it began in 1976. This essay discusses the evolution of research on the Aceh conflict and argues that research should continue, even though peace has prevailed since 2005. Aside from providing opportunities to obtain new evidence to challenge conventional explanations
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Addressing Challenges Facing NATO and the United States Using Lessons Learned from Afghanistan and Ukraine Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Erika Simpson
To avoid more suffering among millions of Afghans and Ukrainians due to war necessitates attention to the lessons of Afghanistan vis-à-vis the Russian-Ukraine war. The abrupt withdrawal from Afghanistan by the arbitrary deadline of August 30, 2021 led to a disastrous exit and a low point in promulgating a culture of peace. Lessons learned from Afghanistan relevant to involvement in Ukraine are presented
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The Syrian Civil War and Credible Commitment Problems Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-04-06 Craig Harvey
This article discusses a key challenge in bringing about peace in civil war: credible commitment problems. Utilizing the ‘perfect’ example of the Syrian Civil War, it illuminates upon why they are challenging and therefore require solutions. The Syrian Civil War will inevitably end in military victory for the Assad regime, though it nevertheless supplies evidence that credible commitment problems are
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Folklore as a Vehicle for Conflict Resolution in Africa: A Case Study of Côte d’Ivoire Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-04-04 Francis Mbawini Abugbilla
This paper examines l’Arbre à Palabre (AP)—Under the Palaver Tree, an Ivorian peacebuilding mechanism in contemporary conflict resolution. I argue that contextual and local understanding of armed conflicts before designing conflict resolution mechanisms is critical for peacebuilding because of the peculiarities of every post-conflict society. The mechanisms are geographically limited and culturally
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Representations of the Themes of Conflict and Peace within the Tradition of Well Dressing Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-04-03 Richard Bradley
This article explores the themes of conflict and peace as depicted within the English calendar custom of well dressing, a form of rural folk art where large tableaux are produced annually in the summer months using only natural materials pressed into a clay-filled board which is then sited at a local water source as an offering of gratitude for the essential gift of water. The custom is traditionally
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The Artist as Ritual Maker, Creatrix and Magical Healer: Symbolic Artmaking and Participation for the Purpose of Cathartic Release Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-03-31 Sarah Bellisario
Published in Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice (Vol. 35, No. 2, 2023)
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Reviving the Folklores of Jammu And Kashmir for Promoting Peace in the Region Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-03-29 Shafiq Ahmed, Raveena Kousar
Our long-standing cultural history includes folklore in its entirety. It is how we as a people and culture are recognized and identified. Folklore was once the most significant source of information and enjoyment. Additionally, it is a means of transferring knowledge from one generation to the next. It is very beneficial for instilling values because most stories, songs, and sayings are filled with
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Reconciliation or the Reproduction of the Status Quo? Teacher Experiences from Postwar Sri Lanka Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Sreemali Herath
Set against larger processes of reconciliation and peace building taking place at the end of one of the longest civil wars in recent times, this paper examines the nexus between teacher education and postwar reconciliation in Sri Lanka. Drawing on data generated from an ethnographic case study carried out in three teacher preparation programmes, including a programme located in war affected Northern
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Constructing Grief: Processing Tragedy through the Ritualization of Embroidery Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-03-17 Kari Sawden, Saeedeh Niktab Etaati
Through an analysis of one Iranian-Canadian woman’s experiences navigating personal and global trauma, the authors seek to explore how the act of embroidery is ritualized to aid in the processing of tragedy and loss. Of particular interest is how this performance lies at an intersection of COVID, global injustice, diaspora experiences, and personal grief.
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Trick or Tweet: ArtActivistBarbie as Trickster Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-03-16 Sarah M. Williamson, Elizabeth M. Williamson
This article introduces ‘ArtActivistBarbie’, a modern day Trickster who draws upon the Trickster archetype and traditions found in folklore and myth. This involves the provocative staging of Barbie dolls in national art museums and galleries as ‘ArtActivistBarbie’, a fearless feminist activist. Thousands follow ArtActivistBarbie on Twitter, enjoying her performative work in what she describes as ‘Patriarchal
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The Reflection of Peace and Violence in Visual Art Works of Malaysian Artists Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Ramin Hajianfard, Muhamad Firdaus Ramli
The idea of peace and violence has been explored by Malaysian visual artists in various ways. These works are mainly based on contemporary styles when it comes to form, and sometimes with a reference to Malaysian folklore. Thematically, these painters occasionally depict the misery caused by bloody battles, and occasionally emphasize racism, violence against children, environmental degradation and
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Khadi Marigolds for the Martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh (India) Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Neha Khetrapal
Folklorists have long studied the nature of ephemeralities in a range of vernacular responses to tragic events. This paper extends the scope of ephemeralities by arguing that the tangible representations, such as buildings and objects, are important anchors for socially reconstructing historical events. Focusing on the site of a cold-blooded genocide in India—Jallianwala Bagh—the present analysis transcends
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Distorted Representations of Rwandan Tutsis in American Popular Culture: Ignorance, Racism, and the Hollywood Gaze Peace Review Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Noam Schimmel
This essay examines early musical, dance, and film representations of Rwandan Tutsis in American popular culture. It illustrates how these representations distort Rwandan and Tutsi heritage, history, and culture and reflect a range of prejudiced, discriminatory, and racist attitudes toward Africans in general and Tutsis in particular in the United States and the West more generally. It illustrates