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Peace, Justpeace & Cultures of Peace I

Monday 13 September 2010

Lecture 2.1: Peace, Justpeace & Cultures of Peace I

PS 2A03: Conflict Transformation

Dr Colin Salter, Centre for Peace Studies , McMaster University

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 Outline

• Pedagogy (recap) • Transdisciplinarity

• Cultures of peace • Conflict Processes

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 Pedagogy (recap)

• Pedagogy is the style of teaching (and learning)

• Interconnectedness between knowledge and

practice

• Peace Studies is openly subjective

• Transformative at its roots

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 Praxis, the dialectical (dynamic, mutually constitutive)
relation between action and reflection that continuously
transforms both, as grounds for both knowing and
transforming the world...
Janet Conway (2006) on Paulo Freire (1985)

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 Cultures of Peace

A new language, new concepts and new relationships

are needed to foster a global culture of peace.

Sue McGregor (2005), on Gail Stewart (2000)

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 Cultures of Peace
A friend noted recently that some doctrines have
become so deeply imbedded they are not recognized as
doctrines.

I have suddenly begun to suspect this may be true

about the content of the concept, "peace."

Having enjoyed doctrinal status for hundreds of years it

may be in need of rethinking.
Gail Stewart (2000)

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 Cultures of Peace

Peace conceived in relation to conflict may beget

conflict.
Gail Stewart (2000)

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 Cultures of Peace

A culture of peace aims for the transformation of

values, attitudes and behaviours within each individual,
leading to a culture shaped by peace, rather than by war
and violence.
Sue McGregor (2005)

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 Is being tolerant just?

In a general meaning, tolerance is the ability to accept

something while disapproving of it.

Text source Wikipedia page on Toleration: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toleration

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 Is being tolerant just?

In social, cultural and religious contexts, toleration and

tolerance are terms used to describe attitudes which
are "tolerant" (or moderately respectful) of practices or
group memberships that may be disapproved of by
those in the majority.

Text source Wikipedia page on Toleration: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toleration

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 Cultures of Peace

Notions of empowerment and emancipation are central

tenets of a culture of peace.
Sue McGregor (2005), on David Adams (1997)

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 Cultures of Peace

Intercultural understanding leading to sustainable

dialogue, cross-cultural exchanges and a shared vision of
peace are cornerstones of a peaceful culture.
Sue McGregor (2005)

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 Peace Studies is Transdisciplinary

Transdisciplinary work involves a higher stage of

interaction that entails an overarching framework that
organizes people, knowledge and solutions in new ways,
in new discourse, in new forms of cooperation and
transformative engagement, all while addressing complex
problems (instead of just complicated problems).
Sue McGregor (2005) on Julie Thompson Klein (2002)

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 Teaching peace in a time of war

Can Hetty van Gurp help

teach the language of
peace to a generation of
kids who have known only
war?

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 Summary

• Is a new language required?

• Is tolerance just?
• Empowerment and Emancipation
• Sustained dialogue
• Transdisciplenary & Transformative

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 Citations & further reading
David Adams, Ed. (1997) UNESCO and a culture of peace: Promoting a global movement,
Paris: UNESCO Publishing, Culture of Peace Series.

Janet Conway (2006) Praxis and politics: knowledge production in social movements,
Routledge.

Sue McGregor (2005) ‘Transdisciplinarity and a Culture of Peace’, Culture of Peace

Online Journal, 1 (1), 1-12.

Gail Stewart (2000) Rethinking peace, Retrieved August 17, 2010 from http://
www.peace.ca/rethinkingpeace.htm

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 Image sources
Dave Boldingers Cartoons & Stuff —
http://www.dbaldinger.com/opinion_cartoons/second_page/dear_world.html

James Garvin Ellis. Rodney Powell (standing) talks with other sit-in participants at Walgreens drugstore in Nashville,
Tennessee, Friday March 25, 1960 — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville_sit-ins

Marc Riboud. Jan Rose Kasmir, protest against the Vietnam War outside the Pentagon, Arlington County,Virginia, Saturday,
21 October 21, 1967 — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Rose_Kasmir

Shaney Komulainen. Canadian soldier Patrick Cloutier and Saskatchewan Native Brad Laroque alias 'Freddy Kruger'
come face to face in a tense standoff at the Kahnesatake reserve in Oka, Quebec, Saturday September 1, 1990 —
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oka_Crisis

Office of International Research, ASta Marburg, Philipps-University Marburg in Marburg, Johan Galtung — 
http://www.students.uni-marburg.de/~Rik/homepage/willkommen.html

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 Video sources
Teresa MacInnes (2003) Teaching Peace in a Time of War [trailer], National Film board of Canada.Viewable online
at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfiIT3QwJt4

Onion News Network (2010,) ‘In the know: are tests biased against students who don’t give a shit’, The Onion,
August 26.Viewable online at http://www.theonion.com/video/in-the-know-are-tests-biased-against-students-
who,17966/ [also available as a podcast — http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?
id=220288404]

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