Peace Tandem – Conflict prevention and resolution through language exchange
The ‘Peace-Tandem’ handbook combines an introduction to conflict theory with practical advice on how to apply the tandem language learning method.
Publications
New Book by Werner Wintersteiner: “Learning to rethink the world – plea for a planetary politics”
Werner Wintersteiner’s new book, “Learning to rethink the world – plea for a planetary politics. Lessons from Corona and other existential crises,” is open access available (in German).
New book: Reclaimative Post-Conflict Justice
Janet Gerson and Dale Snauwaert present an important contribution to our understanding of post-conflict justice as an essential element of global ethics and justice through an exploration of the World Tribunal on Iraq (WTI). Free preview of the foreword by Betty A. Reardon.
Call for Book Chapters: Teaching Peace through Elimination of Violence
“Teaching Peace through Elimination of Violence” aims for the advancement of peace in and around schools by promoting a pedagogy of peace and nonviolence. Proposals due: November 15, 2021.
New publication: Educating for Peace and Human Rights
The new book “Educating for Peace and Human Rights” introduces students and educators to the challenges and possibilities of implementing peace and human rights education in diverse global sites.
New book “Renegades” positions Dubsmash and TikTok as culturally relevant pedagogy
“Renegades” offers an introduction to the world of social media dance apps while highlighting how these platforms can be used as a form of culturally responsive teaching.
Book Review – Educating for peace and human rights: An introduction
In “Educating for peace and human rights: An introduction,” Maria Hantzopoulos and Monisha Bajaj have written an excellent introductory text that extends our understandings and serves as a platform for continuing to move scholars and practitioners forward in their study and implementation of peace and human rights education.
Disarming Hearts and Minds
George E. Griener, Pierre Thompson & Elizabeth Weinberg explore the dual role of hibakusha, with some advocating for the total elimination of nuclear arms, while others dedicated their lives to the much less visible effort of transforming the hearts and minds. Thus, the legacy of the hibakusha can be fully appreciated by examining both manifestations of their leadership in the nuclear age.
[New Book!] Decolonizing Conflicts, Security, Peace, Gender, Environment and Development in the Anthropocene
In this book of peer-reviewed texts prepared for the 27th Conference of IPRA in 2018, 25 authors from the Global South and the Global North address conflicts, security, peace, gender, environment, and development.
New publication – “Engendering Climate Change: Learnings from South Asia”
Edited by Asha Hans, Nitya Rao, Anjal Prakash, & Amrita Patel, this book focuses on the gendered experiences of environmental change across different geographies and social contexts in South Asia and on diverse strategies of adapting to climate variability. Open access now available!
Human Rights Education & Black Liberation
A special issue “Human Rights Education & Black Liberation” is now available from the International Journal of Human Rights Education.
Book Review: “Education in developments: Vol 3” by Magnus Haavelsrud
In his latest book, Magnus Haavelsrud sees peace developments as upward movements of equity, empathy, the healing of past and present traumas, and nonviolent conflict transformation. Haavelsrud asks and answers how education can support and initiate such upward movements from the levels of everyday life to global affairs.