Journal of Peace Education: open access special collection on equity and access
The Journal of Peace Education is offering limited-time open-access to a special collection of articles on equity and access.
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Decolonizing education: A conversation with Linda Tuhiwai Smith
This interview engages scholar Linda Tuhiwai Smith in a discussion surrounding how we can decolonize education.
[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.
The relational legacies of colonialism: peace education and reconciliation in Rwanda
This article argues that decolonising educational undertakings is a difficult task, even when the ambitions to apply decolonising approaches are clearly articulated.
Decolonizing Peace: anthology published in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the UNESCO Chair for Peace Education
“Descolonizar la Paz: Entramado de Saberes, Resistencias y Posibilidades” is an anthology published in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the UNESCO Chair for Peace Education, University of Puerto Rico. The ideas explored in this volume indicate possible pathways towards decolonizing peace, by breaking from hegemonical models of peace and proposing alternate ways of thinking and praxis.
Pedagogies for Peace Podcast: Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame is offering a new podcast: Pedagogies for Peace. Join hosts Ashley Bohrer and Justin de Leon for this audio series that foregrounds critical pedagogies with a focus on intersectionality and decoloniality.
Project aims to change the approaches to peace studies and education in Africa
A new project, ‘Decolonising Education for Peace in Africa’ (DEPA), aims to decolonise and change the way peace studies are taught and incorporated into education in Africa.
Dismantling Systemic Racism Starts In Schools
Anti-racist teaching is not new, but it has picked up steam in recent years, with educators around the globe forming anti-racist educator collaboratives. And it now seems more urgent, as COVID-19 has exposed deep social and racial inequities.
Transrational Peacebuilding Education for Epistemic Justice
In this brief research summary, the authors outline major challenges currently facing peace education and present some pedagogic responses for teaching peace (and challenging war) in the 21st century.
Questions academics can ask to decolonise their classrooms
Research conducted among academics and students at a historically white South African university suggests that many are thinking about “decolonizing the curriculum” from only one angle: changing the content of what they teach. So, for example, they might add Africa-based authors to a reading list. But they don’t shift the tasks required to engage with that literature, which still leaves many students feeling alienated and marginalized.