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Peacebuilding and the Arts

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  • Jolyon Mitchell 0 ,
  • Giselle Vincett 1 ,
  • Theodora Hawksley 2 ,
  • Hal Culbertson 3

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  • Explores the roles of film, theatre, literature, music, dance and visual arts in peacebuilding
  • Considers the interactions between Peacebuilding and the Arts
  • Analyses how the arts can contribute to building peace

Part of the book series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies (RCS)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

Front matter, introduction.

  • Theodora Hawksley, Jolyon Mitchell

Visual Arts

Peacebuilding through the visual arts.

Jolyon Mitchell

Peacebuilding in Korea Through Minjung Art: Struggle for Justice and Peace

  • Sebastian Kim

Art, Protest and Peace: The Murals of the Bogside Artists

  • Adrienne Dengerink Chaplin

Drawings for Projection: Proposing Peacebuilding Through the Arts

Theodora Hawksley

Music Writ Large: The Potential of Music in Peacebuilding

  • John Paul Lederach

Engaging the “Other”: Contemporary Music as Perspective-Shifting in Post-conflict Northern Uganda

  • Lindsay McClain Opiyo

Music’s Limits: The Early Years of the Barenboim–Said Foundation (2003–2009)

  • Rachel Beckles Willson

The Role of Music-Making in Peacebuilding: A Levinasian Perspective

  • Kathryn Jourdan

Literature and Peace Studies

  • Sandra M. Gustafson

Storytelling and Peacebuilding: Lessons from Northern Uganda

  • Ketty Anyeko, Tamara Shaya Hoffmann

What Choice Between Nightmares?: Intersecting Local, Global and Intimate Stories of Pain in Peacebuilding

  • Juliane Okot Bitek

Literary Strains: The Challenges of Making Meaning and Promoting Peace Through Written Works

  • Alison Rice

Catalyzing Peace: Re-humanizing Through Embodied Experience of Cinema

  • Joseph G. Kickasola

Peacebuilding and Reconciliation in and Through Film: The Case Study of Rwanda

  • Robert K. Johnston

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Hal Culbertson

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Book Title : Peacebuilding and the Arts

Editors : Jolyon Mitchell, Giselle Vincett, Theodora Hawksley, Hal Culbertson

Series Title : Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies

DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17875-8

Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan Cham

eBook Packages : Political Science and International Studies , Political Science and International Studies (R0)

Copyright Information : The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

Hardcover ISBN : 978-3-030-17874-1 Published: 28 November 2019

Softcover ISBN : 978-3-030-17877-2 Published: 28 November 2020

eBook ISBN : 978-3-030-17875-8 Published: 19 November 2019

Series ISSN : 1759-3735

Series E-ISSN : 2752-857X

Edition Number : 1

Number of Pages : XXII, 483

Number of Illustrations : 7 b/w illustrations, 21 illustrations in colour

Topics : Performing Arts , Peace Studies , Conflict Studies , International Security Studies , Citizenship , Cultural Policy and Politics

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This paper argues that conflict resolution, peace building and reconciliation in the 21st century requires a cultural slant in addition to conventional political and military approaches. This development should not be surprising especially given the nature of recent wars which have turned out to be more intra-state than inter-state. Since the end of the Cold war, wars have been focused on issues of culture, ethnicity, politics and religion than on nationalisms. Thus, cultural beliefs, norms, traditions, ethnicity and religion have contributed towards many major disruptions that have cost innocent lives and loss of valuable property. In addition, conflicts and divisions within societies reflect lack of appreciation and intolerance of others` cultural beliefs, views and are motivated by cultural differences. In the wars of recent decades, rape has been used as a weapon of war and children have been abducted to be killers and sex-slaves. Millions of families have been uprooted from the...

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Most works in peace studies concern interventions in conflict situations-such as conflict management and projects seeking to sustain peace after a conflict like conflict resolution and peace education. However, using a peace lens, this paper affirms culture as one of the means the Yorùbá utilize to sustain peace in their society. The paper ascertains the presence of conflict and proceeds to discuss how some features of Yorùbá culture facilitate harmony. This article is based on primary research among the Yorùbá within 2014 and 2020, the bulk of which is from chapter 5 of my dissertation.

Religion and culture have throughout history been at the forefront of positive social change that is meant to create an atmosphere of peace, harmony, and happiness for humanity. Religion and culture are two but also ONE. Religion might be defined as an organised collection of beliefs and world views that relate to humanity to an order of existence that explains purpose and destiny. Culture, on the other hand, might be defined as the sum total of ways of living built up by a group of people, which is passed on from one generation to another. This being the case, both religion and culture, directly or indirectly, singly or together, inevitably impact people’s self-perception and self-identity. The two, religion and culture, while influencing people’s identity, play a big role in determining what people view as effective means to attain meaning, harmony and happiness. By their definitions, both religion and peace operate at the forefront of the peace building project. Peace building here refers to elimination of conflict and creating institutional practices that ensure social stability and prevent eruption of new conflicts. Aware of the unmanageable breadth of this topic and considering the intended purpose of this paper, every effort will be made to briefly examine the positive and negative roles played by religion and culture in peace building. The inspiration of writing this paper came from my travel to Rwanda with the Guild Government however for the most part, the discussion will be limited to the Ugandan context. A conclusion drawn from the discussion will lead to a critical look at the role of religion and peace. This critical view will purposefully be presented in question form in order to invite the audience to join the discussion.

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