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Offering a unique set of case studies that invites readers to
question and reimagine the concept of community engagement, this
collected work provides an overview and analysis of numerous,
creative participatory research methods designed to improve
well-being at both the individual and societal level. In a world
where there are enormous differences in the wealth and health of
people, it is increasingly recognized that sustainable peace
requires both a broad---based public commitment to nonviolence
combined with noticeable increments in the wellbeing of people who
occupy the lowest socioeconomic strata of societies. This volume
focuses on the latter-how to use qualitative research methods to
improve well-being of research participants, and thus, the wider
society. The participatory research examples described in these
chapters are meant to encourage researchers, scholars, and
practitioners to question assumed knowledge about community
engagement research and practice, and to inspire social
justice-oriented scholarship. The cases studies and methods
portrayed are as varied as the situations and cultures in which
they take place. In most of the case studies, the personal is
linked to the political with a social justice imperative as
participants from marginalized communities express an understanding
of their own position within power hierarchies, deconstruct power
relations, and experience a sense of agency. In other instances,
the methods are no less participatory but the aim is more focused
on inner and outer harmony, psychological wellbeing, conflict
resolution and intergroup reconciliation. In all the cases studies,
there is a strong emphasis on methods in which community members
are at the center of efforts to promote social change. The methods
described include group storytelling, community arts, asset
mapping, dialogues, creative writing, embroidery, filmmaking,
Photovoice, "writing back" to power, and other means of engaging in
emancipatory praxis and promoting personal wellbeing. Taken
together, the chapters illustrate creative ways in which community
members, embedded in disadvantaged contexts, can engage in a
dynamic process that stimulates individual and collective agency.
Ultimately, this volume will provide readers with a deeper
understanding of a wide range of creative, qualitative research
methods, and will encourage establishment of an effective social
justice agenda essential to human wellbeing and sustainable peace.
With the major goal of building an inclusive international
community that promotes peace-related research and action, this
volume reflects on local, national and global peace engagement and
works towards transdisciplinary understandings of the role of
psychology in peace, conflict, and violence. Drawn primarily from
14th Biennial International Symposium on the Contributions of
Psychology, the chapters focus on peacemaking--or the pursuit of
harmony in human relations-- and peacebuilding--or equity in human
relations-- with a special emphasis on voices from typically
underrepresented areas in psychology, such as the Global South. In
order to move beyond a Western-centered idea of peace psychology,
the volume is divided into two major parts. The first half of the
volume puts an emphasis on peace psychology research and praxis in
a number of geohistorical contexts, including Malaysia, Northern
Ireland, Thailand, and Kashmir, that bear on conflict, harmony and
equity in human relations. Chapters in the second half of the
volume fulfill the mandate of Biennial Symposia; namely, to create
more equity in the production of peace theory and praxis by
bringing forward the voices of scholars and change agents that are
often unheard in peace discourses, including a number of scholars
and chapters from South Africa. Additionally, throughout the
chapters, the authors and editors of the volume emphasize
emancipatory agendas as an important alternative to militarism and
state-sponsored violence. With the aim of bringing forward voices
from cultures and situations that are typically not included or
highly visible in peace discourses, Enlarging the Scope of Peace
Psychology in Invited and Invented Spaces: African and
World-Regional Contributions is a thought-provoking, timely, and
informative work. Psychologists, anthropologists, sociologists,
political scientists, activists, public-policy makers, and all
those interested in promoting peace and justice, are sure to find
this an invaluable and illuminating resource.
This open access book brings together discourse on children and
peace from the 15th International Symposium on the Contributions of
Psychology to Peace, covering issues pertinent to children and
peace and approaches to making their world safer, fairer and more
sustainable. The book is divided into nine sections that examine
traditional themes (social construction and deconstruction of
diversity, intergenerational transitions and memories of war, and
multiculturalism), as well as contemporary issues such as Europe's
"migration crisis", radicalization and violent extremism, and
violence in families, schools and communities. Chapters
contextualize each issue within specific social ecological
frameworks in order to reflect on the multiplicity of influences
that affect different outcomes and to discuss how the findings can
be applied in different contexts. The volume also provides
solutions and hope through its focus on youth empowerment and
peacebuilding programs for children and families. This
forward-thinking volume offers a multitude of views, approaches,
and strategies for research and activism drawn from peace
psychology scholars and United Nations researchers and
practitioners. This book's multi-layered emphasis on context,
structural determinants of peace and conflict, and use of research
for action towards social cohesion for children and youth has not
been brought together in other peace psychology literature to the
same extent. Children and Peace: From Research to Action will be a
useful resource for peace psychology academics and students, as
well as social and developmental psychology academics and students,
peace and development practitioners and activists, policy makers
who need to make decisions about the matters covered in the book,
child rights advocates and members of multilateral organizations
such as the UN.
With the major goal of building an inclusive international
community that promotes peace-related research and action, this
volume reflects on local, national and global peace engagement and
works towards transdisciplinary understandings of the role of
psychology in peace, conflict, and violence. Drawn primarily from
14th Biennial International Symposium on the Contributions of
Psychology, the chapters focus on peacemaking--or the pursuit of
harmony in human relations-- and peacebuilding--or equity in human
relations-- with a special emphasis on voices from typically
underrepresented areas in psychology, such as the Global South. In
order to move beyond a Western-centered idea of peace psychology,
the volume is divided into two major parts. The first half of the
volume puts an emphasis on peace psychology research and praxis in
a number of geohistorical contexts, including Malaysia, Northern
Ireland, Thailand, and Kashmir, that bear on conflict, harmony and
equity in human relations. Chapters in the second half of the
volume fulfill the mandate of Biennial Symposia; namely, to create
more equity in the production of peace theory and praxis by
bringing forward the voices of scholars and change agents that are
often unheard in peace discourses, including a number of scholars
and chapters from South Africa. Additionally, throughout the
chapters, the authors and editors of the volume emphasize
emancipatory agendas as an important alternative to militarism and
state-sponsored violence. With the aim of bringing forward voices
from cultures and situations that are typically not included or
highly visible in peace discourses, Enlarging the Scope of Peace
Psychology in Invited and Invented Spaces: African and
World-Regional Contributions is a thought-provoking, timely, and
informative work. Psychologists, anthropologists, sociologists,
political scientists, activists, public-policy makers, and all
those interested in promoting peace and justice, are sure to find
this an invaluable and illuminating resource.
This open access book brings together discourse on children and
peace from the 15th International Symposium on the Contributions of
Psychology to Peace, covering issues pertinent to children and
peace and approaches to making their world safer, fairer and more
sustainable. The book is divided into nine sections that examine
traditional themes (social construction and deconstruction of
diversity, intergenerational transitions and memories of war, and
multiculturalism), as well as contemporary issues such as Europe's
"migration crisis", radicalization and violent extremism, and
violence in families, schools and communities. Chapters
contextualize each issue within specific social ecological
frameworks in order to reflect on the multiplicity of influences
that affect different outcomes and to discuss how the findings can
be applied in different contexts. The volume also provides
solutions and hope through its focus on youth empowerment and
peacebuilding programs for children and families. This
forward-thinking volume offers a multitude of views, approaches,
and strategies for research and activism drawn from peace
psychology scholars and United Nations researchers and
practitioners. This book's multi-layered emphasis on context,
structural determinants of peace and conflict, and use of research
for action towards social cohesion for children and youth has not
been brought together in other peace psychology literature to the
same extent. Children and Peace: From Research to Action will be a
useful resource for peace psychology academics and students, as
well as social and developmental psychology academics and students,
peace and development practitioners and activists, policy makers
who need to make decisions about the matters covered in the book,
child rights advocates and members of multilateral organizations
such as the UN.
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