Peace, by who and for whom? Negotiating peace amid the memories of conflict

Group Submission Type: Paper Session

Description of Session

To the extent that a peaceful, prosperous society is an objective of education policy making and programming, peace building is never isolated from the complex political and historical factors that cause conflict. This panel explores the influence of power, memory and
relationship through school-based peacebuilding projects in post-conflict communities.

Sub Unit

• Education, Conflict, and Emergencies SIG

Chair

• Emily Dunlop, New York University

Individual Presentations

• Education for Change in Israel/Palestine - Nora El Zokm, Jerusalem Peacebuilders; Rachel Tal, The Amal Network

• How to remember what we did not live? Building Collective Memories of War Through Memory Sites - Paula Liliana Mantilla Blanco, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Peace, violence, and cohesion in poor rural schools in post-apartheid South Africa - Azeem Badroodien, UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN; Yunus Omar, University of Cape Town