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"Heritage, Conflict, and Peace-Building examines the possibilities arising from, and challenges associated with, transforming heritage from a casualty of conflict into an opportunity for peacebuilding. The contributors to this book, who hail from academia and practice, present case studies that shed light on the multifaceted factors and conditions influenced by diplomacy, nationalism, victimhood, and the roles of diverse institutional actors in fostering peace. They demonstrate the possibilities and pitfalls of the work heritage does for local communities, the nation-state, and the international community, when these different actors and their peace aspirations and agendas intersect. Looking at heritage and peace processes on all continents, the contributions in this volume amount to a compelling analytical account of how the discourses of heritage and peace connect, overlap, and diverge. They also emphasise that our shared aspiration for peace should not be taken for granted in a heritage context, and that it is incumbent upon heritage scholars and practitioners to be more intentional about the work they wish to do to promote peace. Heritage, Conflict, and Peace-Building will be of interest to scholars and practitioners working in heritage studies, transitional justice, museum studies, international relations, education, history, and law"--

Conflict and Peace-Building : Heritage in Transformation / Yujie Zhu and Lucas Lixinski -- Remembering and Forgetting the Opium Wars : British Colonial Injustice, Education and Heritage / Andrew M Law -- Peace without Transitional Justice : Cultural Heritage as a Means of Taming Collective Memory on the Example of Post-Trianon Hungary / Mirosław Michał Sadowski -- Serbian Victimhood and Historical Injustice : Understanding Heritage Sites and Narratives in the former Yugoslavia / Rebecca Damjanovic -- Negotiated Encoding and Decoding of Sensitive Heritage / Hyung yu Park and Rui Su -- Contested Heritage Perspectives and Strategies in Cyprus / Nikos Pasamitros -- Non-Violent Confrontation Through World Heritage : A Case Study of Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority / Barry L. Stiefel -- Participatory Heritage Development for a Positive Peace Framework / Mehdi Ghafour -- Cultural Heritage in the Management and Resolution of Conflicts in Indigenous Communities : A Case Study of the Bette People of Nigeria / Bekeh Ukelina and Tokie Laotan-Brown -- The Role of UNESCO-led Reconstructions in Post-Conflict Reconciliation / Kristen Barrett-Casey -- Reimagining the 9/11 Aftermath : Transforming Violent Extremism in a Case Study about Youth, Prevention, Heritage, and Resiliency / Sharon McIntyre and Yehuda Silverman.

This edited volume summarizes and expands upon the important work of a research group, Social Bonds and Cultures of Peace, that accompanies and supports victims of socio-political violence in Columbia. Grounding the volume is an introductory overview of Colombian political violence in the recent past, as well as an exploration of the role of peace psychology in conflict situations and in the broader content of the field of psychology. The following chapters, written by active peace psychologists and researchers based in Colombia, focus on ongoing violence in the Colombian context, a complex and dynamic area in which various groups (drug traffickers, national armed forces, guerrilla fighters, self-defence groups) have been engaged in organized violence for more than 60 years. Psychosocial Approaches to Peace-Building in Colombia explores the psychological dynamics of both the victims and perpetrators of conflict. Central to the volume is the notion of "accompanying" those who have been victims of violence, listening to them, engaging them in dialogue, and working together to strengthen the resources of victims. The recovery of individual and collective memories of atrocities is discussed as an important avenue for healing and for the empowerment of individuals and groups. The solidarity among victims creates opportunities at the grassroots level to pursue truth, reveal perpetrators of violence, seek public acknowledgment and attain social justice. For perpetrators of violence and members of armed groups, the book addresses a host of psychosocial issues related to disarming, demobilizing and reintegrating former combatants, including children, into society. Throughout the book, in the spirit of peace psychology, the researchers are engaged in a form of praxis that is cognizant of the wider geohistorical context within which victims and perpetrators are embedded and the dialectical relationship between micro and macro-level events and change. This volume is an excellent resource for researchers and scholars in Latin American studies, peace psychology, social and clinical psychology, social justice, and transitional justice, and all those committed to ending and healing from conflict situations around the world

Conflicts in Africa have a great deal in common, and striking parallels can be drawn between them at all levels. Dynamics affecting the most complex war-time conflicts, civil unrest and other macro disputes are in play even in the smallest community conflicts. The converse is also true: lessons learned through community mediation, for example in South Africa, are applicable to the most complex and largest conflicts to be found on the continent. Together, the eleven chapters in this publicatio...

Vol. 1: Concepts and processes. - XV,173 S., Tab., Lit. Hinw. - ISBN 0-7546-3314-4; Vol. 2: National and regional experiences. - XVI,237 S., Tab., graph. Darst., Lit. Hinw. - ISBN 0-7546-3315-2; Vol. 3: The role of the military in state formation and nation-building. - XV,150 S., Tab., graph. Darst., Lit. Hinw. - ISBN 0-7546-3316-0