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What is Positive Peace + Johan Galtung (D)
[ Currently only available in German ] Zu Galtungs Begriff des Positiven Friedens Victoria Scheyer Conflict Transformation Specialist [CTS] Trainee YADIP: Nachwuchsförderungsprogramm am Galtung-Institut Während ich im letzten Jahr für meine Bachelorarbeit über strukturelle Gewalt geforscht habe, gehörte das Buch von Galtung von 1975 “Strukturelle Gewalt” zu meinen Grundlagenwerken. Nachdem ich mich mehr mit positivem […]
Epistemology & Philosophy of Science
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et8kDNF_nEc For insights and examples of how Epistemological approaches inform Peace Theory and the Galtung-Institute’s approaches to specific issues: (a) Learning from mathematics (b) Peace Mathematics, does it exist? Religious Fundamentalism-Extremism-Violence Peace Studies Epistemology: Descartes-Vico-Daoism; And Europe A Theory of China Epistemology: On the Use of Dichotomies Flaws in US Thought–And Some Remedies Ahimsa in […]
Freedom of Expression: Johan Galtung on Julian Assange
Prof. Johan Galtung, founder of the academic discipline of Peace Studies and laureate of the Right Livelihood Award (aka The Alternative Nobel Prize) is one of over 500 of the world’s leading human rights experts, Nobel Prize winners and academics to have signed an open letter pointing to how the UK and Sweden are undermining […]
Peaceful Conflict Transformation – Study with Johan Galtung
This week marks the beginning of the Galtung-Institut’s Peaceful Conflict Transformation course for professional conflict literacy. It is conducted as a TRANSCEND Peace University course (See ACT) in cooperation with Sydney University’s Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (See PACS6922). As you’ve made it thus far: let the games begin! Please start right away with […]