Peace

A cura di: Sabina Langer, Evi Agostini, Denis Francesconi, Nazario Zambaldi

Peace

The idea of choosing PEACE as the focus for the second PEA – Pedagogy, Ecology and the Arts conference in Merano (Italy) in September 2024 stems from the curator’s interest in a pedagogy that is convivial, collaborative and ecological in an intersubjective and political sense.
Educational processes – formal and informal – are vital to enabling a paradigm shift and cultivating peaceful ways of living in daily life, schools and communities. Across all contexts, we need new approaches to peace, in ecological and relational terms.
Conference contributions – keynotes, oral presentations, or workshops – were adapted for this volume and enriched through the dialogue and exchange that took place. We hope readers can sense the convivial and interactive spirit that shaped PEA.

Pagine: 304

ISBN: 9788835182696

Edizione:1a edizione 2025

Codice editore: 10359.5

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The idea of choosing PEACE as the focus for the second PEA – Pedagogy, Ecology and the Arts conference in Merano (Italy) in September 2024 stems from the curator’s interest in a pedagogy that is convivial, collaborative and ecological in an intersubjective and political sense.
Peace is understood broadly, embracing themes such as nonviolence, building a more just and desirable polis, future visions, creative conflict resolution, coexistence, hope, dialogue, resilience, activism, resistance, and personal and collective responsibility.
Today’s political and media narratives often fuel division by portraying “the other” as a threat. This fear-driven logic justifies harsh decisions and strengthens destructive forces. The resulting crises – war, injustice, climate change – urge us to rethink how to live together more justly and sustainably, as people and as part of nature.
Educational processes – formal and informal – are vital to enabling a paradigm shift and cultivating peaceful ways of living in daily life, schools and communities. Across all contexts, we need new approaches to peace, in ecological and relational terms.
At PEA 2024, we aimed to redraw boundaries and create spaces and projects devoted to peace. Chapter authors are researchers and practitioners from across Europe – including Italy, Austria, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway – as well as Turkey and Great Britain. Each combined two or all three PEA pillars: pedagogy, ecology and the arts. The book is structured around these themes, highlighting each chapter’s focus. Conference contributions – keynotes, oral presentations, or workshops – were adapted for this volume and enriched through the dialogue and exchange that took place. We hope readers can sense the convivial and interactive spirit that shaped PEA.

The PEA conference is curated by Sabina Langer, Evi Agostini, Denis Francesconi, and Nazario Zambaldi. Its aim is to bring together learning and education, ecological thinking, and the visual and performing arts to explore human and more-than-human conditions in innovative ways, from both individual and societal perspectives. The initials of the three core themes – Pedagogy, Ecology, and the Arts – form the acronym “PEA”: a small, round, green legume. The curators appreciate this play on words for its irony and humility – a reminder of the power of being small yet united. Like a single pea, an individual can do little alone; it is through connection with others, with community, and with the world, that meaningful change becomes possible.

Sabina Langer, Evi Agostini, Denis Francesconi and Nazario Zambaldi, Peace. PEA – Pedagogy, Ecology and the Arts

Sara Fabbri, The possibility of interpretation

Keynotes

  • Pat Patfoort, The Major-minor-Equivalency model. From early childhood up to relationships between different peoples
  • Elena Monicelli and Elena Bergonzini, Places of memory, places for (peace) education?
  • Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen, Sometimes making something leads to nothing… On the peaceful nature of artistic practice using the example of Frances Alÿs
  • Giulia Cantaluppi, Bricks to build peace education. Let’s take notes for a Manifesto

Pedagogy

  • Daniela Lehner, Reimagining peace education. Relational interbeing and the unlearning of separateness
  • Inge Zwart, Hope «about», «through» and «for» human rights
  • Giulia Levi, Positive stories in peace education. Anna Bravo and the concept of ‘spared blood’
  • Ulrike Barth and Angelika Wiehl, Building peace instead of applying powerdominated pedagogical practices. Perceptual vignettes as a tool for peace ethics reflection
  • *Tamara Peer and Sandra Matschnigg-Peer, Peace education in the context of the Bildungsgrätzl initiative in Vienna
  • Theresa Hauck, Playing together in spaces between “good” and “evil”. What is revealed and what is seen
  • Brigitta Pia Alioto, Gamification and peace. Workplaces training as a guidance for the future
  • Barbara Gamper, Pedagogy in process. Peace-making through embodied mycelial methodologies
  • Lavinia Bianchi and Veronica Riccardi, Beginning with Alexander Langer. Research and educational design paths for classroom participation

Ecology

  • Sibilla Montanari, Convivialism and AI: integrating humans and non-humans within socio-ecological systems
  • Giulia Schiavone, Practicing Openness. Five axes for a shared, possible and sustainable school
  • Simona Galateo and Beate Weyland, SOS EDEN. Territories of peace. Intersections of nature and culture through pedagogy, architecture and design
  • Francesca Rota, Promoting a culture of sustainability. First reflections from a research project with some early childhood educational services in Milan
  • Nicoletta Ferri and Maddalena Sottocorno, A digital educational mediator to promote sustainability
  • Chiara Urbani and Andrea Guaran, The “On the Door” approach. Peaceful practices in outdoor learning from Dolomiti-Unesco project
  • Stephanie Mian and Petra Auer, Sensitising perception, recognising multiplicity. The foundations of sustainable co-existence
  • Volker Kress, Ambassadors for the future. Student Teachers practise change competence

The Arts

  • Nazario Zambaldi, To play or be played? The art of play...
  • Cinzia Zadra, Educating for peace through the transcultural stories of Balkan women writers
  • Laura Dell’Erba, Annalisa De Luca and Samanta Grossato, Uncomfortable
  • Jeanette Hoffmann, Maria Teresa Trisciuzzi, Ruth Videsott and Elisabeth von Leon, Imagining peace with picturebooks in multilingual and intercultural contexts
  • Sonja Wodnek, Participation in child-parent-teacher conferences from a children’s perspective
  • KEATS Aps. Irene Beltrame, Elena Mauri and Sara Riva, A place to be. The art of living together in desirable cities
  • Philip Bunk, Ismail Karayakupoglu and Martina Janßen, Perceiving, communicating and practicing peace. A reflection on the workshop «Peace between doors. What does peace need from us humans?

The Authors

Contributi: Brigitta Pia Alioto, Petra Auer, Ernest Auerbach, Ulrich Barth, Elena Bergonzini, Lavinia Bianchi, Philip Bunk, Giulia Cantaluppi, Annalisa De Luca, Laura Dell’Erba, Sara Fabbri, Nicoletta Ferri, Simona Galateo, Barbara Gamper, Samanta Grossato, Andrea Guaran, Theresa Hauck, Jeanette Hoffmann, Martina Janßen, Ismail Karayakupoglu, KEATS Aps, Volker Kress, Daniela Lehner, Giulia Levi, Sandra Matschnigg-Peer, Stephanie Mian, Elena Monicelli, Sibilla Montanari, Pat Patfoort, Tamara Peer, Veronica Riccardi, Francesca Rota, Giulia Schiavone, Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen, Maddalena Sottocorno, Maria Teresa Trisciuzzi, Chiara Urbani, Ruth Videsott, Elisabeth von Leon, Beate Weyland, Angelika Wiehl, Sonja Wodnek, Cinzia Zadra, Inge Zwart

Collana: Ecologie della formazione - Open Access

Argomenti: Didattica, scienze della formazione

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