Territories, Conflicts and Urban Peace Building
Journal title WELFARE E ERGONOMIA
Author/s Gabriella Esposito, Giuseppe Pace, Gaia Daldanise, Luisa Fatigati, Stefania Oppido, Stefania Ragozino, Maria Patrizia Vittoria, Erlisiana Anzalone
Publishing Year 2026 Issue 2026/1
Language Italian Pages 19 P. 173-191 File size 470 KB
DOI 10.3280/WE2026-001010
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Peacebuilding and nonviolent conflict management are essential conditions for the sustainability of contemporary forms of living. Namely, the concept of urban peace as a daily process of mediation, recognition, and coexistence between differences, tensions, and demands for social justice, turns urban spaces, and public space in particular, into core elements of the debate. Public spaces represent both the theatre of inequalities and a potential laboratory for coexistence. On the one hand, they are places for listening, thoughtfulness and tolerance, where practices of peaceful coexistence can find their expression. On the other hand, they become theatres of conflict and power imbalances when cities become places of violence, with different types of actors unable to engage in productive dialogue with one another. Sometimes, this is supplemented by armed conflicts that consume urban spaces, generating profound social and territorial transformations and leaving material and symbolic traces that research is called upon to address, to develop practices capable of promoting coexistence between divided communities and protecting the most vulnerable subjectivities. Urban studies, in which urban planning, sociological and economic disciplines are cross-pollinated, can make an important contribution to peace-keeping and peace-making processes, both in terms of interpreting phenomena and promoting transformative actions. The paper discusses some of the interdisciplinary research in which CNR-IRISS researchers are engaged in the field, working on issues related to urban peace through mutual learning processes with municipalities and territorial actors.
Keywords: urban peace; action-research; urban regeneration; co-design.
Gabriella Esposito, Giuseppe Pace, Gaia Daldanise, Luisa Fatigati, Stefania Oppido, Stefania Ragozino, Maria Patrizia Vittoria, Erlisiana Anzalone, Territori, Conflitti e Costruzione della Pace Urbana in "WELFARE E ERGONOMIA" 1/2026, pp 173-191, DOI: 10.3280/WE2026-001010