by Tom Parkin | Mar 15, 2023 | Our Blog
By Jesse Matas We do not have many soliders but the sunlight shimmers on each face – words sung at the ten-year anniversary of the Baltic Singing Revolution (Šmidchens, 2014) When I think of a story like that of the Baltic Singing Revolution, a non-violent...
by Stefanie Pukallus | Oct 6, 2022 | Our Blog
By Teresa O Bradaigh Bean and Ruth Daniel, In Place of War Introduction Hip-hop culture, consisting of four artistic elements of breakdancing, MC-ing, graffiti and DJ-ing, is a global phenomenon with local scenes across the globe. As a form of popular culture, it...
by Stefanie Pukallus | Aug 16, 2022 | Our Blog
By Sreedhar Nemmani[1] & Rashmi Kumari[2] It was in the wee hours on 8 August 2021, in the interior parts of Bastar region in the southern part of Chhattisgarh State in India, when faint notes of a tune in the local Gondi language wafted towards us. As we walked...
by Tom Parkin | Mar 30, 2022 | Our Blog
By Marie Migeon, University of Basel Introduction In Belfast, political debate has been taking place through visual representations and especially through murals since the 1980s (Jarman 1998; Rolston 2003). They fulfil a variety of roles, spreading political claims in...
by Tom Parkin | Oct 30, 2021 | Events, Our Blog
Derya Yüksek, PhD Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Derya.Yuksek@vub.ac.be) Peace education, in a broad definition, refers to pedagogical efforts to provide people with knowledges, skills, and values that support non-violent relationships and peaceful co-existence within...
by Tom Parkin | Oct 26, 2021 | Events, Our Blog
By Ilya Yablokov The idea to write a book on RT (Russia Today as the channel was called before 2010) came in 2013 when the channel was growing as an international broadcaster interested in fringe opinions and alternative facts. This was before the catch phrase...
