Module 1: Violence and Peace

1. Insight into Galtung’s Triangle of Violence and its implications for education.

2. Understanding Galtung’s concepts of positive and negative peace.

3. Reflecting on a constructive way forward: an engaged pedagogy (Bell Hooks).

4. Exploring intersectionality and assumptions about privilege and social status (Pyramid of Privilege, Mounir Samuel), and their implications for education.

Galtung and the pyramid of privilege (click on the image to dowland the file)

Defining the concept of positive and negative peace

Audiovisual resources (click on the image to watch the video)

Negative and positive peace

To understand violence in all its forms

All about love

«When we can see and accept ourselves as we truly are, we build the foundation for self-love. Learning to love ourselves and others depends on the presence of a loving environment. Self-love cannot flourish in isolation.»

— Bell Hooks

For discussion

• How does cultural violence manifest in educational exclusion?
• What strategies could be implemented to build positive peace in diverse educational environments?
• How can we apply the principles of positive peace in a culturally diverse classroom, ensuring that not only visible conflicts are addressed, but also the structures and norms that perpetuate violence?