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(Deconstructing in-order to find new meanings)

A blogging space about my personal interests; was made during training in Stockholm #Young Leaders Visitors Program #Ylvp08 it developed into a social bookmarking blog.

I studied #Architecture; interested in #Design #Art #Education #Urban Design #Digital-media #social-media #Inhabited-Environments #Contemporary-Cultures #experimentation #networking #sustainability & more =)


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This is neither sacred nor political.

#Peace



Peace is an occurrence of harmony characterized by lack of violence, conflict behaviors and the freedom from fear of violence. Commonly understood as the absence of hostility and retribution, peace also suggests sincere attempts at reconciliation, the existence of healthy or newly healed interpersonal or international relationships, prosperity in matters of social or economic welfare, the establishment of equality, and a working political order that serves the true interests of all.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace

CPNN, the Culture of Peace News Network, is a space where readers exchange information about events, experiences, books, music, and web news that promote a culture of peace. It is a self-sustaining network in which You, the reader, are invited to write a news report and contribute to its discussion, and eventually to become a reporter. CPNN is a project of the United Nations International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World.
http://cpnn-world.org/


UNESCO's Mandate
Although the phrase "culture of peace" was first elaborated for UNESCO in 1989, it is foreshadowed in the mandate of UNESCO when it was founded in 1945-1946. The motivation of its founders was eloquently expressed in the Preamble to the UNESCO Constitution: "a peace based exclusively upon the political and economic arrangements of governments would not be a peace which could secure the unanimous, lasting and sincere support of the peoples of the world.... peace must therefore be founded, if it is not to fail, upon the intellectual and moral solidarity of mankind." Based on this, the preamble contains the unforgettable phrase, "since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed." 



Already in the UNESCO Constitution we find the idea that war as an institution is based upon a culture of war that is broader and deeper than the wars themselves. It's like an iceberg: war is the tip which may or may not be visible at any given moment, whereas the culture of war exists continually, supporting particular wars from below and being continually reinforced by the wars that have already occurred. As the Romans said, "Si vis pacem Para Bellum" - "If you want peace, prepare for war." For this reason, a culture of peace needs more than the absence of war. It requires a profound cultural transformation. 



Culture appears in the very name of UNESCO which was established as the cultural organization of the United Nations. UNESCO is concerned with "values, attitudes, traditions and modes of behaviour and ways of life" - a phrase that opens the first article of the Declaration on a Culture of Peace eventually adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1999. From the beginning, UNESCO was not concerned with culture for its own sake, but culture for the sake of peace. Hence, the UNESCO Constitution states that the purpose of the Organization is for "advancing, through the educational and scientific and cultural relations of the peoples of the world, the objectives of international peace and of the common welfare of mankind for which the United Nations Organization was established and which its Charter proclaims."

http://www.culture-of-peace.info/history/introduction.html










English
Say Peace in all languages! The people of the world prefer peace to war and they deserve to have it. Bombs are not needed to solve international problems when they can be solved just as well with respect and communication. The Internet Internationalization (I18N) community, which values diversity and human life everywhere, offers "Peace" in many languages as a small step in this direction.

Arabic







أنطقوا سلام بكل اللغات! كل شععوب العالم تفصل السلام علي الحرب وكلها تستحق أن تنعم بع. إن القنابل لا تحل مشاكل العالم ويتم تحقيق ذلك فقط بالاحترام والتواصل. مجموعة تدويل الإنترنت (I18N) ، والتي تأخذ بعين التقدير الاختلافات الثقافية والعادات الحياتية بين الشعوب، فإنها تقدم "السلام" بلغات كثيرة، كخطوة متواضعة في هذا الاتجاه.
http://www.columbia.edu/~fdc/pace/


#Salam #PEACE




COMMIT TO PEACE@HTTPS://WWW.PEACEISPOSSIBLE.CC/

The Peace is Possible campaign mobilizes young people worldwide to create awareness,
advocate, take action and commit to an everlasting world peace.
The campaign aims to build a coalition of like-minded stakeholders from
all sectors of society that are committed to the purpose.

#PeaceIsPossible




Edward Said on Conflicts and Peace


Edward Said on Conflicts and Peace, from a public lecture at McGill university in Montreal, Quebec 1996.

Who Won the War?

Published on Sep 30, 2014
Peter Taylor has been covering the conflict in Northern Ireland for more than 40 years. On the 20th anniversary of the 1994 ceasefires, he makes a personal assessment of who really 'won the war'.

Unlearning Violence: Daniel Dennett & Steven Pinker Full Panel
Published on Mar 28, 2014
As part of the February 2014 conference, "Unlearning Violence: Evidence and Policies for Early Childhood Development and Peace," Daniel Dennett and Steven Pinker addressed the question, "can we become a more peaceful species?" Discussion moderated by Alex de Waal.



Northern Ireland: An Uneasy Peace
Published on Mar 30, 2015
Alan has become an advocate for peace since losing his wife and father-in-law in a bomb that occurred in Belfast during the early nineties. Here, McBride discusses his own journey through the ‘Troubles’, the optimism that followed the signing of the Good Friday accords, and the proposed Bill of Rights in Northern Ireland. In this process, dealing with the past and building a shared future have been central parts of his work.
Alan McBride is Centre Co-ordinator at the WAVE Trauma Centre in Belfast, (a cross community victims/survivors organization). In addition to this, he also sits on the Board of Healing Through Remembering and is chair of the HTR initiative on developing a Living Memorial Museum to the ‘Troubles’. He has served as a Commissioner with the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission since September 2011 and has a special interest on issues relating with transitional justice.



William Ury: Negotiating for Sustainable Agreements

Uploaded on Dec 3, 2009
William Ury, the co-author of the best-selling Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In, shares the strategies he has developed at the Harvard Negotiation Project for creating sustainable agreements in diplomacy and business. Ury is presented by the Institute for Peace & Justice at the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies at the University of San Diego. Series: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Distinguished Lecture Series [12/2009] [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 17671]



Steve Pinker: NEW IDEAS Symposium, March 4th, 2016
Published on Jun 2, 2016
NEW IDEAS: 5 of Dan Dennett's favorite thinkers, Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University, March 4th, 2016
5th Presenter: Steven Pinker, Professor of Psychology, Harvard University







Steven Pinker: The Better Angels of our Nature @The Royal Institute 

Published on Mar 15, 2012

Are we moving increasingly closer towards a benevolent society?

Steven Pinker talks about his latest work, 'The Better Angels of our Nature' at the Royal Institution in November 2011. Introduced by Evan Davis. 

For more info and footnotes view the video on the Ri Channel: http://richannel.org/steven-pinker-th...




Northern Ireland: From Conflict to Peace to Reconciliation?
Published on Dec 15, 2014
In light of their experiences and research in Northern Ireland, Trelawney Grenfell-Muir, Fr. Raymond Helmick, HDS Dean David N. Hempton, Hugh O'Doherty, and Margaret Smith discuss the shift from violent conflict to peace agreement, the need for progress toward a more thoroughgoing and sustainable peace rooted in reconciliation, the positive contributions and potential of religious resources, and recommendations.

00:00 Welcome by Dean David N. Hempton, Alonzo L. McDonald Family Professor of Evangelical Theological Studies, Harvard Divinity School

02:13 Diana L. Eck, Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies, Harvard Divinity School

09:20 Dean David N. Hempton

22:10 Margaret Smith, Scholar in Residence, International Peace and Conflict Resolution, School of International Service, American University

32:32 Hugh O'Doherty, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School of Government

43:35 Trelawney Grenfell-Muir, Boston University

54:30 Fr. Raymond Helmick, Instructor in Conflict Resolution, Boston College

01:10:37 Q&A

Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at www.hds.harvard.edu.



Women's Multifaceted Contributions to Sustainable Peace and the Role of Religious Resources
#Women #Peace #SustainablePeace #ReligiousRole #WomenPeaceMakers #WomenScholars

Published on Mar 2, 2015
Rosalind I.J. Hackett, Trelawney Grenfell-Muir, Melissa W. Bartholomew, and Anila Daulatzai discuss the role of religious and spiritual resources in women's multifaceted contributions to sustainable peace and the challenges and promise of women's engagement. 
00:00 Welcome by Dean David N. Hempton, Harvard Divinity School
00:28 Opening Remarks by Ann D. Braude, Director of the Women's Studies in Religion Program and Senior Lecturer on American Religious History, Harvard Divinity School
17:46 Rosalind I.J. Hackett, WSRP Research Associate and Visiting Professor of Women's Studies and Religion, Harvard Divinity School and Professor and Head, Department of Religious Studies, University of Tennessee
42:13 Trelawney Grenfell-Muir, Adjunct Professor, Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance, University of Massachusetts Boston
51:00 Melissa W. Bartholomew, MDiv candidate, Harvard Divinity School and Co-founder, Women United for Peace Through Prayer
1:03:47 Q&A moderated by Dean David N. Hempton
Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at www.hds.harvard.edu

Women Healing Women
Published on Jun 6, 2014
The Women Healing Women program, sponsored by the Religion, Health, and Healing Initiative of the Center for the Study of World Religions, with funding from the Germeshausen Foundation, empowered women healers by creating dialogue among women physicians, nurses, alternative and holistic practitioners, ministers, and mental health professionals and by facilitating their pilot projects. This conference on Marhc 22, 2004, showcased those projects.













Christopher Hitchens and Tariq Ramadan Debate: Is Islam a Religion of Peace? (Full Talk) | 92Y Talks


Is World Peace Possible?

http://www.ted.com/conversations/12430/world_peace_is_unattainable.html
















World Peace Through Personal Peace


P for #Peace


"Give peace a chance, yes, but why not get serious and give it a place in the curriculum: peace courses in every school, every grade, every nation. Unless we teach our children peace, someone else will teach them violence."