IDSA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Israeli Jews, Peace Education, Peacebuilding
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Rethinking pedagogies in divided societies latin america, and around the world. In many protracted conflict situations, opportunities for constructive or sustained inter- group contact do not arise naturally, without preparation. Thus, although success is not assured, people continue to create contact dialogue and other bridge-building programs, around the world. Peacebuilding education: arts, media, discourses, shared and plural identities. Peace education initiatives may engage people through language, popular culture, electronic technology, and arts. For instance, the hello peace initiative of families forum, an organization of israeli jews and palestinians whose relatives had been killed in that conflict, encouraged people to telephone a number that connected them to a willing person on the. Other side. after over 480,000 calls (2002-2004), many participants reported significant impacts on themselves, their friends and relatives, and somewhat on those indirectly exposed through media or word of mouth. Other well-known prejudice reduction initiatives in various conflictual societies include the many sesame street-type children"s television programs.