scholarly journals CULTURE (YORÙBÁ) AS A MEANS OF DE-ESCALATING CONFLICT AND MAINTAINING PEACE   

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akintayo Sunday Olayinka
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Management ◽  
Peace Education ◽  
Conflict Studies ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
Journal Publication ◽  
Peace And Conflict Studies ◽  
Conflict Situations ◽  
Peace And Conflict ◽  
Southwest Nigeria ◽  
Research Findings

Most works in peace and conflict studies concern interventions in conflict situations – such as conflict management – or projects seeking to sustain peace after a conflict, such as conflict resolution, conflict transformation, and peace education. However, using a peace lens, this study affirms culture as one of the means the Yorùbá utilize to sustain peace in their community. The paper first ascertains the presence of conflict and proceed to discuss how some features of Yorùbá culture facilitate harmony as evidenced in the research findings. Note: This article is based on a primary research among the Yorùbá of southwest Nigeria within 2015 to 2020, the bulk of which is taken from chapter 5 of the dissertation. A few amendments were made to suit the requirement of this journal publication.

scholarly journals THE YORÙBÁ’S PEACEFULNESS ENHANCED BY AN INFORMAL PEACE EDUCATION 

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akintayo Sunday Olayinka
Keyword(s):  
Peace Education ◽  
Reciprocal Relationship ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Conflict Studies ◽  
The West ◽  
Doctoral Thesis ◽  
Religious People ◽  
Peace And Conflict Studies ◽  
Peace And Conflict ◽  
Positive Peace

This article is a review of the southwest Nigerian Yorùbá and their perceived peacefulness in the context of Nigeria as a country. It attempts to address the question of how peaceful the Yorùbá religious people are amidst the Nigeria unstable situation and in comparison, with the established peaceful societies (PS). In as much as the focus of peace and conflict studies has being to bring about peace in human societies and nations, peace researchers and practitioners have been working to resolve conflicts and support their subjects to stabilize their societies. Whilst academics and practitioners were focusing on resolving conflicts and resettling the communities and individuals affected by conflict and wars, other initially peaceful communities were beginning their own conflicts. The newly emerging conflict makes peacemaking efforts more difficult to achieve as O’Reilly rightly asserts (2016). To join other researchers to ameliorate the setbacks by attempting to sustain positive peace in human society, this study hereby focuses a relatively peaceful community [the Yorùbá] to find how they handle disputes, crises and conflicts that have the potential for violence, whilst maintaining its harmony. The first part of this paper provides a concise discussion about peace and conflict studies as it developed in the West followed by an outline of conflicts in Nigeria and amongst the Yorùbá to identify any gap to justify this inquiry. The paper ends with some clues on how peacefulness is retained in the multireligious community. This study argues for an informal peace education to support a mutual-reciprocal relationship between people of different beliefs to retain peacefulness in human society. NOTE: This article is taken from chapter 2 and the conclusion of the author’s doctoral thesis, with a few amendments.

scholarly journals The Role of Silence and Avoidance in Interpersonal Conflict

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexia Georgakopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Management ◽  
Interpersonal Conflict ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Conflict Studies ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Peace And Conflict Studies ◽  
Peace And Conflict ◽  
Dispositional Properties

Conflict is an inevitable process in relationships. Effective strategies must be used to manage conflict accordingly. If one is to understand how to incorporate effective strategies when dealing with conflict, the emotional experience related to conflict must be understood. The expression of anger is the emotion most associated with conflict; therefore, anger is an important emotion in the assessment of conflict. Anger is associated with arousal that may be traced to have its roots in the evolution of humankind. The emotion of anger is in part biological which links it to dispositional properties and to another extent largely communicative as it has expressive properties. From a communication perspective, fight and flight responses can be modified to contribute to more productive forms of conflict management. This paper argues that avoidance and silence are strategies that are viewed negatively in Western Cultures; however, these strategies can in fact be effective strategies in promoting peace in relationships when conflict arises. Peace and Conflict Studies - 85

Towards an Inclusive Conception of Best Practices in Peace and Conflict Initiatives: The Case of the South Caucasus

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-150
Author(s):  
Philip Gamaghelyan
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
Conflict Studies ◽  
South Caucasus ◽  
The Past ◽  
Peace And Conflict Studies ◽  
Peace And Conflict ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
Democracy Building

Abstract The field of peace and conflict studies has been maturing over the past few decades, not least thanks to the continual epistemological contestation between its philosophy and methodology. As a consequence, the methods of conflict resolution practice have been evolving. Dominated by realist approaches of conflict management during the Cold War, the field in the 1990s relied heavily on neo-liberal theories of economic interdependence, democracy building, and interest-based negotiations that can bring win-win outcomes. By the late 2000s, as the constructivist paradigm and critical theory started gaining ground in academia, the conceptual conversation shifted toward the possibilities of building inclusive societies and achieving structural and cultural peace via conflict transformation, rather than resolution, as the respective methodology.

scholarly journals THE YORÙBÁ’S PEACEFULNESS ENHANCED BY AN INFORMAL PEACE EDUCATION    

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akintayo Sunday Olayinka
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Peace Education ◽  
Conflict Studies ◽  
The West ◽  
Doctoral Thesis ◽  
Peace And Conflict Studies ◽  
Peace And Conflict

This paper is a review of the southwest Nigerian Yorùbá and their recognized peacefulness in the context of Nigeria as a country. It attempts to address the peacefulness amidst the Nigeria unstable circumstances and in comparison, with the established peaceful societies (PS). The first part of the paper provides a concise discussion about peace and conflict studies as it developed in the West followed by an outline of conflicts in Nigeria and amongst the Yorùbá to identify a gap for this inquiry. The paper suggests the Yorùbá multireligious community provides some clues to how peacefulness could be retained in a society. Similarly, it suggests the roles informal peace education play in supporting people of different beliefs but same culture to retain their harmony. The author, nevertheless, left a challenge to move the study of PS beyond the agrarian and rural communities to investigate more modern societies for peacefulness. NOTE: This article is taken from part of chapter 2 and the conclusion of the author’s doctoral thesis, with a few amendments.

scholarly journals CULTURE (YORÙBÁ) AS A MEANS OF DE-ESCALATING CONFLICT AND MAINTAINING PEACE   

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akintayo Sunday Olayinka
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
Peace Education ◽  
Peace Studies ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
Conflict Situations

Most works in peace studies concern interventions in conflict situations – such as conflict management – or projects seeking to sustain peace after a conflict, such as conflict resolution and peace education. However, using a peace lens, this study affirms culture as one of the means the Yorùbá utilize to sustain peace in their community. The paper ascertains the presence of conflict and proceed to discuss how some features of Yorùbá culture facilitate harmony. This article is based on a primary research among the Yorùbá within 2014 and 2020, the bulk of which is taken from chapter 5 of the dissertation.

A culture of peace and leadership education

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erich P. Schellhammer
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Education ◽  
Leadership Studies ◽  
Conflict Studies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
World Community ◽  
Effective Leaders ◽  
Peace And Conflict Studies ◽  
Peace And Conflict ◽  
Culture Of Peace ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the connections between the principles of a culture of peace and leadership education. It argues that leadership should be informed by the values of a culture of peace. This, in turn, compels leadership education to teach mindsets, values and competencies aligned with a culture of peace. Design/methodology/approach The paper explores the evolution of leadership theory within the context of an increasingly complex world. It then uses United Nations materials to identify principles for a culture of peace as it is now widely acknowledged by the world community. Identifying correspondence between both theoretical realms the paper identifies peace leadership education goals that are supported by established peace organizations and by philosophical and psychological scholarship. Findings The paper establishes a direct link between the values of a culture of peace and leadership that is adequate as well as successful to address the complexity of today’s world. It also identifies key principles that need to be adopted by leadership education to prepare students to become effective leaders. The paper also explores essential educational tools for leadership educators. Practical implications The theoretical framework presented in this paper can be used to adjust leadership education to give practical guidance for aspiring leaders. It is also useful for peace and conflict studies programmes interested in developing peace leaders. Originality/value The interrelationship between leadership studies and peace and conflict studies constitutes a new field of academic inquiry. The present paper is one of the first in the field and is intended to further establish this new disciplinary orientation.

Bridging the gap between cyberwar and cyberpeace

2021 ◽  
Vol 97 (6) ◽  
pp. 1727-1747
Author(s):  
Joe Burton ◽  
George Christou
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Security Studies ◽  
Cyber Warfare ◽  
Communications Technology ◽  
Conflict Studies ◽  
Critical Security Studies ◽  
Peace And Conflict Studies ◽  
Peace And Conflict ◽  
Conceptual Debate

Abstract The conceptual debate around the term cyber warfare has dominated the cybersecurity discipline over the last two decades. Much less attention has been given during this period to an equally important question: what constitutes cyber peace? This article draws on the literatures in peace and conflict studies and on desecuritization in critical security studies, to suggest how we might begin to rearticulate the cybersecurity narrative and shift the debate away from securitization and cyberwar to a more academically grounded focus on desecuritization and cyber peace. It is argued that such a move away from a vicious circle where states frame cybersecurity predominantly within a national security narrative and where they seek to perpetually prepare for cyberwar, to a virtual cycle of positive cyber peace, is not only a desirable, but a necessary outcome going forward. We assert that this is particularly important if we are to avoid (continuing) to construct the very vulnerabilities and insecurities that lead to the prioritization of offence and destruction in cyberspace, rather than transformative, human-centred development in information and communications technology innovation.

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