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Resources from the Peace Justice Conference #4 in 2018:
“Meeting the Other”

 

The conference took place at the Tvind campus 11 – 13 May 2018.

The Key Note speakers were:

There were a number of workshops, cultural events and discussions about how to act to create peace.

Please find below resources and descriptions of workshops, speakers and other elements from this conference.

 

Collaborative Art

Collaborative Art

The workshop is an introduction to non-verbal communication coupled with a creative process. It is about “meeting the other” in silence, and to explore ways of communicating with a stranger through art.

Fortress Europe

Fortress Europe

A personal account of volunteering in refugee camps and squats, getting to know the people who fled and understanding their struggles in Europe, and more specifically in Athens.

Nakba

Nakba

If we want to transform society, we must learn to tell – and listen to – a new set of stories about the world we want to create. So open your eyes and listen carefully to the story of NAKBA.

Meeting the Other on SoMe

Meeting the Other on SoMe

At this workshop, we will discuss sexuality and sexual practices on digital media from a feminist perspective. Keywords: Feminism, digital sexuality, online activism, digital sexual assault.

Never ending journey

Never ending journey

How is it to be a refugee? Which challenges or difficulties do you meet? It starts when you lose and ends when you survive. Ghassam Rahmi shares his insights as a volunteer and a refugee.

A Good Boy

A Good Boy

Getting to know the sexual abuse in Philippines. A powerful animation about the crime of pedophilia. Deeply touching theatre play of a victim and a discussion about the taboo.

Art Exhibitions

Art Exhibitions

Jens Galschiøt and Aske Kreilgaard share their political art at the Peace Justice Conference. “Refugees” and “Les Enfants de Nobel” are examples of political art exhibited.

Mountain Language

Mountain Language

Harold Pinter’s legendary play delivers a short sharp shock, displaying the brutalities of a society, which forbids a minority of its population to speak their own language.

Open your eyes!

Open your eyes!

In this alternative, interactive workshop we will learn about our personal boxes, gain an understanding of our prejudices and together identify what we can do about it.

Policy of Peace

Policy of Peace

Resisting further armament and developing an alternative, comprehensive Nordic security policy, specifically co-operating about making the Baltic Sea a Sea of Peace.

Validation

Validation

The daunting task of making the world a better place requires more than achieving “a product”. It is important to recognise the process and the people involved as well.

Bully Boy

Bully Boy

A ferociously gripping play that tackles the challenging moral issues of contemporary military occupation and its effect on the mental health of serving soldiers.

Annihilation of Caste

Annihilation of Caste

In this workshop, we will not only increase our understanding of the role of caste in Indian society, but we will also be challenged on some of our – dearest – stereotypes.

De-colonising Education

De-colonising Education

Decolonising Education: Combatting imperialism with the perspectives and contributions of minorities’ knowledge. Re-appropriating culture & indigeneity, defining privilege & power.

The Mask

The Mask

To empathise with each other’s values and self-actualisation is important for independent volunteers and activists in general. Letting go of your mask is essential.

We are all immigrants

We are all immigrants

Keywords: social difference, social status, racism, xenophobia, prejudice, foreigner, migration… Let’s explore “the Other” and find some answers in this interactive workshop.

Music for Peace

Music for Peace

At the workshop, we are going to learn some peace songs Martin has prepared. We will perform them in the evening with audience singing along. No previous experience needed.

Sea of Peace

Sea of Peace

The cornerstones of an alternative security policy and the demand of a demilitarisation of the islands in the Baltic Sea. The mission of declaring the Baltic Sea as a “Sea of Peace”.

No Peace Without Justice

No Peace Without Justice

We create peace, when we fight prejudice and stereotypes. We create peace, when we make bridges between each other. We create peace, when we liberate and emancipate ourselves.

Us & Them

Us & Them

“The Other” doesn’t exist on its own, it always occurs in relation to “us”. “The Other” helps to explain identity: why people feel the belonging to this certain group, ethnicity, gender, nation.

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