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Peace Studies between Tradition and Innovation From the Series Peace Studies: Edges and Innovations Peace Studies between Tradition and Innovation Edited by Randall Amster, Laura Finley, Edmund Pries and Richard McCutcheon Peace Studies between Tradition and Innovation Edited by Randall Amster, Laura Finley, Edmund Pries and Richard McCutcheon This book first published 2015 Cambridge Scholars Publishing Lady Stephenson Library, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2PA, UK British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Copyright © 2015 by Randall Amster, Laura Finley, Edmund Pries, Richard McCutcheon and contributors All rights for this book reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. ISBN (10): 1-4438-7166-4 ISBN (13): 978-1-4438-7166-2 TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Figures........................................................................................... viii List of Tables .............................................................................................. ix Foreword ..................................................................................................... x Timothy Donais Acknowledgments .................................................................................... xiv Introduction ............................................................................................... xv Edmund Pries and Randall Amster Part I: Enduring Questions ...................................................................... 1 Chapter One ................................................................................................. 4 Revisualizing (In)Justice: Peace Studies in the Early 21st Century Joanna Swanger Chapter Two .............................................................................................. 17 The Ethics of Power and the Power of Ethics: Transformation as Power Diffusion Michael Minch Chapter Three ............................................................................................ 30 Skin in the Game: The Emergence of Family-based Anti-war Organizing in the 21st Century Kelly Rae Kraemer Chapter Four .............................................................................................. 46 Aboriginal-Canadian Relations: Curricular Possibilities for Reconciliation and Peacebuilding Jennifer A. Tupper vi Table of Contents Part II: Organizing and Activism .......................................................... 63 Chapter Five .............................................................................................. 65 Activism, Agency, and Assemblage: Performing Resistance in Occupy Wall Street and Idle No More Emily Welty Chapter Six ................................................................................................ 83 Toward a Twenty-First Century, Science-Based “Constructive Programme” Mark A. Mattaini Chapter Seven .......................................................................................... 102 Where You Stand Determines What You See: Twenty-First Century Models of Feminism, New Media, and Peace Activism Amy Schneidhorst Chapter Eight ........................................................................................... 116 Human Development, Anthropogenic Climate Change, and the Demands of Justice Michael Minch Part III: Peace Pedagogy ...................................................................... 133 Chapter Nine ............................................................................................ 138 Othering: Lessons from Rwanda for America’s Schools Mishy Lesser Chapter Ten ............................................................................................. 154 University-School-Community Practices for Peace and Justice Steve Sider, M. Kristiina Montero, Spy Dénommé-Welch, April King and Jeff Pelich Chapter Eleven ........................................................................................ 175 Social Justice Education through Activism and Advocacy: A Case Study of the College Brides Walk Kelly Concannon and Laura Finley Peace Studies between Tradition and Innovation vii Chapter Twelve ....................................................................................... 196 Peace Education as an Ethical Framework to Situate Restorative Justice: Locating the Concerns of Communities of Color in Peace and Justice Discourse David Ragland Part IV: Practical Applications ............................................................ 211 Chapter Thirteen ...................................................................................... 215 Shaping Peacebuilding Partnerships between International and Palestinian NGOs: Implications for Peace Studies Wendy Kroeker Chapter Fourteen ..................................................................................... 232 Improving Security through Local Peacebuilding: A Municipal Perspective on the Salvadoran Gang Truce Kari Mariska Pries Chapter Fifteen ........................................................................................ 249 Humanizing Global Trade: The Fair Trade Solution Lowell Ewert and Jennifer Wiebe Chapter Sixteen ....................................................................................... 265 Teaching Peace and the Costs of War through Public Art Sharon Toffey Shepela Conclusion ............................................................................................... 280 Laura Finley and Richard McCutcheon Contributors ............................................................................................. 288 Index ........................................................................................................ 295 LIST OF FIGURES 1. Variables likely to affect the incidence of the practice of standing courageously in the face of threat among members of a resistance movement (Mattaini) 2. Visual interpretation of an excerpt from Clements’ (2007) play “Copper Thunderbird” (Sider at al.) 3. Visual interpretation of Scofield’s (1993) poem titled “Urban Dwelling (from E. 6th Balcony)” (Sider et al.) 4. Iraq War installment (Shepela) 5. Iraq War poster (Shepela) LIST OF TABLES 1. The Constructive Programme (Mattaini) 2. Critical goals toward which movements of constructive noncooperation might reasonably be explored and tested (Mattaini) FOREWORD TIMOTHY DONAIS When new acquaintances discover that I make my living as a teacher and researcher in the field of peace and conflict, they often reply to the effect that at least I’ll never run out of work. There is, indeed, something Sisyphean about the wider project of peace studies: even in the face of evidence that the world is becoming more peaceful (if not necessarily more just), we are daily reminded – most recently via the ongoing carnage in Syria – of the gap that remains between the promise of world peace and the persistence of armed conflict. Closer to home, the fear and anger that roiled one middle-American town in late 2014 following the death of an unarmed black teenager at the hands of a white police officer provides another sobering reminder not only of the complex relationship between justice and peace, but also of the reality that peacebuilding is not just a project for Afghans, Bosnians, or Liberians. The conference out of which this edited collection emerges provided a snapshot of the state of peace studies in North America in the second decade of the 21st Century. It was appropriate, and perhaps inevitable, that the conference theme – tradition vs. innovation – speaks to a tension at the heart of the peace studies agenda, for as much as peace studies has always been united by the normative pursuit of a less violent and more just world, it has also been riven by a range of creative tensions. The organizers of the 2013 Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA) conference were inspired by the host city of Waterloo, which combines a vibrant high-tech sector with the deep, peace-oriented traditions of the Mennonite church, but they could just as easily have emphasized enduring tensions between the scholarly and activist communities, between pacifists and pragmatists, or between incrementalist problem-solvers and those representing more radical traditions. Far from being a weakness, however, such tensions are a necessity in a field which spans the local to the global, which incorporates activists, educators, and researchers from a broad range of disciplinary perspectives, and which is contained only by the exceedingly loose conceptual limits of what ‘peace’ can and might mean. Given the wide range of ways in which violence – both direct and structural – is Peace Studies between Tradition and Innovation xi manifest in the contemporary world, and the myriad paths through which peace can be promoted, nurtured, and sustained, the strength of the peace studies community truly lies in its diversity, and that diversity was in full display in Waterloo. Yet the wonderful cacophony of voices and perspectives also represents a challenge since, as we often tell our students, an emphasis on breadth can often come at the expense of depth. While it’s clear that the pursuit – and the study – of peace and justice has never been more relevant than it is today, it’s also worth reflecting on whether the messages emerging from events such as PJSA’s annual conference are resonating, both among our

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