Revista Historia de la Educación Latinoamericana ISSN: 0122-7238 ISSN: 2256-5248 Universidad Pedagógica de Colombia - UPTC Añaños, Fanny T.; Rivera, Maribel; Amaro, Ana Foundations of Culture of Peace and Peace Education as a means of Social Inclusion Revista Historia de la Educación Latinoamericana, vol. 22, no. 35, 2020, July-December, pp. 13-34 Universidad Pedagógica de Colombia - UPTC DOI: https://doi.org/10.19053/01227238.11916 Available in: https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=86966147002 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System Redalyc More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America and the Caribbean, Spain and Journal's webpage in redalyc.org Portugal Project academic non-profit, developed under the open access initiative Foundations of Culture of Peace and Peace Education as a means of Social Inclusion Fundamentos de la Cultura y Educación para la Paz como medio de inclusión social Fundamentos da Cultura e da Educação para a Paz como meio de inclusão social Fanny T. Añaños1 Universidad de Granada, España/ G.I. HISULA, UPTC, Colombia. htps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7515-1987 Maribel Rivera2 Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, México htps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6850-5054 Ana Amaro3 Universidad de Granada, España htps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8033-0488 Reception: 01/30/2020 Evaluation: 04/29/2020 Acceptance: 05/28/2020 Research - Review Article htps://doi.org/10.19053/01227238.11916 ABSTRACT The aim of this paper is to provide a consisted of an exhaustive and specialized theoretical and grounded approach to the documentary study of writen, virtual, and culture and peace education, both linked database sources with a subsequent content to socio-educational inclusion, as well as to analysis. the related processes and methods. This is The conclusions highlight the impor- an original proposal from pedagogical and tance and applicability of the socio-educa- social education approaches where inclu- tional approach, coherent with the social sion, its principles, methods, and processes reality, especially of vulnerable and confic- are merged together and applied to peace tive groups, where inclusion is a crucial education in order to construct/deconstruct element to improve the quality of life and and promote a culture of peace. The method social coexistence. It is also a practice that 1 Professor of the Department of Pedagogy, Deputy Director of the Institute of Peace and Confict (IPAZ) and coordinator of the Master’s Program in Culture of Peace, Confict, Education and Human Rights at the University of Granada. Ph.D in in Pedagogy, Master’s Degree in Children’s Rights and Needs. Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education. E-mail: [email protected]. 2 Teacher of Social Psychology and Socio-Cultural Education at the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico. Master’s degree in Social Psychology of Groups and Institutions and PhD Student in Educational Sciences at the University of Granada, Spain. E-mail: [email protected]. 3 Teacher of Social Pedagogy and School Inclusion in the Pedagogy Department at the University of Granada. Ph.D in Pedagogy. E-mail: [email protected]. Rev. hist.edu.latinoam - Vol. 22 No. 35, julio - diciembre 2020 - ISSN: 0122-7238 - pp. 13 - 34 14 Fanny T. Añaños, Maribel Rivera, Ana Amaro contributes to overcome risk factors and lopment, management and transformation favors protective and potential situations. of life conficts in the most comprehensive All of the above will have an impact and inclusive way possible, inside and on the strengthening and improvement outside the school context. of culture of peace as a tool for social and Key words: culture of peace; peace educa- educational transformation, the protection tion; social justice; social pedagogy; social inclu- of human rights, fair and sustainable deve- sion; socio-educational intervention. RESUMEN El presente trabajo tiene como obje- coherente a la realidad social, especialmente tivo realizar una aproximación teórica y en colectivos vulnerables y en conficto, fundamentada sobre la Cultura de Paz y donde la inclusión es fundamental para Educación para la Paz, unida a la inclusión mejorar la calidad de vida y la convivencia socioeducativa, así como a los procesos social, superando los factores de riesgo y y métodos de acción intervinientes. La favoreciendo los factores de protección y originalidad radica en el abordaje desde potenciales. Todo, incidirá en el fortaleci- enfoques de la Pedagogía y Educación miento y mejora de una Cultura de Paz social, donde la inclusión, sus principios, como herramienta de transformación social métodos y procesos se funden y aplican en y educativa, la protección de los derechos la Educación para la Paz, a fn de construir/ humanos, el desarrollo justo y sostenible, la deconstruir y fomentar una Cultura de Paz. gestión y transformación de los confictos, El método empleado ha sido un estudio a lo largo de toda la vida, de la forma más documental exhaustivo y especializado en integral e inclusiva posible, dentro y fuera fuentes escritas, virtuales y bases de datos, de la escuela. realizándose un posterior análisis de conte- Palabras clave: cultura de paz; educación para nido. la paz; justicia social; pedagogía social; inclusión Las Conclusiones evidencian la importancia social; intervención socioeducativa. y aplicabilidad del enfoque socioeducativo, RESUMO O presente trabalho tem como obje- coerente com a realidade social, espe- tivo realizar uma aproximação teórica e cialmente em coletivos vulneráveis e em fundamentada sobre a Cultura de Paz e a confito, nas quais a inclusão é fundamental Educação para a Paz, somada à inclusão para melhorar a qualidade de vida e a socioeducativa, assim como aos processos convivência social, superando os fatores de e métodos de intervenção. A originalidade risco e favorecendo os fatores de proteção e encontra-se na abordagem a partir dos as potencias. Tudo isso incidirá no fortale- enfoques da Pedagogia e Educação social, cimento e melhora de uma Cultura da Paz na qual a inclusão, seus princípios, métodos como ferramenta de transformação social e e processos se fundem e se aplicam na educativa, a proteção dos direitos humanos, Educação para a Paz, a fm de construir/ o desenvolvimento justo e sustentável, a desconstruir e fomentar uma Cultura de gestão e resolução dos confitos, ao longo Paz. O método empregado foi um estudo de toda a vida, da forma mais integral e documental exaustivo e especializado em inclusiva possível, dentro e fora da escola. fontes escritas, virtuais e bases de dados, Palavras-chave: cultura de paz; educação realizando-se uma posterior análise de para a paz; justiça social; pedagogia social; conteúdo. inclusão social; intervenção socioeducativa. As conclusões evidenciam a importância e aplicabilidade do enfoque socioeducativo, Rev. hist.edu.latinoam - Vol. 22 No. 35, julio - diciembre 2020 - ISSN: 0122-7238 - pp. 13 - 34 Foundations of Culture of Peace and Peace 15 Education as a means of Social Inclusion INTRODUCTION Irenology4, understood as peace studies or peace and confict studies, tradi- tionally refers to academic disciplines, especially within political science and sociology. It deals with the multifactorial study of conficts and threats to peace of various kinds. Specifcally, from an educational perspective, the epistemo- logical and methodological foundations of the subject to be dealt with in this work emerge from Social Pedagogy, as a discipline, and from a complex feld of action for Social Education in its practical and professional dimensión: Peace Education5,6. This model is known in Latin America as “Popular Education”, derived from the French current with the same name. Addressing peace education means to confront diverse situations as well as historical, political, social, economic, among many other realities that are ofen mediated by violence and context-specifc conficts. Peace education, certainly, aims to lay the groundwork that will allow the identifcation and analysis of current and future realities, in order to propose intervention mechanisms to improve the issues detected; such as diferent forms of coexistence that lead to deconstruct, construct or reconstruct fairer societies for life, societies based on human rights, both within and outside the school seting, societies in which everyone has a place. For these purposes, it is important to take into account diferent perspectives, such as those related to the personal and social training, the protection and exercise of human rights, but also solid theoretical contents based on coexis- tence, management and transformation of conficts, development of educational options beyond the school environment and supporting pedagogical and methodological principles. On the other hand, and in parallel, there exist the need of implementing socio-educational practices which generate spaces, moments, situations or events that raise awareness and help to understand the processes of change and management of the mater under improvement, overcoming, or integral develo- pment in order to build a harmonizing and inclusive “culture of peace”. It is not possible to ignore from this framework the presence of political, ideo- logical, economic, social, etc., perspectives and interests merged in a scenario in which structural violence, and frequently other types of violence (direct–verbal, psychological and physical, and cultural-symbolic)7, represent a great challenge 4 Irenology: from Ancient Greek εἰρήνη (eirḗnē, “peace”). An interdisciplinary efort aiming