The sessions "Facing Culture of Fear Through Culture of Peace" will take place next 28th and 29th November, in the assembly hall Francisco A. Muñoz, which belongs to the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies and to the Euroarab Foundation.
Juan Torres López will commence the sessions with an inaugural conference, afterwards, Carlos Martín Beristain will be awarded with the prize "Reconocimiento Francisco A. Muñoz 2019", for his contribution to peaceful conflict resolution and transformation, comprehensive approaches to victims' reparation, and human rights defence.
The session which takes place on November 29th, will be organized around several tables in which different topics will be discussed: fear of the past, present and future and culture of peace facing culture of fear.
- Regarding fear of the past, we will talk about Historical Memory, Human Rights and Democracy.
- In order to adress fear of the present, we will discuss social polarization as a challenge to conflict management.
- Fear of the future will be discussed in two different tables: in the first one, the eco-social crisis and conflicts will be adressed through a debate on transition into sustainable and peaceful societies. The second table will adress migration flow, security and human rights, analysing where the European Union is heading off.
Two more tables will talk about how to face culture of fear through culture of peace, carrying out a paradigm shift and alternative proposals for discriminatory identities and hate crime.
Furthermore, in the last table, feminism will be addressed as an answer to violent extremism and culture of fear: we all must assume our vulnerability.
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The opening will take place next 28th and 29th November, at 17:00, in the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies with:
- Pedro Mercado Pacheco. Vice-rector of Institutional Politics and Planning, University of Granada.
- Ana Barrero Tíscar. Head of the Spanish Peace Research Association. AIPAZ.
- Rafael Ortega Rodrigo. Vice-secretary of the Euroarab Foundation for Higher Studies.
- Juan Manuel Jiménez Arenas. Head of the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies. University of Granada.
"Reconocimiento Francisco A. Muñoz 2019"
Carlos Martín Beristain will be awarded with the prize "Reconocimiento Francisco A. Muñoz 2019", for his contribution to peaceful conflict resolution and transformation, comprehensive approaches to victims' reparation, and human rights defence.
The sessions are organized by the Spanish Peace Research Association (aiPAZ) and the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPAZ) in collaboration with the Euroarab Foundation.
