Full Description
After periods of conflict and authoritarianism, educational institutions often need to be reformed or rebuilt. But in settings where education has been used to support repressive policies and human rights violations, or where conflict and abuses have resulted in lost educational opportunities, legacies of injustice may pose significant challenges to effective reform. Peacebuilding and development perspectives, which normally drive the reconstruction agenda, pay little attention to the violent past. Transitional Justice and Education: Learning Peace presents the findings of a research project of the International Center for Transitional Justice on the relationship between transitional justice and education in peacebuilding contexts. The book examines how transitional justice can shape the reform of education systems by ensuring programs are sensitive to the legacies of the past, how it can facilitate the reintegration of children and youth into society, and how education can engage younger generations in the work of transitional justice.
Contents
Introduction, by Clara Ramirez-Barat and Roger DuthiePart I: Post-conflict Education Reconstruction and Transitional Justice 1. Teaching about the Recent Past and Citizenship Education during Democratic Transitions, by Ana Maria Rodino 2. Education Reform through a Transitional Justice Lens: The Ambivalent Transitions of Bosnia and Northern Ireland, by Karen Murphy 3. History, Memory, and Education: Is It Possible to Consolidate a Culture of Peace in Guatemala?, by Gustavo Palma MurgaPart II: Reparations, Redress, and Education 4. Education for Overcoming Massive Human Rights Violations, by Cristian Correa 5. Education as a Form of Reparation in Chile, by Lorena Escalona Gonzalez 6. Access to Education as Redress for Victims in South Africa, by Teboho MojaPart III: Outreach, Education, and Sustainability 7. Outreach to Children in the Transitional Justice Process of Sierra Leone, by Zoe Dugal 8. Building a Legacy: The Youth Outreach Program at the ICTY, by Nerma Jelacic 9. Outreach and Education at the Liberation War Museum in Bangladesh, by Mofidul Hoque 10. Historical Commissions and Education Outreach: Challenges and Lessons for Transitional Justice, by Alexander KarnPart IV: Civil Society, Education, and Transitional Justice 11. Facing the Past-Transforming Our Future: A Professional Development Program for History Teachers in South Africa, by Dylan Wray 12. Addressing the Recent Past in Schools: Reflections from Cote d'Ivoire, by Virginie Ladisch and Joanna Rice 13. Grappling with Lebanon's Enduring Violence: Badna Naaref, an Intergenerational Oral History Project, by Lynn Maalouf and Christalla YakinthouContributors
