Abstract:
This presentation is an invitation for audiences to join the discussion about what museums
for peace mean for the present and future of human civilization and the planetary ecosystem. It extends the dialogue launched in MUSEUMS FOR PEACE: IN SEARCH OF
HISTORY, MEANING, AND CHANGE (Routledge, 2024), a new book that spotlights how
museums for peace are rethinking and transforming their exhibits, and their peacebuilding
aims and strategies for peacebuilding in these tumultuous times. We explore how museums for peace are searching to engage meaningfully with violent conflicts present
and past; with socio-political structural violence; with identity- and ideology-based terrorism, and with environmental and planetary violence. We highlight emerging
peacebuilding aims, methods, and designs for museums and memorials, and their
implications for peace research, education, and practice
