From prayer to dance, to political activism, to the sharing of memories, to collective climate action, to re-humanisation: peace can be found, crafted, fought for and promoted in many different ways. This ‘room’ in our museum brings together a wide range of approaches to peace-finding and peace-building to celebrate the diversity of options we have available to us. Some involve mind work: meditation, or adjusting our thinking about in-groups and out-groups. Others are physical: channeling or communicating peace through our bodies. Some revolve around personal interactions: a cup of tea, or the exchange of grief, regret, stories. Others catalyse communities into collective action, so that everyone has a chance to play a part. Humans are a resourceful and creative species: there are as many ways to find and make peace as there are people in the world.
Peace in Faith and Practice: Mediation and Disarmament
I do not know whether Quakers have special aptitudes or skills as mediators, but…
Beach Party Vietnam
Trigger warning: mutilation The Dead Milkmen were a punk rock band from Pennsylvania, known…
Visualizing Peace(ful Cities): Arcosanti
Exterior and interior of Arcosanti, photos by Finn on Unsplash ‘The problem I am…
Peace in Faith and Practice: Visualising Peace as Relief from Suffering
‘Almost always there is, behind the physical need, something much less concrete, a damaged…
Screenplay: No Love Lost
This summer I went with a group of friends to a nightclub in Edinburgh….
Peace-building through Archives: The Haifa Feminist Institute
Dr Sarai Aharoni, a Senior Lecturer of Gender Studies at the Ben-Gurion University of…
Visualizing Peace(ful Cities): The Invisible Urbicide Project
In autumn 2022, I created the Invisible Urbicide Project to encourage a general audience…
Peace in Faith and Practice: Quakers and Conscientious Objection
‘The savage momentum of war drags us all in its wake…’ London Yearly Quaker…
Screenplay: Hyacinths
“Listen. Listen to me.” I am writing a series of screenplays, reflecting on different…
Douglas Gillespie’s ‘Path of Peace’
In 2022, Sir Anthony Seldon published The Path of Peace: Walking the Western Front…
Drawing a Peace Narrative (Literally)
‘Āśā’, by Harris Siderfin and Maddie McCall (2022). You can download read the full…
Generation Peace: the power of story telling in peacebuilding and the heroes it can produce
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5f3Qhzf7U4 This podcast hosts Rob Burnet, founder and CEO of Shujaaz Inc, a multimedia youth platform…
A Manufactured Image/With No Philosophies: Art and Peace in Head (1968)
Trigger warning: suicide The Monkees were a hybrid acting group/rock band formed in the…
Music in Space with Bjørn Vidø: Bringing us closer to peace on Earth?
During these challenging times from the pandemic to the climate emergency, we all need to…
I love you, though I do not know who you are: a recipe for peace
Even when not overtly at war, our local and national communities are often far…
Peace in Faith and Practice: The Origins of Quaker Testimony on Peace and Non-violence
Take heed, dear Friends, to the promptings of love and truth in your hearts….
Taking love and care seriously in classrooms
Mindfulness is the energy that allows us to look deeply at our body, feelings,…
Screenplay: String Theory
‘If the world were ending, I’d hope that all my friends were in my…
Addressing Ahmadinejad: Music, Comedy, and Peace
“I know you say there’s no gays in Iran, but you’re in New York…
Dad’s Army: Pockets of Peace and Humour?
Still from Dad’s Army (1971), directed by Norman Cohen; timestamp 1.20.00-1.27.52, accessed via BoB…
Journey: visualising peace through gaming
Fig. 1 – The Traveller in front of a statue of the past Designed…
Mindful peace with Haemin Sunim
The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to be Calm…
Om Shanti – An invocation for peace – ॐ शान्तिः
Sinderen in the Netherlands, 2021 If somebody is a real symbol of non-violence, love,…
Inner peace
‘Inner Peace’ Otilia Meden, April 2022 Peace within me, Peace surrounding me, Peace from…
Pride: peace in social justice and the power of solidarity
“Whether we march with banners or without, the important thing is that we march…
Is hacktivism peaceful?
We are Anonymous. We are legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget….
Cyber peace and artivism, with Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox
Theatre of War: Techno-Colonised Planet Gouache on paper, 2022 In ‘Theatre of War: Techno-Colonised Planet’…
Woo Youngmi, Seoul Fashion Week 2018
Woo Youngmi 2019 A central theme of Seoul Fashion Week in Fall/Winter 2018 was…
Valentino’s ‘Peace Dress’
Valentino’s ‘peace dress’ on displace in front of the Augustan ‘Altar of Peace’ in…
Two Neighbors
https://www.twoneighbors.com The brand Two Neighbors produces items of clothing which are the product of…
Souvenir Official, ‘Protect Peace’
https://souvenirofficial.com/protect-peace/ Most of the items in this museum that look at fashion as a…
Isha Sadhguru’s ‘Fashion for Peace’
‘Fashion for Peace’ is a collaboration between Isha Sadhguru, an Indian yoga guru, and…
Jean Gritsfeldt, Berlin Fashion Week 2022
Fashion designers undoubtedly have the power to create stark, complex and shocking shows, either…
The Magnus Archives: When Does Peace Begin?
Trigger warning – cannibalism, suicide, gore ‘As I walked alongside them, I knew that…
To Be or Not to Be: Religion and Resistance
Trigger warning – the Holocaust To Be or Not to Be was one of…
UTOPIA / DYSTOPIA
In 2020, a fashion collection was showcased as part of an art exhibition for…
Pockets of Peace in Ukraine, Spring 2022: A Reflection
An emerging trend in International Relations literature conceives of peace as acts of empathy…
Pockets of Peace in Ukraine, Spring 2022: Care for Animals
On 24 February 2022, the Russian army invaded Ukraine, starting the first international land…
Pockets of Peace in Ukraine, Spring 2022: Care through Music
On 24 February 2022, the Russian army invaded Ukraine, starting the first international land…
Pockets of Peace in Ukraine, Spring 2022: Care for Nature
On 24 February 2022, the Russian army invaded Ukraine, starting the first international land…
Frankenstein in Baghdad
Trigger warning: descriptions of gore, body parts, corpses ‘I wanted to hand him over…
Religion, Resistance, and Indoctrination in Jojo Rabbit
“You’re not a Nazi, Jojo. You’re a ten-year-old kid who likes dressing up in…