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.
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 me,By thy…
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, episode 95
Trigger warning – cannibalism, suicide, gore ‘As I walked alongside them, I knew that…
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
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…
Jojo Rabbit
“You’re not a Nazi, Jojo. You’re a ten-year-old kid who likes dressing up in…
Visualising Peace after Forced Displacement
Marios Diakourtis, April 2022 As I was researching narratives to incorporate into our Museum…
Oseh Shalom
עוֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם בִּמְרוֹמָיו הוּא יַעֲשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם עָלֵינוּ Oseh Shalom is a prayer that appears…
Make Me A Channel of Your Peace
Make me a channel of your peaceWhere there is hatred let me bring your…
Peace Through Movement
‘I have always turned to dance as a means of feeling at peace –…
Howard Marten: Conscientious Objector
“What must have galled them was that while we were reasonably civil, we were…
Story #1913
“I felt personally responsible for creating those target packages which led to the deaths…
The Weight of a White Feather
“Suddenly producing a large white feather, she jabbed it into his waistcoat. And in…
Padre Steve’s Christmas Journey of Healing
“In each of those encounters with those suffering there was a glimmer of hope…
Achilles in Vietnam and Peace Through Rehumanization
Trigger warning: descriptions of graphic violence In the early 1990s, Dr. Jonathan Shay was…
Moral Injury: Healing
“Moral Injury: Healing” is the final part of a three-part series by the Huffington…
Journey for Forgiveness
Trigger warning: injury, death, trauma “Something very bad happened to your father, and it…
Combat Story #28: Elliot Ackerman
Visualising Peace as Story-Sharing “I don’t agree with his ideology […] I’m not too…
Green Mosul
‘Life wins’ – Dr Omar Mohammed / Mosul Eye When ISIS captured Mosul in…
Hope in a Jar
Visualising Peace with Honey In 2014, ISIS captured the Iraqi city of Mosul.[i] Terrible acts…