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Some Geohistorical Contexts of Peace Psychology

Explore the nexus of peace psychology with geo-historical influences and cultural dynamics in Asia, delving into colonization, ethnic divisions, Japan's occupation, nonviolent democratization movements, and indigenous peacebuilding. This comprehensive analysis offers a nuanced understanding of conflict transformation and peacebuilding in diverse Asian contexts.

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Some Geohistorical Contexts of Peace Psychology

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  1. Some Geohistorical Contexts of Peace Psychology

  2. Books in the Series(as of February 2009) Global Conflict Resolution through Positioning Analysis by Moghaddam & Harre (2008) Liberation Psychology: Theory andPractice by Montero & Sonn (2009) Handbook on Building Cultures of Peace by de Rivera (2009) Transforming Societies after Political Violence: Truth, Reconciliation, and Mental Health by Hamber (2009) Nonviolence and Peace Psychology by Mayton (2009) Forgiveness and Reconciliation: Psychological Pathways for Conflict Transformation and PeaceBuilding by Kalayjian and Paloutzian (2009) Peace Psychology in Asia by Montiel & Noor (2010) Small Group Research: Applications to Peace Psychology and Conflict Resolution by Blumberg, Hare, Kent, & Davies(in preparation) Youth Violence: Reflections from and on theField by Michael Greene (in preparation) Forging Peace under Fire? Reconciliation-aimed Encounters between Israeli-Jews and Palestinians by Ifat Moaz (in preparation) Books with Geo- historical Focus THE PEACE PSYCHOLOGY BOOK SERIESSpringer Science + Business Media (Springer SBM) Latin Amer. S. Africa Asia Middle East

  3. Cristina Montiel Noraini Noor

  4. PEACE PSYCHOLOGY IN ASIA Table of Contents Peace Psychology in AsiaMontiel & Noor (2009)

  5. Peace Psychology in AsiaMontiel & Noor (2009)

  6. Peace Psychology in AsiaMontiel & Noor (2009)

  7. Peace Psychology in Asia(Montiel & Noor, 2009) • European Colonization and Ethnic Divisions Chapter 1: Thematic Overview (Montiel, 2009)

  8. Colonization and Ethnic Divisions: Hindu-Muslim Khan & Sen (2009) in Montiel and Noor (Eds.)

  9. Colonization & Ethnic Divisions in Malaysia Noor (2009) in Montiel and Noor (Eds.) Malay Chinese Malaysian Indian Malaysian

  10. Colonization and Ethnic Divisions: Christian-Muslim Muluk & Malik (2009) in Montiel and Noor (Eds.)

  11. Peace Psychology in Asia(Montiel & Noor, 2009) • European Colonization and Ethnic Divisions • Japan’s Occupation and Continued Animosities Chapter 1: Thematic Overview (Montiel, 2009)

  12. China-Japan Relations: Continued Animosities about the Nanjing Massacre & Japanese Occupation (1931-45)

  13. China-Japan Relations: Atsumi & Suwa (2009) in Montiel and Noor (Eds.) Redressing Continued Animosities about the Nanjing Massacre & Japanese Occupation (1931-45) through disaster relief A Japan Disaster Relief Team in Qushan, Beichuan County, working at a middle school affected by the Sichuan earthquake (Photo courtesy of the Japan International Cooperation Agency)

  14. China-Japan Relations: Generational Change Japanese students display the Chinese characters meaning "separated by a narrow water" referring to the geographic neighborhood between China and Japan, during their visit in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang province (March, 2008) Naïve Universalism? Atsumi & Suwa (2009) In Montiel & Noor (Eds.)

  15. Colonization & Forgiveness in Korea-Japan Relations Ohbuchi & Takada (2009) in Montiel and Noor (Eds.) Japan, Korea to Join Hands to Aid Afghanistan (2009) Japan-Korea 2002 World Cup Logo For the first time in its history, the World Cup was organized by two countries. South Korea and Japan each provided ten stadia, the vast majority of them newly built for the tournament President Lee Myung-bak and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso launch joint projects, constructing schools and hospitals through a partnership between the Korea International Cooperation Agency and the Japan International Cooperation Agency. (Jan. 09)

  16. Peace Psychology in Asia(Montiel & Noor, 2009) • European Colonization and Ethnic Divisions • Japan’s Occupation and Continued Animosities • Nonviolent Democratization Movements Chapter 1: Thematic Overview (Montiel, 2009)

  17. Nonviolent Democratization Movements Estuar & Montiel (2009), in Montiel and Noor (Eds.) Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia ‘87 Ukraine ‘04 East Germany ‘89 South Korea ‘87 Nepal ‘06 Mexico ’88-early ‘90’s Taiwan ‘86 Thailand ‘92 Philippines ’86, ‘01 Indonesia ’98-‘99 East Timor ‘02 South Africa ‘94 Chile ’83-‘88 Nonviolent Transitions from 1985-2006 (from Montiel and Christie, 2008)

  18. Peace Psychology in Asia(Montiel & Noor, 2009) • European Colonization and Ethnic Divisions • Japan’s Occupation and Continued Animosities • Nonviolent Democratization Movements • Culture and Peace Psychology Chapter 1: Thematic Overview (Montiel, 2009)

  19. Culture and Peace Psychology:Indigenous Peacebuilding Muluk & Malik (2009), in Montiel and Noor (Eds.) Baku Bae and Indigenous Peacebuilding Peace March in Ambon

  20. Culture and Peace Psychology:Religion and Social Justice People Power & Cardinal Sin

  21. Reduces Direct Violence Power differences ignored Serves the status quo Reduces Structural Violence Power differences reduced Threatens the status quo Episodic versus Structural Peacebuilding

  22. Peace Psychology in Asia(Montiel & Noor, 2009) • European Colonization and Ethnic Divisions • Japan’s Occupation and Continued Animosities • Nonviolent Democratization Movements • Culture, Religion, and Peace Psychology • Direct and Structural Peace Chapter 1: Thematic Overview (Montiel, 2009)

  23. Episodic Structural Violence Violence In Asia: Emphasis on Structural Violence • Also called direct violence  Also called indirect violence • Kills/harms quickly  Kills/harms slowly • Intermittent  Continuous • Acute insult to  Chronic insult to well-being well-being • Episodes may be  Inertia may be prevented mitigated • Dramatic  Normalized

  24. And Links between Structures & Episode of Violence and Peacebuilding Episodic Structural Episodic Violence Systemic Violence Structural Violence Violence Structural Peace- building Episodic Peace- building Systemic Peacebuilding Peacebuilding (Christie, JSI, 2006)

  25. Peace Psychology in Asia(Montiel & Noor, 2009) • European Colonization and Ethnic Divisions • Japan’s Occupation and Continued Animosities • Nonviolent Democratization Movements • Culture, Religion, and Peace Psychology • Direct and Structural Peace • The Importance of Collective Subjectivities Chapter 1: Thematic Overview (Montiel, 2009)

  26. The Importance of Collective Subjectivities Atsumi & Suwa (2009) in Montiel and Noor (Eds.) Scientific Traditions

  27. Social Representations of History Liu & Sibley (2009) in Montiel and Noor (Eds.) Social Narratives and the destruction of the Babri Masjid monument in Ayodhya, 6 December 1992.

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