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SUMMARY:The Creation of Non-Warring Peace Systems as a Form of Peacebuild
 ing
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DESCRIPTION:The workshop includes a talk by Douglas P. Fry\, and an after
 noon's debate about implications for Peacebuilding. The topic of Douglas
 ’ talk is as follows:.\n\nWar is not always present in human societies. 
 Peace systems\, defined as groups of neighbouring societies that do not 
 make war on each other\, exist on different continents.\n\nA comparison 
 of three peace systems—the Upper Xingu River basin tribes of Brazil\, th
 e Iroquois Confederacy of upper New York State\, and the European Union—
 highlight six features hypothesized to be important in the creation and 
 maintenance of intersocietal peace:\n\n- an overarching social identity\
 n- interconnections among subgroups\n- interdependence\n- nonwarring val
 ues\n- symbolism and ceremonies that reinforce peace\, and\n- superordin
 ate institutions for conflict management.\n\nThe existence of peace syst
 ems demonstrates that it is possible to create social systems free of wa
 r.\n\nNo registration required.
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Room 6.206\, University Place\, Manchester
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