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Positive peace in schools

viewpoints. For example, the female peddler from Wisma Atlit who reopened trading between the people of Mardika and Batu Merah or the health worker who distributed aid to refugees from all religious backgrounds. The process of compiling history brings about hope, renewal, openness and aims at regaining the humanitarian heritage of ‘basudara’ which has been swallowed by the vicious appetite of unfeeling ruthlessness. Experiences in Maluku can become a mirror into which we can look for lessons in preventing violent conflict and strengthening peace in other parts of the world. For those of us who do not live in areas of violent conflict, our experience of war is via the media – in stark newspaper headlines and conflict reporting, in Twitter timelines and blogs, in magazines and television images and in the sounds of voices and gunfire on the radio. But still the coverage we consume shapes our collective understanding of what can be done – what should be done. Stories can influence peace processes, sway the escalation or reduction of conflict, and undermine – or enhance – the confidence, trust and expectations of the parties involved. Stories have real power. Basudara Stories of Peace from Maluku asks us all to think about how we deploy it. Basudara Stories of Peace from Maluku is affecting, instructive with an emancipatory intent and sheds a unique light on the world of Indonesia’s Maluku Islands. The contributors of the book speak from their consciences, from myriad cultural, religious, humanitarian and nationalistic dimensions, telling stories filled with indignation, tears, sadness and regret. All of the personal stories in this book have been conveyed with amazing honesty. Careful editorial work has ensured a smooth dovetailing of the contributions so that the book is more than simply the sum of its parts. This book offers a panoramic and creative view of how stories can be used as a vehicle of peace education and therein lies the pedagogical genius of this volume: it practices what it preaches. In offering such a wide conceptual view; the volume simultaneously challenges you to engage its text critically and to subsequently embark upon an expedition to seek out further answers.