Everardo Perez-Manjarrez, from the National University of Distance Education (UNED), shares his experience during his research stay in Seoul, South Korea, analyzing memory sites and memory practices,[...]
Spain
Normalization and de-normalization of violence
In this video, Angela Bermudez, from the Center for Applied Ethics at Deusto University in Bilbao, Spain, tells us about her team’s research into the mechanisms for normalizing or denormalizing violen[...]
Learning about the violent past in memorial museums
Ethical reflection and history education: article by colleagues from Deusto University This paper explores the ways in which memorial museums open opportunities for a critical understanding of violent[...]
History education or indoctrination?
During our first meeting, Mario Carretero (UAM, FLACSO) gave a talk regarding the common practice of doing historical reenactments at schools in Argentina during national holidays. In his presentation[...]
History Education and Conflict Transformation
Social representations of history are fundamental in forming social identities and are consequently critical for understanding intergroup relations. Social psychological approaches are vital for under[...]
“Gernika, that spring”: historical reenactment
The Gernika Peace Museum, on the event of their 20th anniversary, organized a historical re-enactment entitled “Gernika udabarri haretan” (Gernika that spring), which is summarized in this book. More[...]
Towards Delegitimization of Political Violence
“In this booklet we offer our theoretical reflection with a distinct pedagogical character. It is based on clearly evidenced convictions: in the first place, the ethical bid for the assumption of the[...]
History Education and Peacebuilding
The Center for Applied Ethics and the Youth Council of Euskadi have analysed questions asked by young people about politically motivated violence in the Basque Country. This initiative was developed d[...]
Memories of stone and steel
The monuments to the victims of the Civil War and franquismo in Euskadi (1936-2017). The recovery of history and memory of the republican victims of the Civil War has become in the last decade[...]