GEOGRAPHIES FOR PEACE / GEOGRAFÍAS PARA LA PAZ
2017 IGU-UGI Thematic Conference 23-25 April 2017
La Paz - Bolivia

LIST OF SESSION PROPOSALSIGU COMMISSIONS PROPOSALS
A. IGU COMMISSION ON GLOBAL CHANGE AND HUMAN
MOBILITY (GLOBILITY)
A.1. Human mobility as a deviation of vulnerability and conflicts in the service ofpeace / La movilidad humana derivada de la vulnerabilidad y al servicio de la paz
Josefina Dominguez Mujica (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain)
josefina.dominguezmujica@ulpgc.ec
La movilidad humana derivada de la vulnerabilidad y al servicio de la paz
La historia de la humanidad se ha visto afectada periódicamente por desplazamientos forzosos
provocados por la violencia y los conflictos armados; el terrorismo y la opresión; la discriminacióny la injusticia. En el momento actual somos testigos de una revitalización sin precedentes de estos
flujos migratorios, la primera de este tipo desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Esta tragedia afecta a
países y continentes, y agrava la situación social y económica de las regiones menos desarrolladas.
Las instituciones encargadas de controlar y proteger a los migrantes se ven superadas por lamagnitud de dichos flujos, que extienden la vulnerabilidad personal y social más allá de las zonasde conflicto.
Pero los procesos migratorios no son sólo una consecuencia de las poblaciones que se ven afectadas
por la guerra, la persecución o los desastres naturales, sino que también contribuyen a laconstrucción de la paz, al enriquecimiento de las sociedades que acogen a los desplazados forzosos,
a la educación en la solidaridad y a la generación de vínculos transnacionales que pueden
restablecer el equilibrio entre países. Por lo tanto, es necesario analizar la movilidad humana nosólo en términos de riesgo y conflicto, sino como un fenómeno capaz de contribuir a la estabilidadsocial y a la convivencia.

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La sesión propuesta recibirá todo tipo de contribuciones que tengan como hilo conductor la
movilidad humana a partir del punto de vista de los conflictos y la paz. Daremos la bienvenida a (i)las reflexiones teóricas y metodológicas sobre las migraciones forzadas desde la perspectiva delparadigma definido como "mobility turn"; (ii) al análisis de la migración, como consecuencia de losefectos de las políticas de los estados emisores y receptores de migrantes; (iii) a los retos de lamovilidad humana frente a la construcción de espacios blindados (procesos de ‘trans-fronterización’,‘des-fronterización’ y ‘re-fronterización’); (iv) a los marcos de análisis transnacional, de género yde desigualdad en materia de refugiados; (v) a los procesos de desarrollo y de transformación social
vinculados al asentamiento de personas desplazadas; (vi) a la movilidad de los miembros de las
ONG y otras instituciones encargadas de la atención humanitaria a los migrantes forzados, etc.
Human mobility resulting from vulnerability in the service of peace
Human kind is dotted with forced displacements triggered by violence and armed conflicts; ofterrorism and oppression; of discrimination and injustice. In the current times we are witnessing an
unprecedented revitalisation of these migratory flows, the first of this kind since the Second World
War. Tragedies are troubling countries and continents, and aggravating the social and economic
situation of the less developed regions. Institutions in charge of controlling and protecting migrants
are surpassed by the magnitude of such flows that extend the personal and social vulnerability
beyond the conflict areas.
But not only are the migratory processes a consequence of populations affected by war, persecution
and natural disasters, but they also contribute building peace, enriching societies that host forcibly
displaced people, educating on solidarity and generating transnational links that can re-establish thebalance between countries. Therefore, it is necessary to analyse the human mobility not only interms of risk and conflict as well as a phenomenon capable of contributing to social stability andcoexistence.
The session proposed will receive all type of contributions with the leitmotif of human mobility
from the conflicts and peace point of view. We will welcome (i) theoretical and methodologicalreflections on forced migrations from the perspective of the paradigm defined as “mobility turn”;(ii) analysis of migration as a consequence of the effects of the policies of the sending and receiving
migrants states; (iii) challenges of human mobility facing the construction of fortress-spaces(processes of trans-bordering, de-bordering and re-bordering); (iv) transnational, gender andinequalities frameworks on refugees; (v) processes of development and social transformations
linked to the refugee settlement; (vi) mobility of the members of NGO and other institutions incharge of humanitarian attention to forced migrants, etc.
A.2 The role of human mobility dealing with violence and conflicts / El papel de lamovilidad humana ante la violencia y los conflictos
Josefina Dominguez Mujica (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain)
josefina.dominguezmujica@ulpgc.ec
El papel de la movilidad humana ante la violencia y los conflictos
Los desplazamientos forzosos provocados por la violencia, los conflictos armados, el terrorismo, laopresión, la discriminación y las injusticias han sido una constante en la historia de la Humanidad.
Sin embargo, en la actualidad, se ha producido una revitalización sin precedentes de estos flujos
migratorios, la más intensa desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Los conflictos bélicos manifiestos olatentes agravan las condiciones económicas y sociales de ciertas regiones geográficas, al mismo

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tiempo que generan situaciones de vulnerabilidad y riesgo para un gran número de personas, con el
resultado de la emigración y dislocación de los que huyen de la persecución y la muerte.
Ahora bien, la movilidad humana no es sólo una consecuencia de la sociedad del riesgo y delconflicto sino que puede ser un importante activo para la construcción de la paz, para elenriquecimiento de las sociedades de acogida, para la educación en la solidaridad y para la creaciónde vínculos transnacionales que pueden reestablecer el equilibrio entre países. Por tanto, también es
necesario abordar el estudio de la movilidad humana como un fenómeno capaz de contribuir a laestabilidad y armonía sociales.
La sesión que se propone aceptará todo tipo de contribuciones con el leitmotiv de la movilidad
humana desde el punto de vista de los conflictos y la paz. Serán bienvenidas (i) las reflexiones
teóricas y metodológicas sobre las migraciones forzadas; (ii) el análisis de las migraciones comoconsecuencia de los efectos de las políticas de los estados en las sociedades de procedencia y dedestino; (iii) el desafío de la movilidad humana ante la construcción de los estados-fortaleza(procesos transfronterizos, de desmantelamiento de fronteras y de refuerzo de las fronteras); (iv) elmarco de estudio trasnacional, de género y de desigualdad en materia de refugiados; (v) los
procesos de desarrollo y de transformación social asociados al asentamiento de personas
desplazadas; (vi) la movilidad de los cooperantes internacionales y de otros miembros deinstituciones a cargo de la atención humanitaria a migrantes forzados.
The role of human mobility dealing with violence and conflicts
The forced displacements triggered by violence, armed conflicts, terrorism, oppression,
discrimination and injustices have been incessant events in the history of human kind. However, atpresent we are witnessing an unprecedented revitalisation of these migratory flows, the most intense
since the Second World War. The latent and manifest armed conflicts are aggravating the social andeconomic conditions of some geographical regions at the same time that generating situations ofvulnerability and risk for a large number of people with the result of migration and dislocation of
those fleeing persecution and death.
Nevertheless, human mobility is not only a consequence of the risk and unrest society, but it also
can be an important active building peace, enriching host societies, educating on solidarity andgenerating transnational links that can re-establish the balance between countries. Therefore, it isnecessary to approach studying human mobility as a phenomenon able to contribute to social
stability and harmony.
The session proposed will receive all type of contributions with the leitmotif of human mobility
from the conflicts and peace point of view. We will welcome (i) theoretical and methodologicalreflections on forced migrations; (ii) analysis of migrations as a consequence of the effects of states
policies in sending and receiving societies; (iii) challenges of human mobility in front of thebuilding of fortress-spaces (processes of trans-bordering, de-bordering and re-bordering); (iv)transnational, gender and inequalities frameworks on refugees; (v) processes of development andsocial transformations linked to the settlement of displaced people; (vi) mobility of the members of
NGO and other institutions in charge of humanitarian attention to forced migrants.

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B. IGU COMMISSION ON POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY
B.1. Geographies of diplomacy and peace
Virginie Mamadouh (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
V.D.mamadou@uva.nl
Diplomacy is conventionally seen as a key mechanism through which peace agreements are madeand processes of peace-building are forged. Understood as the art and practice of conducting
negotiations between representatives of different communities, diplomacy is underpinned by both
estrangement and cooperation. This session will examine the geographies that frame therelationship between diplomacy and peace. This includes: examination of the different scales ofoperation of diplomacy, from the international to the local; exploration of the multifarious sites of
diplomatic practice including the UN, embassies and summits; analysis of the networked nature of
diplomacy with its transnational connections and localised hubs; discussion of the everyday
practices of diplomacy including the role of technology, diplomatic decorum and strategies ofnegotiation; and assessment of the increasing array of actors involved in diplomacy from states toNGOs, transnational corporations to religious communities
B.2. Cities of Peace: Place names celebrating peace
Virginie Mamadouh (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
V.D.mamadou@uva.nl
Ranging from La Paz, Jerusalem or Dar-Es-Salaam to Pyongyang and Salem (Sweden, and its many
counterparts in North America), many places around the world are named after peace. Others, like
The Hague in the Netherlands, have promoted themselves as peace capitals, or have engaged with aglorious episode of their history as location of a peace conference. This session welcomes empiricaland conceptual papers that address the dynamics of naming and place making and its relations tosocio-spatial processes in that locality. When, how and why were such toponyms institutionalized?
Are specific socio-spatial configurations to such invocation of peace? Do they matter for theidentity of the residents of these cities and towns? How are they used in place branding campaigns
and for identity politics? How is the experience of peace negotiations used afterwards? Do peacecities fulfill a special role in city networks in their state and beyond ? Comparative studies areencouraged but case studies are valued too to deepen our insights in the motivation and the impact
of such labels.
B.3. Mediating between languages: Interpreters and Translators as spokespersons,peacebuilders or traitors
Virginie Mamadouh (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
V.D.mamadou@uva.nl
Interpreters and translators (and bilinguals) are mediating between language groups. The session
welcomes papers on the position of interpreters and translators working with and for foreign
administrative, including foreign troops, international peace forces, international NGOs, foreign
journalists and photographers, foreign researchers, and other foreign (economic) actors stressing thespecificities of different configurations: occupation, insurrection, post conflict peace operations or(post)colonial spheres of influence. In countries receiving asylum seekers, interpreters andtranslators (often refugees themselves) have become noteworthy gatekeepers in the assessment ofasylum procedures. Papers could address the political geographies of teaching and recruiting4

mediators, of controlling their work (certification and quality control), the geopolitical discourses
around their role (spokesperson or advocate, peacebuilder or bridge maker, traitor or spy…), thelinguistic repertoires and the individual trajectories of interpreters and translators in (post-)conflictsituations and the geographical specificities of the linguistic makeup of the local and national
contexts.
B.4. Twinnings, sister cities and citizens diplomacy: Bypassing states for peace?
Virginie Mamadouh (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
V.D.mamadou@uva.nl
The relations between cities and states are evolving rapidly. While the modern territorial states had
gradually overpowered cities over the past centuries, (larger) cities are reclaiming a certain
autonomy and developing their own international policies to attract investments, but also topromote peace. Some mayors have gathered quite an international reputation and a global
parliament of mayors has been established. These international activities re-actualize the tensions
between the guardian syndrome and commercial syndrome (Jane Jacobs, Peter J. Taylor). The
first is promoted by the state and political hierarchies, the second by the city and trade contracts.
There are complementary, but local configurations feature a specific balance between them. The
promise of city twinnings and sister cities and other form of citizens diplomacy to overcome thewars states had waged in the twentieth century have been paradoxically supported by some states
as a lasting peace mechanism, while others make them impossible, in the first place by curtaining
the autonomy of local authorities, to preserve their sovereignty. In any event cities also competewith each other (economically) and that competition might contribute to structural violence in otherlocalities.
B.5. Political geographies of Pax Americana and other forms of peace imposed by force
Virginie Mamadouh (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
V.D.mamadou@uva.nl
Pacification campaigns are more often than not the results of the imposition of order by a mighty
actor: a central state actor within national societies, or a superpower in international relations. The
largest empires have often brought some peace and prosperity to large areas at the expense of selfdetermination and of the exploitation of specific groups and resources. The political geographies ofthese pacification campaigns need to disclose the variegated outcome of Empire and foreground themultiscalar processes at work. Under what circumstances is such a peace more than the impositionof the status quo? How is the ending of such a peace negotiated? What are the contexts in which atransition to another (reasonably) peaceful system of governance is possible? And what
configurations are likely to lead to an armed conflict and generalized open violence?
B.6. Geopolitics of Peace and Peace geopolitics
Virginie Mamadouh (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
V.D.mamadou@uva.nl
With critical geopolitics, geographers have reclaimed geopolitics – once the geographical aid tostatecraft in foreign relations, imperial adventures and nationalist wars - and have revealed theimportance of geographical imaginations and geopolitical representations for power relations. They
have highlighted the importance of othering processes in the mapping of the world and thejustification of competitive foreign policies. Can the tools of critical geopolitics be used to5understand peace movements and peace initiatives as well as narratives and geographicalimaginations aiming at overcoming national identities? (think of cosmopolitanism, ERASMUS
exchange programmes, city twinnings, school twinnings, citizens diplomacy, public diplomacy,
Olympic Games, Eurovision song festival and music festivals, Nobel Peace Prize, Esperanto,
scouting, awareness campaigns such as the International Year of Global Understanding, utopian
fiction novels and movies, peace songs, pilgrimages…). While traditional geopolitics were centeredon providing frames for officials to guide their conduct in the world, critical geopolitics rarely
provide guidelines for action. Is there an ethics of geopolitical analysis that would support ageopolitics of peace or a peace geopolitics? And if so what would be its building blocks?
B.7. Cultural Practices against the Militarization of Occupied Territories: A
Comparative Perspective
Takashi Yamazaki (Osaka City University, Japan)
yamataka@lit.osaka-cu.ac.jp“Occupation” generally and historically means “to place a country or countries under one’s own
control with force” and indicates a form of territorial control or formal/informal colonization bymeans of military force. “Occupation,” on one hand, emerges as a result of the exercise of force
such as war and represents an unestablished/unstable state of sovereignty in the occupied territories.
On the other hand, it may accompany the re-militarization of such territories to transform them into
outposts for the sphere of imperial influence of the occupying. While such occupation often causes
the occupied to struggle for self-determination, international human rights, and legal justice, it gives
rise to a variety of political and cultural resistance at the level of daily lives of the occupied that
attempt to go through porous walls of effective sovereignty exercised by the occupying. Thissession pays particular attention to various “cultural” practices in the occupied territories across theworld in order to find non-violent, sustainable, and effective ways towards the end of occupation.
War and occupation destroy and transform the lives and cultures of the occupied. However, thesubstratum of the destroyed and transformed cultures leaves their trails in the memories andlandscapes of the occupied. Culture is not unchangeable in time and space but can have the powerof resistance and recovery or “resilience.” From a comparative perspective, this session welcome
theoretical and empirical papers that elucidate how cultural practices can be important componentsof strategies and tactics against the militarization of the occupied territories across the world.
B.8. Common Histories and Border Ethics beyond Securitization
Anna Casaglia (Karelian Institute, University of Eastern Finland, Finland)anna.casaglia@uef.fi
Jussi Laine (Karelian Institute, University of Eastern Finland, Finland)jussi.laine@uef.fi
James Scott (Karelian Institute, University of Eastern Finland, Finland)james.scott@uef.fi
The representation of the border as a line to be defended from threats and as a metaphoric wall
separating clashing cultures, does not allow us to focus on the complexity of the frontier and of theactors crossing it, living it and experiencing it every day. A genealogic and relational perspective on
the frontier can highlight its geopolitical multiplicity and can avoid reducing it to a line in the sanddividing incompatible worlds. A historical approach can, in fact, unveil connections, mixes, andoverlapping traces that go beyond dichotomous ideas and representations of borders and theprocesses related to them. The dividing nature of borders is often emphasized in order to obscure
the reality of common pasts, as is the case in Europe (e.g. the Mediterranean region, East v West)and in the Americas (as exemplified by border communities).
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The effort to engage with the past implies the possibility to engage an ethics of the border in termsof its management, the way we study and represent borders, and ways in which rediscovering of the“Other” can take place in a relational and historical connection with “Us”. Narratives of conflictoften prevail in current circumstances of securitization. This panel therefore invites proposals thatoffer a situated, historical and complex vision in analysing the border, providing evidence ofcommon border histories. We invite papers that underline ethical aspects that can emerge when
considering borders from a historical and relational approach. Papers can focus on the
Mediterranean, the Americas, or other examples of frontier regions where emergency situations
hide the complexity of the border.
B.9. Transnational conflicts in Africa: Migration, mobility and peace
Inocent Moyo (University of Zululand, South Africa)
minnoxa@yahoo.com
Christopher Changwe Nshimbi (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
csnzed@gmail.com
While wars and conflicts in Africa generally occur within the territorial boundaries of affectedstates, they tend to spill over across borders into proximate and neighboring countries. Most victimsof such wars and conflict also share historical and ethnic backgrounds with kith and kin inneighboring countries and tend to flee, for refuge and asylum, to the peaceful proximate neighbors.
Cases have been recorded in which governments in the conflict ridden states openly accused theirneighbors of fueling the conflict in the accuser’s territory. Burundi, the Democratic Republic ofCongo (DRC), Rwanda and Uganda in the Great Lakes Region are good contemporary cases inpoint. This session will explore the dynamics of the transnational nature of conflicts in Africa andexamine the relationship between conflict and the spatial mobilities of borders, as well as the
migration regimes within which states that share contiguous borders in given geographic territories
are embedded. The session will attempt to respond to several questions such as: How do thecontiguous border regimes in Africa precipitate the fueling of transnational conflict? What patterns
do such conflicts follow? Who are the victims and the perpetrators? Could transnational dynamics
of conflict provide the basis for negotiating lasting peace or, on the contrary, do they fuel conflict?
Are there any linkages between, among others, coloniality of borders, conflict, and socioculturaland ethnic relations? What role could the porosity of borders in Africa play in sustaining andperpetuating conflict? Could the same nature of borders and migration patterns also provide afoundation for building peace?
Keywords: Conflict; peace; migration; mobility
B.10. The African Union and African Economic Community: Territorial and economic
arrangements for peace in Africa?
Christopher Changwe Nshimbi (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
csnzed@gmail.com
Inocent Moyo (University of Zululand, South Africa)
minnoxa@yahoo.com
Concerned with the plight of especially women and children as major victims of wars, civil
conflicts, human rights violations, humanitarian disasters, gender-based violence and violent
conflicts, and genocide, the African Union (AU) has committed to speeding-up actions that will7

“silence the guns by 2020” in its Agenda 2063, in order to make peace a reality for all people in
Africa. This resonates with sustainable development goals (SDGs) 5 and 16 to achieve genderequality and promote peace, justice and strong institutions for development. These attempts
conform with the AU’s plans to establish a continental free trade area (CFTA) in 2017. The CFTA
should lead to the establishment of the African Economic Community (AEC) in 2028, according to
the Abuja Treaty for the Establishment of the AEC. Besides low intra-regional trade, persistent war
and conflict are commonly cited as a major reason and evidence of the failure of regional
integration, in Africa at least. In this regard, a connection exists between conflict on the one hand
and regional integration and peace on the other, based on the understanding that peace is essential tounimpeded trade, development and inter-state cooperation. Against this background, this session,asks of the AU and its AEC project: How does obsessive regard for territorial sovereignty impact
on the readiness and the extent to which the supranational AU, the AU Commission (AUC) andrespective member states can and intervene in domestic conflicts occurring in African states? Does
the absence of war guarantee a peace that ensures distribution, location and spatial organization of
economic activities leading to successful regional integration? Practically, how can ambitions toestablish a single geo- political and economic space from Africa’s tapestry of states, economies,
cultures and customs by the AU be translated into a mosaic of grassroots, meso- and macro- level
actors committed to peaceful coexistence?

C. IGU COMMISSION ON THE HISTORY OF GEOGRAPHY
C.1. Peace in history and philosophy of geography: which possible approaches?
Marcella Schmidt (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy)
marcella.schmidt@unimib.it
In the last years, a flourishing international literature is addressing the “Geographies of Peace”, byproblematizing the idea of peace as a negative definition, i.e. the mere absence of war, and by
subverting the classical assertions geography as a discipline “structurally” allied with armies andwarfare.
Nevertheless, recent literature often quotes two forerunners of contemporary geographies of peace,
the anarchist geographers Elisée Reclus (1830-1905) and Pyotr Kropotkin (1842-1921) who were
not only prestigious “Founding Fathers” of contemporary critical geographies, but also scholars
who can still provide useful critical tools to understand the complex significations and contexts ofpeace: for them, peace was not an abstract concept, but a principle to build day by day in social
struggles, as true peace, they argued, “cannot exist without justice”. In the United States, Mary
Arizona (Zonia) Baber (1862-1956) dedicates her last book, Peace Symbols (1948) to the cause ofWorld Peace.
These suggest that early geographer’s approaches to peace, more or less “critical” are still
underplayed by present scholarship. In this session, we are interested to fill this lacuna and thus wecall for contributions mainly (but not exclusively) on:••••

Early geographers’ empirical or theoretical approaches to peace and related topics
The ideas of peace and war in geography in different linguistic and cultural areas than theeuropean ones
The emergence of 'peace studies' as an academic discipline and how this intersects with thehistoriography of geography
Approaches to the possible relations between spaces, places and peace outside of what is
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consecrated as “the geographical tradition” or “institutional geography”
Possible engagements for peace in the field of history and philosophy of geography
Historical geographies of peace and war
Geographers and the peace movement/anti-nuclear movement after World War II (i.e.
Vietnam War Protests, Nuclear Armament Protests, …)Geographers in international peace organizations and NGOs (e.g. UN, IRC, Peace Societies,
religious groups, …)
School geography and pacifism/international understanding in the 20th century
Mapping of borders to preserve/create peace and use of cartography to subvert borders anddisrupt peace

D. IGU COMMISSION ON MARGINALIZATION,
GLOBALIZATION AND REGIONAL AND LOCALRESPONSES
D.1. Globalization as a source of marginalization; marginality as a source of tensions
and conflicts
Steve Déry (Université Laval, Québec)steve.Dery@ggr.ulaval.ca
In his 1943 book, The Great Transformation, Karl Polanyi described how the development of amarket society during the course of the 19th century and early 20th century contributed to creating
tensions, the “Disruptive strains” in his second part “Self-protection of society”, tensions apparently
not related to each other, all over the world; these strains eventually crystallized in a polarizedworld that crashed twice into world wars.
Since the 1980s, with the globalization and neoliberalization processes walking hand in hand, newtensions have been created with the marginalization of many segments of population at various
levels, inside every country in the world and at various regional levels, like in sub-Saharan Africa,
triggering new kinds of “self-protection” by societies all over the world, as well as building new
kinds of “disruptive strains”.
During this conference, with this framework in mind, we seek contributions for our panels toimprove our understanding of how marginality, broadly defined in its various forms and at various
levels, create tensions, and conversely to better understand how processes of de-marginalization
could help peace to settle or to last. Tensions studies could be related for example to gender issues,
technology, social structure, especially ethnicity and the environment. Comparatives approaches
would be mostly welcomed, as well as policy, institutional and community responses to economic
and societal problems.

E. IGU COMMISSION ON IGU LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
E.1. Pueblos indígenas, territorios de paz
José Becerra Ruiz
Jose.becerra.ruiz@gmail.com
Juan Manuel Delgado Estrada
juanmanueldelgado@gmail.com

9Los pueblos indígenas se han caracterizado por vivir de acuerdo a sus normas, usos y costumbres,
territorializando sus espacios. Son considerados, pues, pueblos de resistencia, donde su cosmovisión
ha jugado un papel predominante debido a la trascendencia de sus interpretaciones sobre el mundo.
Según las Naciones Unidas (UN, 2016) hay por lo menos 5.000 grupos indígenas que significanunos 370 millones de personas que habitan en más de 70 países de los cinco continentes. Los
pueblos indígenas son considerados grupos vulnerables al haber sido excluidos de manera
sistemática a lo largo de la historia de la participación, del goce y disfrute de derechos
correspondientes como el diseño de políticas públicas adecuadas, la consulta previa e informada, el
desarrollo y el fomento cultural, entre otros.
Sin embargo y a pesar de las dificultades, estos grupos han logrado reconocimiento de sus derechos
culturales. En junio de 1969 la Organización Internacional del trabajo (OIT) adopta una serie denormas e incorpora algunas demandas y reclamos y los convierte en derechos internacionales
reconocidos. En 1982 el Grupo de Trabajo sobre Pueblos indígenas promovió la adopción denormas internacionales que garanticen estos derechos. No fue hasta 1992 cuando en la Cumbre dela Tierra, la preocupación sobre el deterioro de sus hábitats y territorios así como la degradación delmedio ambiente fueron temas de enfoque de discusión. Finalmente y luego de años de presión, el
reconocimiento internacional fue aprobado el 13 de septiembre de 2007 mediante la Declaración
sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas.
Los pueblos indígenas en todo el mundo están en constante búsqueda del reconocimiento sobre sus
territorios, existe un reconocimiento internacional, no obstante, hay muchos pueblos que no gozande este reconocimiento, el respeto, la justicia y la convivencia pacífica (Jefe Littlechild, 2013). Es
por ello la necesidad de visibilizar los avances en la consolidación de los derechos consagrados enla “Declaración de la Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas” sus derechosa sus tierras, bienes, recursos vitales, territorios y recursos, a su cultura, identidad y lengua,
al empleo, la salud, la educación y a determinar libremente su condición política y su desarrollo
económico.
Esta escenario convoca a todos los sectores a demostrar sus avances, estudios, visiones en torno a laterritorialidad indígena como espacios de construcción de territorios de paz donde el pleno
reconocimiento, relaciones respetuosas de mutuo acuerdo; reflejen, promueven y generen el camino
hacia la paz.
E.1. Indigenous peoples, territories of peace
Indigenous peoples have been characterized by live according to their rules and customs
territorializing their spaces. They are therefore resistance villages where their worldview has played
a dominant role because of the significance of their interpretations of the world considered.
According to the United Nations (UN, 2016) there are at least 5,000 indigenous groups that means
about 370 million people living in more than 70 countries on five continents. Indigenous peoples
are considered vulnerable to being excluded systematically throughout the history of participation,
the enjoyment of relevant rights as the design of appropriate public policies, prior and informed
consultation, development and promotion cultural and other fields.
However, and despite the difficulties, these groups have achieved recognition of their cultural rights.
In June 1969 the International Labour Organisation (ILO) adopted a set of standards andincorporates some demands and claims and become internationally recognized rights. In 1982 theWorking Group on Indigenous Peoples promoted the adoption of international standards thatguarantee these rights. It was not until 1992 when the Earth Summit, concern about the10deterioration of their habitats and territories as well as environmental degradation were topics of
discussion approach. Finally, after years of pressure, international recognition was approved on 13
September 2007 by the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Indigenous peoples worldwide are constantly seeking recognition of their territories, there is aninternational recognition, however, there are many people who do not enjoy this recognition,
respect, justice and peaceful coexistence (Chief Littlechild, 2013) . That is why the need to makevisible progress in the consolidation of the rights enshrined in the "Declaration of the United
Nations on the rights of indigenous peoples' rights to land, property, vital resources, territories andresources, their culture , identity and language, employment, health, education and to freely
determine their political status and economic development.
This scenario calls for all sectors to demonstrate their progress, studies, visions around indigenous
territories as areas of peace building territories where full recognition, respectful relationships of
mutual agreement; reflect, promote and create the path to peace.
E.2. Retos, desafíos y acciones en la búsqueda de la paz en América Latina
José Becerra Ruiz
Jose.becerra.ruiz@gmail.com
Juan Manuel Delgado Estrada
juanmanueldelgado@gmail.com
La paz es un anhelo trascendental, de carácter personal y colectivo de los pueblos, pero al mismo
tiempo es una gran utopía cuando en la realidad ésta también depende de factores externos. Los
seres humanos solemos discutir a varios niveles sobre la paz, pero la ignoramos casi por completo
en diferentes acontecimientos diarios. Si bien en el argot popular se ha naturalizado esta palabra y
su uso, en verdad desconocemos las implicaciones que tiene en la vida práctica.
Aprovechándose de esta incongruencia, históricamente en América Latina han surgido, ideólogos ydoctrinarios guerreristas (Derechas-Izquierdas, Armados, otros) que subterráneamente atizan elfuego de la discordia y han entorpecido procesos de diálogo en favor de la construcción de una
sociedad de paz. Sus posturas beligerantes han inducido a pensar, quizás equivocadamente, que
existen lugares y momentos en los cuales es más favorable la guerra que la paz. En contextos así depolarizados, la paz se ha vuelto algo etéreo, abstracto, una realidad intangible.
El bienestar latinoamericano está en un vaivén provocado por acciones políticas que estimulan ymantienen este estado dicotómico entre la paz y la guerra. Existen casos representativos de esta
situación, desde la controversia del embargo a Cuba por parte de EEUU, acercamientos Cuba EE.UU, las dictaduras, los movimientos guerrilleros, el proceso de paz en Colombia, ladesestabilización de los Estados, la situación política-económica-social de Venezuela, la soberanía
sobre Islas Malvinas, entre otros.
No obstante, existen procesos en toda la región latinoamericana, que promueven, construyen yestimulan procesos de cambios significativos. En los cuales la geografía juega un papel
fundamental en la descripción de todos estos momentos GeoHistóricos. Este es un escenario
acertado para estudiar a fondo los retos, desafíos y acciones concretas que se han experimentado en
toda América Latina, ofreciendo acciones y estrategias apuntando a la búsqueda del camino hacia lapaz en este territorio.

11E.2. Issues, challenges and actions in the quest for peace in Latin America.
Peace is a transcendent longing, personal and collective character of the people, but at the sametime is a great utopia when in reality it also depends on external factors. Humans usually discuss atvarious levels on peace, but almost completely ignored in different daily events. While the popularslang word has been naturalized and use, really we know the implications in practical life.
Taking advantage of this incongruity, historically in Latin America have emerged, ideologues anddoctrinaire warmongers (Derechas-Lefts, armed, others) underground fan the flames of discord andhave hindered processes of dialogue for the construction of a society of peace. His belligerent
stances have led to think, perhaps wrongly, that there are places and moments in which war is morefavorable than peace. In contexts so polarized, peace has become something ethereal, abstract, anintangible reality.
Latin American welfare is in a seesaw caused by political actions that stimulate and maintain thisdichotomous state between peace and war. There are representative cases of this situation, from thecontroversy of the embargo on Cuba by the US, approaches Cuba - USA, dictatorships, guerrilla
movements, the peace process in Colombia, the destabilization of States, the political situation
economic-social of Venezuela, sovereignty over Malvinas Islands, among others.
However, there are processes throughout Latin America, which promote, build and stimulatesignificant change processes. In which geography plays a crucial role in describing all thesegeohistorical moments. This is a right to study in depth the challenges, challenges and concrete
actions that have been experienced throughout Latin America, offering actions and strategies
aiming at finding the way to peace in this territory scenario.

F. IGU COMMISSION ON TOURISM
F.1. International Tourism and Cultural Diplomacy
Fabio Carbone (Coventry University, United Kingdom)
fabiocarbone.pro@gmail.com
Gianluigi Corinto (Università di Macerata, Italy)
gianluigi.corinto@unimc.it
The international flow of tourists is constantly increasing for many years. International tourism isconsidered today one of the greatest socio-economic phenomena. On the other hand, thesociopolitical instability worldwide is alarmingly growing: war, refugees’ crises, terrorism andgeopolitical changes in regions, such as Europe (which seemed to have found a great stability),
xenophobia, islamophobia and cultural decadence. Is it possible to associate positively - in theory
and in practice - the phenomenon of international tourism with such situation of instability? Several
academics have often spoken of tourism as a way to peace, but more recently Carbone (2016) has
proposed a more specific and concrete perspective: that of the recognition of international tourism
as a vehicle of cultural diplomacy worldwide. Such pioneering approach opens up new scenarios,
both from researchers and global decision makers, towards new alliances between international
relations activities and tourism. Implications concern many aspects: from the destination
management policies to the quality of cultural heritage management; from an improved
involvement of hosting communities to the destination marketing and so on. This session is basedon these recent considerations and aims to collect case studies and new interdisciplinary research
proposals in this brand new field of study related to the conceptual association between
international tourism and cultural diplomacy towards global mutual understanding and peace.
12F.2. Mobilities and Geographies of Peace
Edward Jackiewicz (California State University, Northridge, USA)
ed.Jackiewicz@csun.edu
Does tourism promote peace? In 1989, Lett stated that “tourism is the largest peaceful movementof people across cultural boundaries in the history of the world”. Since that time, the number ofinternational tourists has accelerated rapidly and expanded into previously less traveled regions
regions of the world. A consequence of these movements is that many of these popular tourism
destinations have become destinations for more permanent or semi-permanent migrants, often
referred to as “lifestyle migrants”. While the intent of these migrants is in principle peaceful, there
is a likely altering of the social, economic, and environmental order of the destination, particularly
if there is a large class divide between the tourists or migrants and the hosts, possibly resulting in aless than peaceful reordering of the host societies. Much of the tourism research to date has shownthat the growing presence of tourists can adversely effect the existing social order through suchthings as the “demonstration effect” whereby locals try to imitate the lifestyles of the tourists. Thisis, of course, in addition to the environmental impacts such as excessive water use, waste disposal,
et al. and the myriad economic impacts, including disrupting the local economic system andworkforce and rising land prices. While violent conflict is not a frequent result of these interactions,
one could argue that they do not necessarily promote peace. This session seeks to explore theseissues by drawing on case studies from various parts of the world.

G. IGU COMMISSION ON EDUCATION
G.1. Geographical education for peace / Geography Teaching for Peace
Osvaldo Muniz Solari (University of Texas, USA)o.muniz@txstate.edu
This session will gather participants who could contribute with new perspectives on geographyteaching. The final objective of their contributions is to demonstrate innovation in teaching andlearning in geography in regions with unstable peace. The operational objective is to guide students
in their acquisition and assimilation of geographical knowledge in the classroom to reduce tension
among communities and people in general due to territorial demands.
Participants might present topics such as curriculum innovation, teaching methods, teaching tools
and techniques, and assessment, among others.
Practical examples are suggested to be included which might present levels of efficiency ingeography teaching and learning.
G.2. Geographical education for global understanding / Geospatial Technologies inGeography Education for Peace
Osvaldo Muniz Solari (University of Texas, USA)o.muniz@txstate.edu
This session will gather participants who could contribute with the development of methods andtechniques to use geospatial technologies (GST) in geography teaching for global understanding.
The final objective of their contributions is to demonstrate the use of geospatial technologies informal education and informal learning. The operational objective is to understand and resolve
geographical problems that affect the wellbeing of people in regional areas of political and social
tensions.
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Participants might present topics such as cartographic analysis, GIS applications, Remote Sensing
experiences, GPS operations, and integrative GST, among others.
Applied procedures are encouraged to be used that might show evidence of solutions in locations
and regions affected by permanent or periodic instability.

THEMATIC SESSIONS
1. La paz en Colombia un largo camino / Peace in Colombia: a long road
Flavio Bladimir Rodriguez Munoz (Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotà,
Colombia)
flavio.rodriguez@uexternado.edu.co
Sara Koopman (University of Tampere, Finland)sarakoopman@gmail.com
As we write the call for this session, the Colombian plebiscite on the peace accords has justfailed by a razor thin margin. It is unclear what state the peace process will be at when we meet in
April, if any at all. What is clear is that even if accords of some sort are reworked, Colombia faces
significant challenges to everyday coexistence (convivencia), social justice, equality, andreconstruction of the social fabric. But Colombia also has had and we hope will continue to havesome of the bravest and most creative organizing for peace and justice on the planet.
This panel is an opportunity for geographers doing work in and on Colombia to discuss their takeon the peace process, on prospects for peace, and on organizing for peace and justice in Colombia
more generally. Papers could also speak to the the territorial and spatial dynamics of the conflict
and the peace process, and/or to its geopolitics.
We particularly encourage (but do not require) reflection on how geographers have and could
contribute to the construction of peace in Colombia. We ask presenters to ensure that theconversation is accessible to those not intimately familiar with the history and politics of Colombia.
This session is open to papers in both English and Spanish and interpretation will be available inboth directions.
2. Territorial cooperation and paradiplomacy: a tool for peace
Fabio Pollice (Università del Salento, Italy)
fabio.pollice@unisalento.it
Giulia Urso (Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy)
giulia.urso@gssi.infn.it
The relationship between paradiplomacy and territorial cooperation is very tight. If territorial
cooperation represents one of the ways in which paradiplomacy manifests itself, it is at the sametime also a means by which “diplomatic” relations between local governments belonging todifferent States can establish and strengthen and therefore becoming the foundation ofparadiplomacy itself. Territorial cooperation – as the experience promoted at the Mediterraneanlevel by the European Union seems to confirm – is an excellent tool to create an effective dialogue
between peoples and promote peace especially in border regions. The involvement of the local levelappears not only appropriate but necessary, since the relationship between territories presupposes
the relationship between the local communities belonging to them, bringing cooperation closer to its
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proper goals. Interaction, reciprocity, dialogue, collaboration: in territorial or decentralizedcooperation these concepts take on a concrete and measurable dimension; they are confronted withspecific problems that require effective solutions, which are to be assessed by the respective
communities. However, the most significant result that can be reached through these forms ofcooperation is no doubt the active involvement of local communities; this because a relational
thickening at a transnational level aimed at improving the present and future well-being of thecooperating areas – ultimate objective of cooperation – must be based on understanding and mutual
trust between the peoples who are the makers and the beneficiaries of this process.
Cooperation reduces the risk of conflict for two main reasons: on the one hand, as in the more
traditional interpretive approach, cooperation reduces geographical disparities in economic, socialand political terms, promoting the development of the productive fabric, human rights, institutional
effectiveness, environmental protection, the resolution of inter-state and intra-state conflicts; on theother hand, it brings peoples together, strengthens the bonds of solidarity and creates the conditions
for convergence processes going beyond the mere economic dimension. This session is intended to
be a moment for reflecting on the experiences made so far in the Mediterranean as well as in any
other region of the planet, also in order to identify the most appropriate policies to support thedevelopment of this mode of cooperation among peoples.
References
Aldecoa F., Keaton M. (eds) (2013), Paradiplomacy in Action. The Foreign Relations ofSubnational Governments, Routledge, London-New York.
Amen M., Toly N., Mccarney P., Segbers K. (eds) (2011), Cities and Global Governance: New
Sites for International Relations, Ashgate, Farnham.
Beck J., Wassenberg B. (eds), Vivre et penser la coopération transfrontalière: Vers une cohésion
territoriale?, (Vol. 6, pp. 175-194), Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart (Studien zur Geschichte derEuropaeischen Integration, Vol. 26).
Desmet A. e Develtere P. (2002), Sub-national authrotities and development cooperation in the
OECD-DAC member countries, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven.
Duran M. (2015), Mediterranean paradiplomacies. The dynamics of diplomatic reterritorialization,
Leiden, Brill Nijhoff.
European Commission (2015), Territorial Cooperation in Europe. A Historical Perspective,
European Union, Luxembourg.
Pereira R. (2006), “How can local governments foster peace through paradiplomacy?”, 2005 United
Nations University Joint Graduate Course Term’s Paper
Ricciardelli A., Urso G. (eds), La Puglia nel Mediterraneo. Nuove prospettive per la cooperazione
Euro-Mediterranea, ESE, Salento University Press, Lecce.
(http://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/puglia_mediterraneo/issue/view/1154).
Stocchiero A. (2009), “La cooperazione decentrata tra crisi italiana e riconoscimento europeo”,
CeSPI Working Papers no. 58/2009, Roma.
3. Ethnic, territorial and political conditions of peace in Central and Eastern Europe
Marek Sobczynski (University of Lodz, Poland)kitts@wp.pl
Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is the most unstable part of the European continent. During thelast century, since 1914 started here two of the greatest conflict the world the First and the Second
World Wars.. As particularly conducive to the emergence of armed conflict is considered theBalkan Peninsula called European shatterbelt region.

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After the Second World War almost the entire CEE region came under the control (and sometimes
the occupation) of the Soviet Union which apparently calmed the situation, but in fact only lulled
existing
tensions.
Therefore the factors particularly affecting the peace in the region have a historical dimension andthe key element is a complicated ethnic structure (the spatial contact of the Germanic, Romance,
Slavic and Turkic peoples), the contact of two varieties of Christianity (Roman and Orthodox) with
Islam, while in many countries under communist rule in the last 70 years was the era of atheism. An
important conflictual factor in the region remains also historical territorial disputes that have often
led to wars and new territorial conflicts resulting from changes in the political map of the CEE.
The collapse of the communist system in 1989, reunification of Germany, territorial development of
the NATO and the EU and disintegration of three former federations (the USSR, Czechoslovakia
and Yugoslavia) have changed dramatically the political situation in the CEE which also today isreflected in the creation of new tensions, which in some cases transformed into armed conflicts. It isdangerous not only for the Europe but can threaten even the peace in the world. These reasons tend
to propose to discuss in the world political geography forum the topic: Ethnic, territorial andpolitical conditions of peace in Central and Eastern Europe.
We propose to discuss i.e. the topics:- Russian’s political, territorial and military expansion – geographical, historical and ethnic
conditions- The Balkans – between European integration and further political-territorial disintegration- Multiethnism – threats or chances to CEE- Ethnic cleansing in CEE as an instrument of prevention of national conflicts- The threat to peace posed by the growing in the CEE of xenophobia, racism, nationalism and antiSemitism in terms of historical and contemporary points of view
4. Anarchist and Left-Libertarian Perspectives on the Geographies of Peace /Perspectivas Anarquistas y Libertarias sobre las Geografías de la Paz
Marcelo Lopes de Souza (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
mlopesdesouza@terra.com.br
Simon Springer (University of Victoria, Canada)simonspringer@gmail.com
Anarchist and Left-Libertarian Perspectives on the Geographies of Peace
Since the 1833 publication of The Peaceful Revolutionist, a weekly paper edited by Josiah Warren
and the first anarchist periodical ever produced, left-libertarianism has embraced the idea of nonviolence. In this session we want to welcome the opportunity for participants to think through how
the concept of ‘peace’ has been insufficiently discussed and yet necessarily underlies anarchist
practices and left-libertarian debates. Potential themes include: the promise of new
internationalism(s) and free federation(s); the potentialities and limits of transnational activism interms of overcoming injustice worldwide; the plurality of traditions and the multiplicity of leftlibertarian contributions to the analysis of social conflicts; the permanence of certain prejudices,such as the stigma and caricature of anarchists as 'people intrinsically fond of violence’; thepotentialities and limits of non-violence as a political strategy; the possibilities of constructive
struggle for freedom and justice in the context of capitalism’s ‘structural violence’; and theprefiguration of peaceful alternatives to policing and punishment.
Within the framework of heteronomous capitalist societies, and particularly for (semi)peripheral
countries - ‘peace’ cannot be fully realized. A left-libertarian perspective demands that capitalism
be seen as a form of structural violence, which limits the space, time, and coherence of peace.
16Under the integral systems of capitalism and statism, so-called ‘peace’ can only be achieved
through oppression and repression, which is inevitably challenged by the eventual eruption ofprotest and resistance. The achievement of this kind of ‘peace’ is consequently mere illusion, while
protest and resistance, often maligned as ‘violence’, can instead be understood as responses to thepervasive social pathologies of capitalism and the state and the forms of violence they engender.
Peace possesses an intrinsic value for anarchists and left-libertarians, both ethically andaesthetically. A commitment to meaningful and lasting peace is necessarily the true antipode offascism, an ideology rooted in notions of military ‘glory’ and the worship of brute force. A
bourgeois liberalism and its formal and superficial ‘rule of law’ is not enough to contest thesecatastrophic impulses, while anarchism and left-libertarian streams provide an answer in the form of
rejecting state sovereignty and the very notion of a ‘monopoly of violence’. And so in the face ofprofound violence, on the libertarian-left we ask, under which circumstances can peace be achievedin an apt and durable way? How can anarchist geographies help us understand the logic of social
struggle and the possibilities of peace at various scales? To what extent have left-libertarian
traditions added to our understanding of these challenges, and how can anarchism and leftlibertarian perspectives more generally contribute to a peaceful future?
Perspectivas Anarquistas y Libertarias sobre las Geografías de la Paz
Desde la publicación en 1833 de El revolucionario pacifico, un periódico semanal editado por
Josiah Warren y el primer periódico anarquista jamás producido, el pensamiento libertario haabrazado la idea de la no-violencia. En esta sesión queremos dar la bienvenida a la oportunidad paraque los participantes piensen a través de cómo el concepto de “paz” ha sido insuficientemente
discutido y sin embargo, como este concepto necesariamente subyace a las prácticas y los debates
anarquistas y libertarios. Temas potenciales incluyen por ejemplo: la promesa del nuevo
internacionalismo (o de los nuevos internacionalismos) y de la(s) federación(s) libre(s); laspotencialidades y los límites del activismo transnacional en términos de superación de la injusticia
en todo el mundo; la pluralidad de las tradiciones y la multiplicidad de las contribuciones libertarias
para el análisis de los conflictos sociales; la permanencia de ciertos prejuicios, como el estigma y la
caricatura de los anarquistas como “gente intrínsecamente adoradora de la violencia”; laspotencialidades y los límites de la no-violencia como estrategia política; las posibilidades de lucha
constructiva por la libertad y la justicia en el contexto de la “violencia estructural” del capitalismo;y la prefiguración de alternativas pacíficas para la vigilancia y el castigo.
En el marco de las sociedades capitalistas heterónomas - y en particular para los países(semi)periféricos -, la “paz” no puede ser plenamente efectiva. Una perspectiva libertaria exige que
el capitalismo sea visto como una forma de violencia estructural, lo que limita el espacio, el tiempo
y la coherencia de la paz. En virtud de los sistemas integrales del capitalismo y el estatismo, lallamada “paz” solo puede lograrse a través de la opresión y la represión, que son periódicamente (einevitablemente) cuestionadas por la eventual erupción de formas de protesta y resistencia. El logrode este tipo de “paz” es, en consecuencia, mera ilusión, mientras que la protesta y la resistencia, amenudo difamadas como “violencia”, en lugar pueden entenderse como respuestas a las patologías
sociales generalizados del capitalismo y del Estado y a las formas de violencia que engendran.
La paz posee un valor intrínseco para los anarquistas y libertarios en general, tanto ética yestéticamente. Un compromiso con una paz significativa y duradera es necesariamente el verdaderoantípoda del fascismo, una ideología arraigada en la noción de "gloria" militar y en el culto de lafuerza bruta. El liberalismo burgués y su formal y superficial “estado de derecho” no es suficientepara impugnar estos impulsos catastróficos, mientras que las corrientes anarquistas y libertarias en
general proporcionan una respuesta en forma de rechazo de la soberanía estatal y la misma noción17

de un “monopolio de la violencia”. Y así, en la cara profunda de la violencia, nosotros desde laizquierda libertaria preguntamos: ¿en qué circunstancias se puede lograr la paz de una maneraefectiva y duradera? ¿Cómo pueden las geografías anarquistas ayudarnos a entender la lógica de la
lucha social y las posibilidades de paz en varias escalas? ¿En qué medida han contribuido las
tradiciones libertarias para el nuestro entendimiento de estos desafíos, y cómo pueden el
anarquismo y las perspectivas libertarias en general contribuir a un futuro de paz?
5. Art and Peace
Cristina Giudice (Accademia Albertina, Torino, Italy)
cri.giudice@accademialbertina.torino.it
Art and peace are a strange binomial, because in Western visual culture, in the past, usually, art wasused by the sovereigns to show and to confirm their power and this happened with exploitation,
injustices and wars, obviously not peace!
In the XX century things changed and many artists are not only against war, but they are often
activists for peace. In their works and performances they put on the stage the deep value of peace,in very different ways and techniques.
In this session we welcome papers which study these topics, especially about contemporary art.
Papers can be about the theory of art, but they can also testify artistic performances about peace,made everywhere in the world.
We welcome works in progress as well as finished studies.
6. Geography, (post)development cooperation and peace
Valerio Bini (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy)
valerio.bini@unimi.it
Egidio Dansero (Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy)
egidio.dansero@unito.it
Marcos Saquet (Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Brazil)
saquetmarcos@hotmail.com
Although development cooperation was designed to be an alternative to violence and asymmetric
relations between states, history has shown that geopolitical interests and dynamics of power deeply
mark this sector. For decades, development cooperation was reduced to Foreign Aid, replicating
relations of power based on “donors” and “recipients” (Hattori, 2001).
The emergence of new players from the former “developing world”, the economic crisis of the
traditional donors and the social and political transformations in the global South have radicallychanged this perspective, leading to a new scenario, a “post-aid” world (Mawdsley, Savage, Kim
2014).
Two dynamics are emerging. On one hand a new international cooperation is developing, based on
the ideal of mutual interest and centered on economic growth. From this perspective, theinternationalization of firms from Western and emerging countries will benefit the economies of
weaker countries. Despite this win-win rhetoric, this kind of cooperation produces a competitive
scenario between firms and countries and conflicts on the local scale.
On the other hand, new paradigms of cooperation are emerging – especially from the global South –going beyond the “donor-recipient” dynamic, towards new forms of collaboration between local
movements and territories on a global scale. This form of cooperation is less “technical” and more“political”, focused on building partnerships to promote peace and assert rights that have beendenied, both in “developed” and “developing” countries.
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In accordance with the conference guidelines, the session seeks different kinds of contributions(papers, videos and other visual materials) presenting critical researches on the link between
geography, international cooperation and peace.
References
Bebbington A., 2003, “Global networks and local developments: agendas for development
geography”, Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie, 94: 297–309.
Bignante E., Dansero E., Loda M. (eds), 2015, Esplorazioni per la cooperazione allo sviluppo. Il
contributo del sapere geografico, Geotema, 48.
Hattori T., 2001, “Reconceptualizing Foreign Aid”, Review of International Political Economy, 8(4): 633–660
Mawdsley E., Savage L., Kim S.M., 2014, “A ‘post-aid world’? Paradigm shift in foreign aid anddevelopment cooperation at the 2011 Busan High Level Forum”, The Geographical Journal, 180(1): 27–38.
Saquet M.A., Dansero E., Zanetti Pessoa Candiotto L. (eds), 2012, Geografia da e para acooperação, Outras Expressões, Sao Paolo.
7. Peace Ecology
Subhra Chattopadhyay (Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata, India)
chattopadhyay_subhra@yahoo.in
Ecology ‘enquires into the whole relation of animals with their inorganic and organic surroundings
and above all their friendly and hostile relations……..’(Haeckel,1869).On the other hand, ‘peace’ isseen not only as ‘absence of violence and war’ but also as ‘integration of society’ (N. Megoran2011). Thus peace depends on interrelation of Man- Nature-Society -State. This relationship isstated as peace ecology. Very simply, ‘Friendly’ relation favors peace and ‘hostile’ relation disturbs
peace.
Geographers do not participate like activists for uprooting the causes of peace disturbances. But
they loom the ‘peaces’ apprehending the peace ecology.
1.Exploring Cross-Border Geographical similarities:
When two neighboring countries are hostile to each other on border issue, geography can travel
easily over barbed boundary. Both countries may possess same river basin (say the Indus in
between India and Pakistan, the Brahmaputra in between China and India), same mountain chains,same wind system, same soil typology, even same language (West Bengal of India and
Bangladesh) . Physical geography deals with all these aspects as natural systems - subsystems andtheir interrelationship. Each and every part or organ of a natural system are interdependent andcannot be dealt with in truncated fashion by country boundary. Psychologically man is moresatisfied with similarity with neighbors than dissimilarity. Geographers consciously or
unconsciously act as messengers of peace when they analyze the interrelationship of (crossboundary) natural processes over the disputed country boundary from ecological point of view.
2. Researching State-Society, State-Nature, State-State relations:‘Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed and whereindividual and nations are free’ (Dalai Lama). State is always pivot of peace relationships. State is
responsible for maintaining social security and dignified livelihood for all of her citizen. Hence
different welfare state approaches or how state assures the basic needs –food, shelter, education,
health, sanitation, employment and above all ‘freedom to choice’ to all citizen are important toconserve peace ecology. These aspects are under the domain of Human Geography, speciallyregional planning.
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State is also responsible to protect the ecological balance at every scale. In a destabilized
ecological condition people cannot enjoy peaceful life. Researchers of social and urban
geography keep watch on the environmental as well as societal impacts of state policies related tourbanity, industrial location, big dam construction, SEZ. Etc.
Thus geographers do not shout for peace as slogan but researches over peace holding matterssilently.
Similarly state- state relation whether friendly or aggressive is also important to maintainpeaceful existence. According to Buddhist Philosophy, the most basic defilements which destroy
the peace of contentment are greed and aversion (Bhikhu Bodhi2012). These two very factors are
the cause of war and those bring forth terrorism. And terrorism gives birth of terrorism. Sites andforms of terrorism are changing very fast. Mapping the changing locus of terrorisms during thepresent decade is now the essential responsibility of geographers.
All the relationships as mentioned above may be discussed under the term of Peace Ecology.
Geography is the metaphor of peace.
Key words: ecology, natural process, peace, livelihood, social security,terrorism
Theme: Peace Ecology
Subtheme:i)cross boundary geographical issues- river system and water distribution; climate change;
environmental problemsii)welfare state approaches – intra boundary issues: livelihood stability, food security, education,
health, employmentiii) Discourse of state controlled development: displacement, habilitation, ecological damages andmitigationiv) participatory governancev) cartographic appreciations of changing locus of terrorism
References
1. Bhikhu Bodhi(2012): The Noble Eightfold Path:the way to the end of suffering; Mahabodhi(reprint)
2. Egarton F.N. History of Ecological Sciences, Part 47: Ernst Haeckel’s Ecology; Bulletin of
the Ecological Society of America; July2013,p226
3. Nick Megoran (2011):War and Peace?An Agenda for Peace Research and Practice inGeography; Political Geography 30 p178-189

8. Cross-border women’s networks: towards a new approach to peace anddevelopment
Marina Calloni (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy)
marina.calloni@unimib.it
The panel will be focused on the significance of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on
women, peace and security, in order to underline the role that women can play in peacekeeping,crossing borders of nation states. Experiences and practices of women’s international networks will
indicate possible ways to face armed conflicts and the consequences of war, figuring out thedevelopment of human capabilities and the strength of social bounds.
9. Violent Cartographies
Michael Shapiro (University of Hawai’I at Manoa, U.S.)
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Structures of enmity and violence abound in a wide variety of global venues. The papers on thispanel theorize the concepts of enmity and violence and investigate a variety of venues in which
forces of securitization confront counter forces that seek to attenuate enmities and violence withcritical, peace-fostering conceptual frames. The foci of the papers include…
Paper 1: Michael J. Shapiro (University of Hawai’i, Manoa)
In Bergman’s film Winter Light there’s an encounter of sublimes, Christian and nuclear, in aconversation between the minister, Tomas Ericsson’s (Gunnar Björnstrand) and his parishioner,
Jonas Perrson (Max Von Sydow), who is traumatized because he’s heard that the Chinese are sohate filled that when they get the bomb, they’ll destroy the planet. In this paper I survey the enmity
structures and imaginaries during the nuclear age and contrast the techno-scientific discourses theysummon (e.g., Herman Kahn’s and Edward Teller’s) with the critical discourses emerging fromphilosophical (e.g., Jacques Derrida’s ”No Apocalypse..”) and artistic texts. The paper will turnultimately to a consideration of the implications of enmity, fear and trauma (as articulated in diverse
discursive formations) for the contemporary cartography of war and security.
Paper 2: Orhon Myadar (School of Geography and Development, University of Arizona)As the Cold War ended, a new geopolitical terrain emerge to shape US foreign policy. The
predominant principle of containing Soviet power and the spread of communism gave way tomosaic foreign policy prescriptions ranging from global humanitarianism to the global war on
terror. While these policy paradigms have been varied in their aims, the theme of benevolence has
been the prevalent and unifying signifier determining the US post-Cold War political milieu.
This paper examines the U.S. intervention in Somalia in 1992 and the US invasion of Iraq in
2003. The public gaze was directed to these incidents as retold by Ridley Scott (Black Hawk
Down) and Clint Eastwood (American Sniper). Based on true stories, these films offer a glimpse
into the events, while reintroducing novel intentions of US policies in faraway lands. Using thesefilms as readings, the paper considers the role of cinema in shaping the geopolitical epistemic field.
Paper 3: Cátia Miriam Costa (Centro de Estudos Internacionais, Universitario de Lisboa)
Colonial places, colonized bodies: Imposing peace and power through colonial fact
Colonial societies were based on a forced peace. Power over geographies and peoples was a key
element to assure the maintenance of colonial domination. Societies under colonial systems gave
rise to specific cultural and political realities, which were based on wide discrepancies between the
power keepers and the dominated peoples. Colonizing the body was one of the most importantdemands of colonial powers, as they needed functional bodies to work and to be disciplined as amean to justify the presence of foreign government and allow economic extraction. The acceptation
and respect for this order was the main requisite for a peaceful society. Therefore, we believecolonialism imposed and maintained a process of body colonization and of construction ofotherness in order to keep social peaceful relations. As for the post-colonial period, most of thedominance characteristics were kept as a symbol of order and as a promise for pacified societies.
This paper aims to discuss and problematize the issue of power over peoples and individuals. What
does it mean and how it becomes a social construction, accepted and internalized by most of the
population? How could bodies and souls of the native peoples be considered as others, and theirappearance as otherness? We defend that people’s mind and bodies were colonized, and even when21

decolonization of mind happened, their bodies are still under colonial concepts of appearance andperformance, perpetuating in silence the same prejudices and conceptions.
Paper 4: Vinicius Santiago (Institute for International Relations (IRI) PUC-Rio – The PontificalCatholic University of Rio)
The Geopolitics of Emotions: mothers, space and suffering in contemporary Rio de Janeiro.
This work aims to look at the politics of pacification of the city of Rio de Janeiro as a specifictechnology of power through which the urban space is disputed around an economy ofterritorialized suffering. From a frame in which some people deserve to live more than others, theway that the spaces of the city are produced reflects how the emotions are an important element in
the construction of the public space. The struggle of the mothers that have lost their sons by the
military police in the favelas of Rio offers the conditions to think how an emotional community isbuilt up in order to problematize the production of different spatial regimes. Besides the
problematization of the public/private dimensions, the mobilized mothers disrupt the conditions ofaccessing the public space as well as the boundaries necessary to its construction.
10. Performing peace: From the perspective of border
Kai-Yang HUANG (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
s880028j@gmail.com
Regional economic integration has been argued as a way to eliminate national border. Countries
will merge into one single global market in terms of self-interest economic rationale, just as what
the globalist predicts.
However, as part of the foundation of modern nation-state, the assumption of border disappearance
needs to be re-examine carefully. Under the modern international system, border has been coupledwith the ruling power to justify its legitimacy. Territorialized symbols and practices become part ofthe state project as a tool of building nationhood. Nationalism co-exists with the bordering work to
consolidate the support to the ruling power inside the country in the name of sovereignty.
A highly-fragmented environment after WWII, East/Southeast Asia have long been affected by the
US post-WWII foreign policy. The US preferring bilateral agreement with the Asian countries
rather than making a multilateral cooperation like their European counterpart of Marshall plan.
Such legacy mixed with historical dispute still stop E/SE Asia to figure out a joint political agenda
for cooperation. In the past, it is said that Japan has making the effort to reunite Asia economically,
which is the sub-contract production chain, a “flying-geese model.” Now, arguments view thishierarchically international division of labor is demolished after 97’ Asian Financial Crisis. Instead,intra-trade network inside the same tier countries has started and China challenges the role of Japan
regarding with its massive consumer market. As new pattern of economic cooperation emerge, willtrade really breaks the political split between E/SE Asian countries to form a more politicallycooperative environment? Understanding this question from the topic of border, perspectives fromthe production of state space, ritual politics and even materiality will be discussed in this session,but other perspectives related to national bordering work are also welcomed.

2211. Periferias en proceso de integración: conflictos, crisis… ¿y después?
Evelyne Mesclier (IFEA, Lima, Peru)
Evelyne.mesclier@ird.Fr
Laetitia Perrier Bruslé (Université de Lorraine, Canada)
Laetitia.perrierbrusle@gmail.com
Periferias en proceso de integración: conflictos, crisis… ¿y después?
En la globalización contemporánea los flujos entre los lugares han ido multiplicándose. Las
periferias, antes aisladas, se han ido integrándose gradualmente a los espacios regionales,
nacionales y globales. El neoliberalismo, en favor de las fuerzas del mercado, y lastransformaciones institucionales que lo acompañan llevaban una doble promesa. Primeramente, elcrecimiento económico, basado en las inversiones privadas y públicas, debía reducir las
desigualdades entre los centros y las periferias. La globalización podía aumentar las posibilidadesde entrar en relación con espacios distantes, para beneficiarse tanto de las dinámicas económicas
globales que de los contactos con otros actores sociales o políticos, dentro de los cuales las
instancias internacionales. Segundamente, el fomento de la gobernanza local debía disminuir las
desigualdades sociales adentro de la periferia. En definitiva, el retroceso de las desigualdades
internas y externas abría las puertas a un mundo de paz.
Los estudios de caso parecen indicar sin embargo que la integración de las periferias se tradujo másbien por un crecimiento de los conflictos, por lo menos en un primer tiempo. Los flujos monetarios
engendraron procesos de acumulación por desposesión, lo que alimento los conflictos entre laperiferia y el centro. Dentro de la periferia misma, las transformaciones de la gobernanza local nolograron evitar los conflictos en torno al acceso a los recursos naturales, si bien estos adoptaron
configuraciones acaso más complejas.
¿En qué medida estos conflictos son síntomas de una crisis sistémica de las periferias
profundamente afectadas por el proceso de integración neoliberal? ¿Es valida la hipótesis según lacual salieron nuevos tipos de periferias de este momento paroxístico? ¿En definitiva, las periferias
podrían ser un espacio de innovación para la paz?
Peripheries under integration process: conflict, crisis and then?
Contemporary globalization has led to the steady growth of different kinds of flows between places
around the world. Peripheries, once isolated, have been gradually integrated within regional,
national and global spaces. The neoliberal ideology, which promotes market forces, and institution
restructuring projects have both supported this promising integration process. First, economic
growth provided by public and private investments was assumed to reduce inequalities between
centers and peripheries. Globalization would enable a better access to distant places so that local
actors could benefit from global economic dynamics and from direct contacts with other social orpolitical actors, international bodies among others. Second, newly formed local governance bodies
were designed to reduce socio-spatial inequalities within the peripheries. In sum, the decline ofinternal and external inequalities should have promoted a world of peace.
In reality, the majority of case studies has shown that an increasing number of conflicts resulted
from the integration process, at least in the beginning. Cash flows led to accumulation bydispossession, which fueled conflicts between the periphery and the center. In the periphery, thegovernance transformation did not act as a deterrent to internal conflicts for natural resources, evenwhen those conflicts were sometimes more complicated.
Are these conflicts symptoms of a systemic crisis of the periphery disrupted by integration? Can weassume that this paroxysmal moment will give rise to a new type of peripheral places where internaland external relations will be based on the autonomy of actors rather than on relations ofdomination? To sum it up, can peripheral places invent a new model in search of peace?
2312. Did we dry your shallow well? Sorry we need it for our flowers destined for export
markets” – taking stock of emerging conflicts over (ground)water resources inAfrica.
Marcel Rutten (African Studies Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands)
rutten@ascleiden.nl
In this panel we will discuss the challenges faced in securing access to water for a fast growing
population on the African continent. By 2025, not less than 25 of at least 48 countries expected to
face water shortages are in Africa. This means that approximately 230 million Africans (16% of the
projected population) will be living in water-scarce areas with another 460 million (32%) in waterstressed areas. It is estimated that over 40% of the African population uses groundwater as its main
source of drinking water and groundwater is ever more used in agriculture. Mining of groundwater,
to levels beyond repair, is increasingly witnessed today.
Commercial (export) agriculture adds to the depletion of water sources and is the other side of thecoin of some of Africa’s recent economic success stories. Violent up-rises, including burning offarms, have been met with fierce state reactions causing fatal casualties. Elsewhere, people who losttheir water source, move away looking for other livelihoods. Still, expectations towards irrigatedagriculture are high, and failures from the past seem to have been forgotten completely. This panel
will bring together presentations by scholars who have conducted (longitudinal) studies on water
depletion by (irrigated) agricultural activities and have knowledge of (legal or technical) solutions
found to overcome conflicts between stakeholders over (ground) water resources.
13. The Ores of War and Peace: Mining, Resource Frontiers, and Histories ofIndustry and Imperialism / Los Oros del Guierra y Paz: Fronteras de Mineracíon
y Histórias del Industria y Imperialismo
Robert Winstanley-Chesters (Australian National University, Australia)
robert.winstanley-chesters@anu.edu.au
Julie Michelle Klinger (Boston University, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies,U.S)
jklinger@bu.edu
Rare Earths, Coltan, Radio-Nucleotides and Radioactive metals are among the Planet’s mostcontested and desired elements. These elements, and the geologies in which they are found, form
the material basis of competing imperial, colonial/post-colonial adventures around the world inorder to make weapons and security infrastructures more durable and deadly. They areconceptualised as threatening and dangerous and yet they are in extraordinary demand; a demand
which crystallises around the products of consumer capitalism and social-democracy. Criticism of
this necessity tends to concern the hazards and threats to regional or national security it
generates. In many cases, both positive and negative perspectives frame these materials and theircollection as a contemporary problem, unique to our contemporary context of technology, climate
crisis, and geopolitical instability.
The collective present is in reality certainly not the only moment in which these complicatedmaterials have been sought. Accordingly these sessions examine covert and public efforts bycompeting powers to acquire these materials. Data revealing these efforts to explore, capture andaccumulate them globally often resides in difficult to access archival collections which surroundcolonial developmental agendas, war, and geology. Papers will consider the temporal, geographic,
epistemological, and political resource frontiers in which and at which these ‘Technology Metals’
have been sought through historical and geographic perspectives, to better contextualise the nexusof interests and actors driving contemporary forms of exploration and exploitation. Toward that24

end, papers drawing on oral histories, institutional ethnographies, as well as newly opened or underexamined archival materials are especially welcome.
14. Religious Geography and Peace (I)Subhra Chattopadhyay (Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata, India)
chattopadhyay_subhra@yahoo.in
Religion ‘refers to systems of belief and related practices that play an analogous role in people’s
lives’(Bible Study Tools). In Sanskrit , Religion is called Dharma, that means holding (the society).
Hence religious practices have a deep effects on man and environment. Religions may be global(Budhhism, Islam, Christianity) or ethnic (Hinduism, Judaism, jainism) but ultimate goal ofreligion is Peace, peace for all (global peace) ; and equity and equanimity are the tools to attainthe peace. The way of practices are different in different religions that again have deep implication
into society, cultural landscape, regional morphology (eg church was the assemble points that
influenced the city morphology) . Even religion is embedded in regional economics. For example,
main dictum of Budhhism is loving kindness and Buddhist economics is based on equal distribution(Raja Ashoka’s economic policy), where as Barnasram is at the base of Hinduism, hence Hindu
society is stratified by castes. Till today, casteism is the regulator of Hindu rural society; Demandand Supply economics hardly work.
On the other hand, religious fanaticism is something which evolves from misunderstanding of goalof religion with a pseudo belief on the religion. It is often politically motivated, geared up by
external ill-purposes. No religion in the world encourages destruction of lives. True religion cantackle the ills of fanaticism.
In this context, Geographers may concentrate on:i)Territorial spread of different religions, their roots of origin in historical background andthe ways of diffusions.
ii)
Religion and environmental conservationiii)
Impact of religion in cultural landscape, city morphology
iv)
Religion and economic policies
v)
Religion and global harmonyvi)
Religious beliefs and globalization
vii)
Fanaticism: its roots and effects
15. Religious Geography and Peace (II)Salah Eisa (Menofia University, Egypt)d_salah_eisa@hotmail.com
Peace as a wide harmonious tranquil extending from personal to global dimensions does interact
with the spaces in which it exists. No doubt, religion has an eminent role in forming peace withinthose spaces. This matter could be well investigated by geographers. Religion is deeply embedded
into the matrix of many societies, although the reported increase in unaffiliated category in religious
population classification, beside calls for secularism and atheism.
Either being the geography of religions or religious geographies, most geographical writings
adopted a broad definition for religion as: "a system of beliefs and practices that attempts to orderlife in terms of culturally perceived ultimate priorities". This may be suitable for both Abrahamic
religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) and other religious beliefs.
Enhancing the contributions of religious geography to the construction of peace, the focus should
be on the common rather than the diverse, and on origins rather than branches. Religious geography
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tackles mainly distribution, impacts and specific religious phenomena. Hence, the suggested, but
not inclusively, topics for papers are:- Future for religious geographies either in scope or in methodology.
- Relation between religious prevailing status and Global Peace Index (GPI) domains- Religious traditions and social activism in poverty improvements.
- Cases of multi religion peaceful societies.
- Religion and environmental conservation.
- Pilgrimage movements and building peaceful international relationships.
- Effectiveness of distribution, function, capacity for the religious service centers.
- Spatial patterns for internet impacts on religious beliefs role for peace construction.

16. Paz en los espacios públicos, ¿espacios públicos en paz?
Paulina López Gutiérrez (Universidad de Paris 1 Panthéon – Sorbonne, France)
pau.lop.gu@gmail.com
France Guérin - Pace (Institute national d’études démographiques, France)
guerin@ined.fr
Con la multiplicación y la aceleración de la concentración urbana en el mundo, los espacios
públicos son abordados como cruciales para mejorar la convivencia y la calidad de vida de loshabitantes, y con ello, la imagen de la ciudad. En la búsqueda de garantizar espacios “pacíficos”, lasintervenciones urbanas crean y/o refuerzan normativas que controlan, directa o indirectamente, lasdiferentes modalidades de usos de los espacios públicos, ya sea a través de restricciones de loshorarios de uso o condicionando el acceso de la población a ellos (Ej. controles anti-terroristas). Las
representaciones socio- espaciales, tanto de los tomadores de decisiones como de los habitantes, setransparentan en la concretización de las formas de control de los espacios públicos, que establecen
una serie de “buenas prácticas” que no siempre coinciden con la heterogeneidad de los usos
existentes, como los informales (Ej. comercio informal), o con las realidades de la ciudad y lasprioridades de los distintos grupos de población.
El objetivo de esta sesión es interrogar los procesos de creación de los espacios públicos en lasdiferentes ciudades, tanto como espacios creadores de “paz”, como también espacios que“transparentan” los conflictos socio-espaciales de la ciudad. ¿Cómo los espacios públicos
garantizan la paz de la ciudad? ¿qué representaciones de “paz” se movilizan durante su creación ynormativización? ¿La paz en los espacios públicos equivale a hablar de espacios públicos en paz?
17. Oficina geográfica: la educación para un mundo de paz (Video Session)
Nelson Ney Dantas Cruz (Instituto Federal de Goiás, Campus Itumbiara, Brasil)
nelson.cruz@ifg.edu.br
Karine Marins Amaral Cruz (Instituto Federal de Goiás, Campus Itumbiara, Brasil)
karine.cruz@ifg.edu.br
Esta propuesta tiene como objetivo presentar el proyecto educativo titulado "Oficina geográfica: la
educación para un mundo de paz", a través de un vídeo que dura una (01) hora. La Oficina
geográfica es un proyecto desarrollado con estudiantes de escuela secundaria matriculados en elInstituto Federal de Goiás, en el campus de la ciudad de Itumbiara, Brasil. Las clases de geografía
simulan un espacio de trabajo, en el que los estudiantes son agrupados en divisiones de acuerdo con
el estudio temático. Para estudiar la cuestión de la Rural Brasileña, una perspectiva cultural, el
primer paso fue convertir el espacio de la clase similar a la del Instituto Nacional de Colonización y
Reforma Agraria (INCRA). Por lo tanto, los estudiantes se agruparon en cinco divisiones de trabajo,
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correspondientes a los de la INCRA. Para cada división se ha nombrado un Director, que fue
responsable de la coordinación de los miembros del equipo. El maestro representaba el papel dePresidente del INCRA, asignando responsabilidades y dividiendo tareas. A lo largo del proyecto,
los estudiantes desarrollaron habilidades para la investigación, extraídas de conferencias a cargo deprofesionales expertos en el tema, participaron en el trabajo de campo en los asentamientos rurales,presentaron la experiencia del proyecto para los estudiantes universitarios, hablaron durante laconferencia web con un empleado del INCRA y construyeron um blog. Los estudiantes podrían
expandir los valores ciudadanos y el respeto al otro, aprendiendo que el conocimiento geográfico
cultural del campo es importante a promover un mundo de paz.

18. Geografía, y la construcción de la paz en Colombia: ‘Paz territorial’ y lanegociación de cartografías
Ulrich Oslender (Florida International University, Miami, USA)uoslende@fiu.edu
Vladimir Montoya (Instituto de Estudios Regionales, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín,
Colombia)
vladimir.montoya@udea.edu.co
Carlo Emilio Piazzini (Instituto de Estudios Regionales, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín,
Colombia)
carlo.piazzini@udea.edu.co
La “paz” no es un hecho sino un proceso dinámico en constante construcción. Las espacialidades deeste proceso no están siempre bien entendidas (o consideradas). Esta mesa redonda propone
examinar las variables espacialidades de la construcción de la paz en Colombia, sobre todo en luz
del reciente plebiscito sobre el acuerdo firmado entre el gobierno colombiano y las guerrillas de las
FARC. Un papel significativo juegan las varias expectativas, esperanzas, y reconfiguraciones
territoriales que cualquier acuerdo final implicaría. Desde la propuesta de una “paz territorial” hacia
la construcción de zonas de desarme, procesos que llamamos aquí “negociación de cartografías”
tendrán un papel clave en estas reconfiguraciones territoriales. A su vez, estas negociaciones
movilizan a “geografías imaginadas” múltiples y diversas sobre los mismos espacios, que necesitan
ser articuladas y entendidas para enfrentar el potencial de conflicto territorial que conllevan. Partede la mesa va a explorar a experimentos cartográficos del pasado y presente – entre otro talleres decartografía social entre comunidades negras e indígenas – para reflexionar sobre métodos yherramientas que aporten un mejor entendimiento de las geografías imaginadas variadas implicadasen la construcción de la paz en Colombia.
Participantes confirmados:
Ulrich Oslender, FIU
Vladimir Montoya, INER
Julianne Hazlewood, Alliance for Indigenous Solidarity, The Cultural Conservancy, San Francisco,
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