![]() I study the texts of both television shows, illuminating the power of fiction to discuss taboo subjects at the core of the conflict. Instead, they allow characters to work through the hardships of the conflict and its implications in their everyday lives. Nevertheless, Fauda and Arab Labor do not prescribe easy solutions to the conflict in their plots. Their identity work proves that national and ethnic identities are not stable but remain in flux, undermining Zionism which strives to silo Jews and Palestinians into separate categories. ![]() I investigate two Israeli television shows, Fauda and Arab Labor, focusing on Jewish and Palestinian men who try to pass members of the other community. I demonstrate my claim by analyzing visual and sonic manifestations of everyday peace in Israel/Palestine. Nevertheless, I argue that communication scholars are well equipped to study everyday peace by focusing on mediatized manifestations of everyday life in popular culture and digital platforms. I discuss major peace theories in broadcast and digital media that either replicate the state-centered approach or struggle to find ways to reach reconciliation. I argue that communication scholars should join the new conversation about everyday peace. Peace is usually studied through nation-states operating in the international system, but recently, peace scholars have underscored the need to research peace as a part of everyday life. How should it be represented and remembered? How will the past be symbolized in public space (in monuments, and in the names of streets and public places) and in ?public time? (in national holidays and the like) in a manner that promotes reconciliation? Any peace?building process must decide how to deal with the past. To counter the culture of war let us build a culture of peace, that is to say, a culture of social interaction based on the principles of freedom, justice and democracy, tolerance and solidarity, and respect for all human rights a culture that rejects violence and instead, seeks a solution to problems through dialogue and negotiation, a culture of prevention that endeavours to detect the sources of conflicts at their very roots, so as to deal with them more effectively and, as far as practicable, to avoid them.Īssociated with the CPP are various activities throughout the world for implementing new educational initiatives for reconciliation and social cohesion in societies emerging from violent conflicts. ![]() The Secretary?General, Frederico Mayer, has depicted this project as follows: As most readers probably know, the Culture of Peace Program (CPP) holds a central place in UNESCO's agenda for the years leading up to the millennium. ![]()
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