What would peace look like in Acapulco? The views of local practitioners and stakeholders

Gormally, S. , Arizpe, E. and Bahena-Rivera, A. (2023) What would peace look like in Acapulco? The views of local practitioners and stakeholders. Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, (doi: 10.1177/15423166231179239) (Early Online Publication)

Abstract

This article critically explores what peace means for 39 practitioners and stakeholders in the city of Acapulco, Mexico in 2021. Working in non-formal education, community development, the arts, and culturally based activities across the city, their responses provide unique insight into what peace might look like in a city with high levels of inequality, drug-related violence, and crime. Facilitating their vision of peace and getting participants to articulate what peace would look like for them, this article provides insights into practitioners’ views, changing the narrative from them being victims of violence to agents of positive social change. Peacebuilding literature frames the discussion, and the article concludes with lessons derived from the detailed analysis of participant views which might offer a pathway for others living and working in similar contexts.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Early Online Publication
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Bahena Rivera, Dr Alejandro and Arizpe, Professor Evelyn and Gormally, Professor Sinead
• Authors: Gormally, S., Arizpe, E., and Bahena-Rivera, A.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Education > People, Place & Social Change; College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Psychology & Neuroscience; College of Social Sciences > School of Education > Culture, Literacies, Inclusion & Pedagogy
• Journal Name: Journal of Peacebuilding and Development
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• ISSN: 1542-3166
• ISSN (Online): 2165-7440
• Published Online: 05 June 2023
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2023 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Journal of Peacebuilding and Development 2023
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License

Project Code	Award No	Project Name	Principal Investigator	Funder's Name	Funder Ref	Lead Dept
309642		BA Education & Learning in Crises	Evelyn Arizpe	British Academy (BRITACAD)	ERICC\190110	ED - Education