PEACEptions

PEACEptions is a joint project of the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES). Building on Willy Brandt’s phrase that “peace is not everything, but without peace everything is nothing,” the project explores diverse understandings of peace, ranging from a sense of tranquility and the absence of conflict to socio-political transformations across six countries.

Guided by a Comparative Area Studies (CAS) approach, the project is structured around three elements that transcend contextual boundaries: physical integrity, individual and collective human rights, and constructive conflict transformation. Comparing and contrasting how peace is conceived in Cameroon, Colombia, the Philippines, South Sudan, Tunisia, and Venezuela is essential in order to develop concrete, context-specific proposals for peacebuilding.

Below you will find a collection of visualizations that summarize and illustrate the project’s findings. These visualizations are partly digital and partly physical; the latter can be downloaded here.