This book pulls back the curtain on the unseen, deeply human dimensions of peace work. While the world often learns about conflict through fleeting media coverage and social media posts, this book invites readers into the lived realities of those who remain after the spotlight fadespeace scholars, practitioners, and local community members who navigate the fragile aftermath firsthand.

Through intimate autobiographical storytelling, contributors reveal the layered experiences that shape peacebuilding in practice. Their stories offer more than reflectionthey provide purposeful insights and direction for sustaining peace efforts over time. Written by those who've lived through war and reconciliation, and by those who walk beside them in post-conflict spaces, this collection redefines how we understand the work of peace.

Provides an autoethnographic insight in to peace work Includes contributions from peace scholars and activists Offers discussion questions to assist students to further reflect the invisible and visible peace work

Autorentext

Emi Kanemoto (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor at Bryant University, researches intercultural communication, peacebuilding, and social change.

Sasha Allgayer (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor at the College of Wooster, researches global media, international studies and activism.

Eddah M.Mutua (Ph.D.), Professor at St. Cloud State University, researches African communication, post-conflict peace initiatives, and civic engagement.

Klappentext

“These stories are not written about peacebuilders—they are written by them. In their vulnerability and moral imagination, we hear truth, not theory. Invisible Peace offers a tapestry of courage and grace woven by those who do the work even when no one is watching.”

The Rev. Canon Mpho Tutu van Furth, Priest in Charge at All Saints Church, Amsterdam

Invisible Peace Work is a timely contribution to the study of peace and conflict, instructive and inspiring for scholars and practitioners alike. Engaging and insightful narratives take us beneath the surface of peacebuilding waters, revealing the pain and courage, trauma and healing, complexities and challenges, risks and rewards involved with building sustainable peace in protracted conflicts. Readers will gain deeper understanding and appreciation of peacebuilding processes and renewed hope for the future.

Benjamin Broome, Professor Emeritus, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University, USA

This book pulls back the curtain on the unseen, deeply human dimensions of peace work. While the world often learns about conflict through fleeting media coverage and social media posts, this book invites readers into the lived realities of those who remain after the spotlight fades—peace scholars, practitioners, and local community members who navigate the fragile aftermath firsthand.

Through intimate autobiographical storytelling, contributors reveal the layered experiences that shape peacebuilding in practice. Their stories offer more than reflection—they provide purposeful insights and direction for sustaining peace efforts over time. Written by those who’ve lived through war and reconciliation, and by those who walk beside them in post-conflict spaces, this collection redefines how we understand the work of peace.

Emi Kanemoto (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor at Bryant University, researches intercultural communication, peacebuilding, and social change.

Sasha Allgayer (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor at the College of Wooster, researches global media, international studies and activism.

Eddah M. Mutua (Ph.D.), Professor at St. Cloud State University, researches African communication, post-conflict peace initiatives, and civic engagement.

Inhalt

Introduction to Invisible Peace Work.- Threads of Peace: A Journey of Hope and Struggle.- The Phoenix Within: Narratives of Struggle, Resilience, and Hope.- Inheriting Wartime Narratives: An Autoethnography of the.- Process of Writing to Uncover Intergenerational Trauma.- Stories from the Fault Line: Writing for Peace in Times of Conflict and Contradiction.- Echoes of Suffering in a World of Victims.- Surviving the Crossfire: A Humanitarian Worker's Experiences in Kerio Valley, Kenya.- Positionality in Conflict Spaces and Contexts: Experiences from East Africa.- My Offering: A Journey of Reconciliation.- Peace, Piece by Piece: The Moral Imagination of Frontline .- The Morally Bankrupt Imagination: After Chicago 2024.- In Search of Reconciliation: A Collaborative Attempt at .- Epilogue: Pillars of Invisible Peace.