Introduction
The year 2024 has begun with a series of armed conflicts that have highlighted the need to work on promoting a culture of peace. In this sense, the Regional Archive, the Center for Regional Studies of Baix Llobregat and the Territorial Services of Education of Baix Llobregat have developed the training cycle “Armed conflicts and peace processes from research and education”. This cycle aims to provide secondary school teachers in the Baix Llobregat region with the necessary tools to work on these issues with their students.
Course description
The course is especially aimed at teachers who work on projects or supervise high school research papers related to armed conflicts and peace processes. However, the sessions are also open to the general public interested in learning about the historical roots of current armed conflicts and the documentation available in the Archive on the struggle for peace in the past.
The course consists of 5 sessions of two hours each. The first two sessions are lectures that provide the theoretical framework needed to understand current armed conflicts and peace processes. The other three sessions are practical workshops in which the participants will work with the documentation of the Archive to develop didactic proposals.
Course program
Theoretical framework
– The historical roots of current armed conflicts. The case of Israel and Palestine, by historian Enric Prat.
– Peace processes and negotiation of armed conflicts, by researcher Anna Villellas Ariño of the UAB School of Peace Culture.
Workshops with documentation from the Archive
– Peace movements in Catalonia, 1980s and 1990s. Possible research papers on peace movements and documentary funds, by historian Enric Prat.
– The fund of the Fundació Utopia Joan N. Garcia Nieto and the movements for peace. Research proposals. Example of research on the conscientious objection movement, by Bea Jiménez Martos.
– Application of course content to research in schools, by Marcel·lí Canals and Xavier Cortés.
Registration and details
Registration for teachers can be done through the following link: [Activity details (gencat.cat)](https://www.gencat.cat/serveis/educacio/convocatories/2024/activitats/inscripcions/activitats. htm)
Place and time
The course sessions will be held at the Baix Llobregat County Archives, located in Sant Feliu de Llobregat (c/ Clementina Arderiu, 23). The schedule of the sessions will be from 18:30 to 20:30 hours.
Calendar
The course sessions will take place on January 30 and February 6, 13, 20 and 27, 2024.
