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In this episode, Alice interviews two guests about the 'peace knowledge' produced by different museums. Charlotte Houlahan joins us from Yorkshire, where she is principal curator at The Peace Museum in Saltaire, near Bradford. Alongside her, Lydia Cole, a Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Sussex, shares insights from her new research project, 'Curating Peace', which examines ways that exhibitions and museum collections shape public knowledge of peacemaking in the United Kingdom. The Peace Museum in Saltaire is the UK's only peace museum. Founded in 1994, it recently moved to new premises, which prompted its curators to think afresh about the kinds of peace stories it shares with the public. Charlotte gives listeners a flavour of some of the items in its collection, talks us through the design of its new exhibition space, and reflects on its mission to empower and inspire visitors through the human stories of individual peace activists past and present.Lydia helps us to identify the different kinds of peace knowledge present in war-oriented museum spaces, such as London's Imperial War Museum. Discussing their WWI and WWII galleries, their Peace and Security section, and their 2017 temporary exhibition 'People Power', she discusses different approaches - some of which focus on top-down, institutional forms of peacebuilding, while others centre ordinary people and even take the curation of peace knowledge (and conflict histories) beyond the museum space.The conversation ends with some important reflections on the challenges of talking about peace amid conflict, the benefits that might arise from the development of more peace-oriented museums, and the ripple effects beyond the museum space of sharing peace knowledge in the everyday. We hope you enjoy the episode. For a version of our podcast with close captions, please use this link. For more information about individuals and their projects, please visit the University of St Andrews' Visualising War website and the Visualising Peace Project. You can access our own virtual Museum of Peace here.Music composed by Jonathan YoungSound mixing by Zofia Guertin

Drawing broadly on science, philosophy, politics, and wisdom teachings, James Olson, in his book The Whole-Brain Path to Peace: The Role of Left-and Right-Brain Dominance in the Polarization and Reunification of America, offers a holistic look at how the brain's division into distinct hemispheres results in two divergent perspectives on our experience. These contrasting perceptions of the world, in turn, become a direct cause of the crippling polarizations we see today in gender relations, politics, and public policy—leading to culture wars and even modern warfare. Noting that one side of the brain always tends to dominate the other, Olson offers novel methods to minimize this imbalance and incorporates the most recent neuroscience research in this updated second edition. Hosted by Dr. Zohara Hieronimus. Produced by Hieronimus & Co. for 21st Century Radio®.  Edited version provided to Nightlight Radio with permission.  

Drawing broadly on science, philosophy, politics, and wisdom teachings, James Olson, in his book The Whole-Brain Path to Peace: The Role of Left-and Right-Brain Dominance in the Polarization and Reunification of America, offers a holistic look at how the brain's division into distinct hemispheres results in two divergent perspectives on our experience. These contrasting perceptions of the world, in turn, become a direct cause of the crippling polarizations we see today in gender relations, politics, and public policy—leading to culture wars and even modern warfare. Noting that one side of the brain always tends to dominate the other, Olson offers novel methods to minimize this imbalance and incorporates the most recent neuroscience research in this updated second edition.    Hosted by Dr. Zohara Hieronimus. Produced by Hieronimus & Co. for 21st Century Radio®.  Edited version provided to Nightlight Radio with permission.

Drawing broadly on science, philosophy, politics, and wisdom teachings, James Olson, in his book The Whole-Brain Path to Peace: The Role of Left-and Right-Brain Dominance in the Polarization and Reunification of America, offers a holistic look at how the brain's division into distinct hemispheres results in two divergent perspectives on our experience. These contrasting perceptions of the world, in turn, become a direct cause of the crippling polarizations we see today in gender relations, politics, and public policy—leading to culture wars and even modern warfare. Noting that one side of the brain always tends to dominate the other, Olson offers novel methods to minimize this imbalance and incorporates the most recent neuroscience research in this updated second edition.  Hosted by Dr. Zohara Hieronimus. Produced by Hieronimus & Co. for 21st Century Radio®.  Edited version provided to Nightlight Radio with permission.

A podcast by SaferGlobe. In a unique discussion on practical experiences from supporting entrepreneurship in North Korea, Lebanon and Somalia, Maria Mekri, Executive Director of SaferGlobe and Jukka-Pekka Heikkilä, a Scholar-Activist in Entrepreneurship Education in Extreme Environments, explore opportunities and challenges for entrepreneurship for peace with their guests Nour Atrissi and Yusuf M. Mubarak. Four themes emerge from the discussion as practical lessons for programs focusing on promoting entrepreneurship in fragile contexts: the necessity for co-creation and local ownership in creating entrepreneurship; the central role of trust and trust-building; the need to overcome structural obstacles for change, specifically in financing and banking, and finally the central role of female entrepreneurs and inclusion for sustainability. Featuring: Maria Mekri, SaferGlobe. Maria Mekri is the Executive Director of SaferGlobe, Finland's leading think tank on peace and security. She  aims to foster and mentor success, strives for excellence, and drives projects forward with 20 years of academic experience in international relations, 10+ years years teaching (e.g. international relations, peacebuilding) and 7 years in management. Maria is motivated by uncovering and supporting processes by which building peace can be more effective. She personally focuses on business in fragile contexts, digitalization, peace technologies and innovation.  More from: www.saferglobe.fi Jukka-Pekka Heikkilä, Aalto University. Dr. Jukka-Pekka Heikkilä is a scholar-activist based in Finland, Aalto University School of Business, a visiting scholar in Stanford University, Harvard University and a Newton Fellow of the Royal Society. His work focuses on science diplomacy, entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education in extreme settings. He has been teaching entrepreneurship in North Korea between 2012 - 2017 and is the co-founder of WTSUP! Beirut that focuses on supporting equality and equal opportunities for women entrepreneurs in Lebanon. More from: https://jukkapekka.com/  Nour Atrissi, TeensWhoCode. Nour is founder of TeensWhoCode, a Lebanon based education startup whose mission is to equip the next generation (12 - 18 y.o) with the necessary skills in order to thrive in a tech driven world. She is the director of Startup Grind in Beirut, a global community inspiring, educating and connecting two million entrepreneurs across 130 countries. Nour holds a Bachelor's of Science from the American University of Beirut and a Master's of Science from the Lebanese University & the University of Nantes (France). She's also a proud Draper University Hero (Silicon Valley). Yusuf M. Mubarak, Finland-Somalia Association. Yusuf is a specialist in mobile networks with over 20 years experience working for Nokia. Yusuf is also a business and Somali culture expert, who shares Somali cultural experiences through the Finland-Somalia Association as well as promotes Finland and Somalia business relations together with Finnpartnership, and VTT, MFA and other Finnish institutions. For the last five years, Yusuf has been working on encouraging entrepreneurship in Somalia and business engagement with Somalia, and has been able to foster business ties. Contributions to the Geneva Peace Week 2020 Digital Series do not necessarily represent the views of the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform, its partners, or the partners of Geneva Peace Week.

The two sides of the brain have different perspectives of the world and they lead us to make very different choices. Olson’s research shows that we need to blend these two for three-dimensional thinking. He discusses how we can tell when we are functioning from our right brain or our left brain. He’s the author of The Whole-Brain Path to Peace: The Role of Left- and Right-Brain Dominance in the Polarization and Reunification of America (Origin Press 2011)Interview Date: 1/30/2012     Tags: Personal Transformation, Science, Health & Healing, Self Help 

The two sides of the brain have different perspectives of the world and they lead us to make very different choices. Olson’s research shows that we need to blend these two for three-dimensional thinking. He discusses how we can tell when we are functioning from our right brain or our left brain. He’s the author of The Whole-Brain Path to Peace: The Role of Left- and Right-Brain Dominance in the Polarization and Reunification of America (Origin Press 2011)Interview Date: 1/30/2012 Tags: Personal Transformation, Science, Health & Healing, Self Help

A former innovative farmer, James Olson is a philosopher whose studies have included business, engineering, art, Eastern and Western religion, yoga, qigong, psychology, language, neuro-linguistic programming, sacred geometry, and brain science. For many years, he's investigated the effects of brain perspective on government, corporate life, war, and our personal lives. He's the author of The Whole-Brain Path to Peace: The Role of Left- and Right-Brain Dominance in the Polarization and Reunification of America (Origin Press 2011).Interview Date: 1/30/2012      Tags: James Olson, Brain, Right Brain, Left Brain, Psychology, Science, Personal Transformation

Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation in conversation with Sarah Lewis, Harvard professor and best selling author 2016 Frances Tarlton “Sissy” Farenthold Endowed Lecture in Peace, Social Justice in Human Rights presented in partnership with the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice at UT’s School of Law Darren Walker examines the intersection of the arts and human rights, and the need for artists and non-artists alike to engage more fully with the power of artistic expression in the instigation of social change. Darren Walker is the President of the Ford Foundation, the nation’s second largest philanthropy, and for two decades has been a leader in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors. Prior to joining Ford, he was Vice President at the Rockefeller Foundation where he managed the rebuild New Orleans initiative after Hurricane Katrina. He had a decade long career in international law and finance at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and UBS. Educated exclusively in public schools, Darren received the “Distinguished Alumnus Award,” the highest honor given by his alma mater, the University of Texas at Austin. In 2016, TIME magazine named him to its annual list of the “100 Most Influential People in the World.” Growing up in Texas imbued in Darren a pride in the state and a commitment to closing the gap between the privileged and those who are excluded and live on the margins of society. Congruent with Sissy’s own history of exposing and responding to injustices as both a public servant and citizen, the 2016 Frances Tarlton “Sissy” Farenthold Endowed Lecture in Peace, Social Justice in Human Rights inspires audiences to act creatively in response to the greatest human rights challenges of the 21st century.

James Olson is the author of The Whole-Brain Path to Peace:The Role of Left- and Right-Brain Dominance in the Polarization and Reunification of America. He is a management-trained integral philosopher whose studies have included business, engineering, art, Eastern and Western religion, psychology, and NLP. Following the unifying guidelines of philosophy and drawing on his wide-ranging education, James has made it his mission to help bring the planet's masculine and feminine energies into greater balance, and therefore into a more peaceful state, through his advocacy of whole-brain thinking. He holds is currently studying sacred geometry and the experience of living in the heart. To learn more about James and his work, visit: thewholebrainpath.com Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a neuropsychologist and author of Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence, Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom , Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time, and Mother Nurture: A Mother's Guide to Health in Body, Mind, and Intimate Relationships. An authority on self-directed neuroplasticity, Dr. Hanson's work has been featured on the BBC, NPR, FoxBusiness, Consumer Reports Health, U.S. News and World Report, and O Magazine. His weekly e-newsletter - Just One Thing - has over 100,000 subscribers, and also appears on Huffington Post, Psychology Today, and other major websites. To learn more about Rick and his work, visit: www.RickHanson.net

James Olson is the author of The Whole-Brain Path to Peace:The Role of Left- and Right-Brain Dominance in the Polarization and Reunification of America. He is a management-trained integral philosopher whose studies have included business, engineering, art, Eastern and Western religion, psychology, and NLP. Following the unifying guidelines of philosophy and drawing on his wide-ranging education, James has made it his mission to help bring the planet's masculine and feminine energies into greater balance, and therefore into a more peaceful state, through his advocacy of whole-brain thinking. He holds is currently studying sacred geometry and the experience of living in the heart. To learn more about James and his work, visit: thewholebrainpath.com Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a neuropsychologist and author of Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence, Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom , Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time, and Mother Nurture: A Mother's Guide to Health in Body, Mind, and Intimate Relationships. An authority on self-directed neuroplasticity, Dr. Hanson's work has been featured on the BBC, NPR, FoxBusiness, Consumer Reports Health, U.S. News and World Report, and O Magazine. His weekly e-newsletter - Just One Thing - has over 100,000 subscribers, and also appears on Huffington Post, Psychology Today, and other major websites. To learn more about Rick and his work, visit: www.RickHanson.net

At the top of the show, Paul Levy, author of Dispelling Wetiko: Breaking the Curse of Evil is with us revealing the contagious psychospiritual disease of the soul, a parasite of the mind, that is currently being acted out en masse on the world state via collective psychosis of titanic proportions.  This mind virus - which Native Americans have called "wetiko" - covertly operates through the unconscious blind spots in the human psyche, rendering people oblivious to their own madness and compelling them to act against their own best interests.  Sound familiar?  Drawing on insights from Jungian psychology, shamanism, alchemy, spiritual wisdom traditions and personal experience, Paul shows us that hidden within the venom of wetiko is its own antidote, which once recognized can help us wake up and bring back sanity to our society.  We'll certainly ask him if this might explain how people vote against their economic interests! James Olson, spirit-focused philosopher, is my guest in the second half of the show.  Author of The Whole-Brain Path to Peace: The Role of Left and Right-Brain Dominance in the Polarization and Reunification of America.   James sees his work on the planet as bringing the masculine and feminine energies into greater balance through his advocacy for whole-brain thinking as a path to peace.    

Are you managing your brain or is your brain managing you? Science has long understood the significance of brain lateralization. Researchers now know that each hemisphere provides contrasting but complimentary perspectives, and that each side deeply conditions our perceptions. Behavioral neuroscientists also observe that one perspective will tend to rule: For example, the “holistic, compassionate” right brain dominates in most women, while the “analytical, dualistic” left brain is operative in most men. Other pairings naturally show up: Democrats tend to be right brain and inclusive; Republicans are predominantly left brain and individualistic. Those who live a spiritual or holistic lifestyle draw primarily from the right brain; analytical scientists or businesspeople draw mainly from the left hemisphere. It follows that—if we are to better understand and manage our lifestyle, our culture, and its politics—we must better manage our brain’s two hemispheres, rather than let its natural tendencies manage us. These are not simple matters. In fact, the conundrum of brain lateralization sent James Olson, into 18 years of deep study and meditation. Author, James Olson is an independent philosopher and integrative thinker. His book: The Whole Brain Path to Peace: The Role of Left- and Right-Brain Dominance in the Polarization and Reunification of America. is the recipient of FOUR national book awards: Foreword Reviews Book of the Year (Gold in Philosophy, 2012), Natulils (Silver in Social Change, 2012), Independent Publisher IPPY (Bronze in Psychology/Mental Health, 2012) and Eric Hoffer (Honorable Mention, in Self Help, 2011).

James Olson with his book, The Whole-Brain Path to Peace: The Role of Left- and Right-Brain Dominance in the Polarization and Reunification of America. Many of the problems we encounter each day grow out of simple misunderstandings resulting from differences in perspective shaped by the dominance of one brain hemisphere or the other. And these disparities can bring difficulties, yet the profound role of brain dominance in daily life is rarely examined in sufficient depth, especially in relationship to culture and spirituality. James believes the path to peace begins in the brain. In his innovative exploration, he explores the bothersome or contentious relationship between the brain’s dualistic left hemisphere and its holistic right hemisphere.

James Olson, author of "The Whole-Brain Path to Peace: The Role of Left- and Right-Brain Dominance in the Polarization and Reunification of America," will share how brain dominance affects issues from personal relationships to governmental policy, religion, and even war and peace - highlighting the often tragic distortions that can result from the simple lack of balance of our hemispheres - and reveals howa better understanding of the whole brain can faciliate personal transformation, as well as peace on a larger scale.