Breathing: Violence In, Peace Out (Peace and Conflict Series)

Breathing: Violence In, Peace Out is an investigation into the long-term impact of trans-generational trauma and the possibilities for healing. It explores the links between personal histories and world events and helps us to understand life's dualities: violence and peace, self and other, stability and change, slavery and freedom. Milojevic asks: How does violence change us? Is it possible to change the inner landscape of one's thinking in the midst of pain and suffering? And if this is our past, how might our future be different? Oscillating between two voices, Milojevic journeys between the personal ('breathing in'), which describes her experience of violence; while the second academic voice ('breathing out') tries to make sense of it. The rhythm created by inhaling and exhaling reflects not only what we take from the world but also what we give back to it. Breathing is an inquiry into alternative futures as Milojevic explores a range of possibilities, both for each of us personally, and for the world. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dr Ivana Milojevic is a researcher and writer with an extensive background in sociology, gender, peace and future studies. Originally from former Yugoslavia, she now resides in Australia, where she coordinates peace studies at USC. Milojevic has also taught interdisciplinary studies at the University of Novi Sad in Serbia. Milojevic's work has been widely published, and she has authored, co-authored, and co-edited several books, including: Miroljubive price za pravedan svet (Peaceful Stories for a Just World) (2011); Uvod u rodne teorije (Introduction to Gender Theories) (2011); The Futures of Education: Pedagogies for an Emergent World (2008); Neohumanist Educational Futures: Liberating the Pedagogical Intellect (2006); Alternative Futures of Education: Dominant and Contesting Visions (2005); and Moving Forward: Teachers and Students Against Racism (2001). Milojevic is also the author of some than sixty academic articles, many of which are available at www.metafuture.org. ABOUT THE SERIES 'New Approaches to Peace and Conflict' builds on the wisdom of the first wave of peace researchers while addressing important 21st century challenges to peace, human rights and sustainable development. The series will publish new theory, new research and new strategies for effective peacebuilding and the transformation of violent conflict. It will challenge orthodox perspectives on development, conflict transformation and peacebuilding by interrogating old theory and publishing innovative research within an ethical framework of doing no harm while doing good.