The Art of Peace

The Art of Peace
"I think what music does is it permits people to touch again, to feel touched by, and to even maybe touch their own sense of personhood and voice."

What happens when people transcend violence while living in it? John Paul Lederach has spent three decades mediating peace and change in 25 countries — from Nepal to Colombia and Sierra Leone. He shifts the language and lens of the very notion of conflict resolution. He says, for example, that enduring progress takes root not with large numbers of people, but with relationships between unlikely people.

Tippett, Krista. “The Art of Peace.” On Being with Krista Tippett, July 8, 2010.

Presented with the permission of The On Being Project.

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