The Art of Living Sideways Skateboarding, Peace and Elicitive Conflict Transformation /

• Main Author: Friedel, Sophie (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Masters of Peace
• Subjects: Psychology.; Psychotherapy.; Counseling.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.; Personality and Social Psychology.

Sophie Friedel explores the action of skateboarding in her book as a way to escape cycles of despair, not only in war torn environments and regions affected by poverty. The author critically reflects on her involvements of teaching skateboarding in Afghanistan within the context of youth empowerment...

Table of Contents:

• Transrational Peace Research
• The Aesthetics of Transrational Peace Philosophy
• Kabul, Peace and Skateboarding
• Sport for Development & Peace: A Space for Peace Work?
• Humanistic Roots, Embodiment and Transformation
• Thoughts on Working with Peace in the Early 21st Century.