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PRIO Centre on Culture and Violent Conflict

The PRIO Centre on Culture and Violent Conflict is devoted to the study of relations between culture and violent conflict.

Online Exhibition

Societal Transformation in Conflict Contexts (TRANSFORM)

When facing war or oppression, what motivates people to take action for social justice? How do small but brave acts of resistance inspire larger transformations and what is the role of storytelling in this? You will find answers in our online exhibition.

Event

Wednesday, 08 Jun 2022 12:00-13:00

INSPIRE Seminar Series: Identity, Alienation and Exclusion – a Conversation with Ibrahim Mursal

We invite you to the last INSPIRE seminar this spring with filmmaker Ibrahim Mursal.

Time: 08 Jun 2022 12:00-13:00

Place: PRIO, Hausmanns gate 3, Oslo

News
Blog posts
Recordings

Event Recording

Wednesday, 11 May 2022 12:00-13:00

54:20

INSPIRE Seminar Series: The Use of an Art-Based Approach in the Exploration of Trauma and Resilience

We invite you to the third INSPIRE seminar this spring, with artist and social anthropologist Cecilia G. Salinas.

Event Recording

Wednesday, 30 Mar 2022 15:00-16:00

01:02:31

INSPIRE Seminar Series: Research and Creation in Sites of Ethical Demand - Models of Conduct and Practice

Please be invited to second INSPIRE seminar this spring with artist, writer and researcher Lois Klassen.

News

Monday, 21 Mar 2022

Tone Sommerfelt On Her Father’s Unique Anthropological Work

The journal History and Anthropology has dedicated a special section to Norwegian anthropologist Axel Sommerfelt and his previously unpublished paper on ethnic groups and boundaries. The section has been put together by PRIO researcher Tone Sommerfelt – Axel Sommerfelt's daughter – Marek Jakoubek and Thomas Hylland Eriksen.

Event Recording

Thursday, 10 Mar 2022 17:30-19:30

01:20:40

Stories from the Past - Inspiring the Future: Acts of Courage in Somali History and Today

This Oslo Peace Days event, postponed from December, will launch the short-film “Uffo: The wind that blows before the rain” based on a true story, which was featured on BBC Africa.

News

Tuesday, 29 Jun 2021

INSPIRE Seminar Series Autumn 2021

Please be invited and save the dates for the INSPIRE seminar series autumn 2021! The seminars will take place monthly, on Wednesdays from 12:00-13:00 CET, online, with invited researchers and artists.

News

Wednesday, 4 May 2022

NORM Project Kick-Off Meeting

The NORM project ('Shaping the Digital World Order: Norms and Agency along the Digital Silk Road in Southeast Asia') was officially launched with a kick-off meeting on 4 May.

Event Recording

Thursday, 24 Mar 2022 17:00-19:00

01:45:12

Identity and Cultural Authenticity – A Conversation and Concerts with Harpreet Bansal and Sankung Jobarteh

The PRIO Centre on Culture and Violent Conflict (CCC) invites you to a conversation on identity and cultural authenticity, followed by a double concert with violinist and composer Harpreet Bansal and guitarist, kora-player and vocalist Sankung Jobarteh.

Event Recording

Wednesday, 16 Mar 2022 12:00-13:00

59:17

INSPIRE Seminar Series: reCLAIM - Digital Curatorial Practices as Ethnographic Intervention

Please be invited to the first INSPIRE seminar this spring with Larissa-Diana Fuhrmann and Simone Pfeifer.

News

Monday, 29 Nov 2021

Oslo Peace Days 2021

PRIO is proud to be a part of Oslo Peace Days, an annual celebration since 2018. The City of Oslo, the Nobel Peace Center, the Norwegian Nobel Institute, the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and the University of Oslo work with peace and human rights issues in various ways.

News

Thursday, 17 Jun 2021

New Animation Highlights Need for Refugee Education and Durable Futures

Education in situations of conflict and crisis is central in efforts to protect children and youth in the near-term and fostering peaceful coexistence over the longer-term. But how can education enable individuals and communities to build durable futures when there is great uncertainty about where these futures will be?