The course explored the importance of language, history, memory, beliefs and creative expressions for political dynamics and contestations. Culture, Conflict and Politics explores both the application and the theoretical foundations of interpretive research, the science of understanding, non-essentialist approaches to culture, and cocreational research practices. The course was organized partly as an interactive seminar and partly as a research design workshop. Topics included the use of culture in politics and violent conflict; religion, beliefs and political contestations; and cultural and geopolitical aspects of soft power politics.
The course forms part of the NORHED II project Partnership for Peace: Better Higher Education for Resilient Societies, which enabled PRIO to host interested students from a range of partner universities in the Global South.
