Dr. Marty Branagan is Senior Lecturer in Peace Studies at the University of New England, Australia, and a long-term artist and activist. He is the author of two novels, two monographs, two co-edited books, and more than forty chapters and articles.
Peace activism, non-violent resistance, a culture of peace; a chat with Marty Branagan ‘People want to live in peace, so why can’t they? Marty Branagan draws on his significant experience as an artist, activist and peace researcher to explain this situation and to seek detailed practical remedies. He deconstructs everything from violent cartoons to interpersonal conflict and militarism in this fresh, well-informed and nicely illustrated book. A major contribution to peace studies’. — Michael Allen Fox, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Queen’s University (Canada), author of Understanding Peace: A Comprehensive Introduction ‘Within the field of peace studies, Marty Branagan’s work offers a special and attractive angle: the manifold “dimensions” of peace in everyday, contemporary culture. It covers numerous topics, from art to the mind, with a range of examples not often seen’. — Brian Martin, University of Wollongong ‘As one who understands history as an evolution of cultural practices still unfolding through our global patriarchal-colonial-capitalist system, it is good to see Marty Branagan tease out these entangled violences – in the family, on indigenous lands and through military-industrial profiteering. Moreover, it is a joy to read his grounded and hopeful vignettes on how actions for peace emerge, nurturing life on Earth’. — Ariel Salleh, author of Ecofeminism as Politics (2017) and co-editor of Pluriverse (2019)