ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the emergence of peacebuilding, as a concept for United Nations (UN) intervention in conflict to complement the established activities of peacekeeping and peacemaking, is recounted and briefly discussed. Peacebuilding, it is argued, broadens the field of co-requisites for peace, which is understood not merely as the absence of direct violence, but also a condition requiring structural and cultural violence to be exposed and challenged. This understanding entails attention to the symbolic context in which people respond to conflict, including the influence of media. In light of these connections, the rise of peace journalism, as both a reform proposition within and around journalism itself, and a field of scholarly research, is also recounted and discussed.
