violence in the community
Violence in a Zapotec Town
The residents of San José Progreso, once a peaceful Zapotec community, are divided into opposing factions, some supportive of a local gold and silver mine and the jobs it provides, while others oppose it because it threatens their water supply. The tense situation in the small community in Mexico’s Oaxaca State has fostered increasing violence. […]
Amish Attack Amish in Central Ohio
The Amish in Carroll, Holmes, Jefferson and Trumbull counties, Ohio, have become increasingly upset in recent weeks because of aggressive, physical attacks by a break-away group who have religious differences with them. The dissident attackers have been cutting off the hair and beards of the men, and in some cases the long hair of the […]
Violence among the Nubians
Nubian demands for the right to relocate to their historic lands on the banks of the Nile—admittedly now on the banks of Lake Nasser, south of the Aswan High Dam—took a new, and more violent turn last week. Sparked by the new spirit of protests in Egypt since the revolution early this year, some Nubians […]
Family Murdered, Father Commits Suicide in Nunavut
Problems with suicides continue to plague the Inuit of Nunavut. Another incident—this time a family homicide, followed by a suicide—horrified Canadians last week. The capital city of Nunavut, Iqaluit, was stunned to learn that a 44 year old man had taken his life in a cemetery after first killing his 29 year old partner and […]
Indian Government Appoints Peace Panel
Large-scale forces such as national peace movements can normally promote harmony at the local level and foster more peaceful communities. The opposite generalization often applies: that wars can promote local strife, which helps build violent societies. Developments last week in New Delhi offer hope that peace in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir may […]
Conditions that Foster Peacefulness in Polynesia
A research report by Stephen M. Younger, published in Current Anthropology last fall, provides an intriguing analysis of some of the conditions that may foster peacefulness in human societies. Younger acknowledges broader literature that demonstrates the ability of people to live together peacefully, but his research allows him to go deeper into the mechanisms and […]
Farmer/Rancher Violence in Ufipa
A serious confrontation between farmers and pastoralists in the Rukwa District of Tanzania has left one man seriously wounded from a gunshot wound in his stomach. According to a news report this past weekend in the Daily News of Tanzania, six sons in the family of Kilomela Shigela pastured about 2,000 cows on the lands […]
Why Don’t You Kill Your Baby Brother?
What kind of people would say to a child who is adjusting to the birth of an infant into the family, “why don’t you kill your baby brother?” Provocative as the question may seem, the answers are neither simple nor straightforward. But in an article from 1994, just added to the Archive of this website, […]
