Culture of peace in university students, a look through the theory of social representations
Abstract
The culture of peace has acquired significant importance today. It is interesting to study how university students represent and understand this concept since it has an impact on their future development and on society in general. The objective of this article is to explore the meaning of the culture of peace in university students. For this purpose, an approach to the theory of Social Representations is presented with the intention of explaining how individuals’ appropriate information and transform it into a form of action within a community, in search of respect for human rights in the face of a situation. peaceful environment. The research was conducted with a sample of 112 informants distributed in the University Center of Social Sciences and Humanities of the educational programs of Sociology and International Relations and the Law career of the University Center of la Cienega, both campuses of the University of Guadalajara., Mexico. It was approached through a mixed methodology using observation, document analysis and free lists as techniques. The results revealed that the concept of culture of peace by the study participants is broad and multidimensional. Among the main values, tolerance, respect, and diversity stand out as fundamental pillars of the culture of peace. It is essential to understand how these young people perceive, value, and interpret this social phenomenon, as this provides information to design effective and meaningful intervention strategies and promotion of a culture of peace for this group of people.
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