The Buddha: Wisdom from the East

Storytelling as an outlet for restoration and peacebuilding: An introduction to the Special Issue

“…In this Special Issue, we view the process of embedding peace into our practices in teaching, learning, and research, and of educating for peace as peacebuilding. The process of peacebuilding has gained some attention in recent years through different conceptualizations, such as the language of peace (Oxford, 2013), peace education (Birch, 2009, 2022; Dong et al, 2022; Pentón Herrera & Martínez‐Alba, 2021), peace linguistics (Curtis, 2022), peace writing inquiry (Trinh, 2018, 2020a, 2020b, 2022; Trinh et al, 2022), and peacebuilding (Oxford et al, 2020). These pioneer publications have advanced our understanding of the role and importance of peacebuilding in TESOL, reminding us that peacebuilding is not prescribed—it is a process that looks different depending on the individual, context, and ecological structures in which it is situated and analyzed.…”