ABOUT

Violence is an assault on the very conditions which define what it means to be human. It is an attack upon a person’s dignity, their sense of selfhood, and their future. It is nothing less than the desecration of one’s position in the world. It is a denial and outright assault on the very qualities we claim makes us considered members of this social fellowship and shared union called “civilisation.”

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Yet violence is often reasoned, rationalised and legitimated for justifiable ends. Questioning the multiple forms violence takes, the Histories of Violence project is committed to an educated response. Founded in 2011, it provides free to access resources on the most challenging aspects of violence, from the everyday to the most extreme. Committed to the idea violence is not insurmountable and peaceful relations are possible, the project follows the ethical position that violence demands a conversation and educated response.