The blog “draws on practice-based research from mainstream schools in Indian-administered Kashmir, where prolonged political violence has shaped not only schooling systems but also how learners and educators relate to authority, safety and the future. It argues that education in such contexts must be understood as both a pedagogical and civic practice – one that responds to trauma, restores agency and rethinks curriculum as a matter of transitional justice.”
“In conflict-affected settings, education is not merely instructional but relational and ethical. …When schools attend to trauma intentionally, they can become spaces where agency is restored and futures cautiously re-imagined—advancing education as a practice of justice and peace.”