4　「旅する平和博物館」による現場型平和教育ピースボート「地球大学特別プログラム」の事例分析を中心に

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The year 2015 marked the seventieth anniversary of the end of World War II. However, the East Asian region still struggles in its interrelations; in fact, current relations have worsened as compared with those of one or two decades ago. The primary causes of these conflicts are the deteriorating relations and increasing distrust between the regionʼs member states and governments. Furthermore, respective national media coverage has led to increased antagonism and nationalism among neighbouring countries within the region.

Why does East Asia lack a peace-building platform? How can this region overcome its past and cooperate for a peaceful future? Who will take the initiative to develop regional peace? And how? To answer these questions, substantial efforts to overcome the nation-state systemʼs limitations will be required. As far as we know, two approaches can be considered to realise this: one is a supranational system such as the European Union and the other is a transnational approach driven by a global civil society. Both are functional and effective approaches; however, as East Asian nations experience strong tensions amongst themselves, this article examines the experiences of a transnational NGO in the East Asian region. In particular, Peace Boat, a leading Japanese transnational NGO, has been chosen and examined as it involves new challenges from the peace education perspective.

In recent years, through case analysis, we have found that civil society may play a pivotal role in the peace education field, along with schools and other conventional educational institutes. Although the experience related to this field is new and limited, civil society―whether an NGO or a peace movement―can certainly offer a positive model when seeking alternatives to state-oriented limitations. In this particular aspect, the case of the Peace Boat Special Global University hints at a new type of peace education.