Ep 240 Peacewarts: Chronicled Courage 101 - The Christmas Truce of 1914 (Class 8)

Episode 237 of the Peace Is Here with Avis Kalfsbeek podcast, hosted by Avis Kalfsbeek, titled "Ep 240 Peacewarts: Chronicled Courage 101 - The Christmas Truce of 1914 (Class 8)" was published on April 6, 2026 and runs 8 minutes.

April 6, 2026 ·8m · Peace Is Here with Avis Kalfsbeek

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Peacewarts: Chronicled Courage 101 - The Christmas Truce of 1914 (Class 8) We explore a case study in horizontal peace. By examining the 1914 Christmas Truce, we see how proximity, shared ritual, and the refusal of abstraction can temporarily dismantle the machinery of war. Homework Look up the letters of soldiers from the 1914 Christmas Truce and find one description of a conversation between a British and German soldier. Write down one question about any of this episode’s topics. If you don’t have a question, write “no question.” Optional: Think about a situation in your life where you have been told to see someone as an opponent or an enemy. How much of that is based on a war map given to you by someone else? What would happen if you ignored the map and looked at the horizontal reality of that person’s life? Learning Topics: Horizontal Peace: When lateral connections overrule vertical authority; Proximity and the dissolution of the enemy image; Ritual as a communication protocol: The role of music and shared food; The institutional reaction: Why high command feared the truce; The lesson for peace scholars: Faces vs. Abstractions Get the book Peace Stuff Enough: AvisKalfsbeek.com/peace-stuff-enough Join the Community / Get the Books: www.AvisKalfsbeek.com Podcast Music: Javier Peke Rodriguez “I am late, madame Curie” https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW

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Peacewarts: Chronicled Courage 101 - The Christmas Truce of 1914 (Class 8)

We explore a case study in horizontal peace. By examining the 1914 Christmas Truce, we see how proximity, shared ritual, and the refusal of abstraction can temporarily dismantle the machinery of war.

Homework

Look up the letters of soldiers from the 1914 Christmas Truce and find one description of a conversation between a British and German soldier.
Write down one question about any of this episode’s topics. If you don’t have a question, write “no question.”
Optional: Think about a situation in your life where you have been told to see someone as an opponent or an enemy. How much of that is based on a war map given to you by someone else? What would happen if you ignored the map and looked at the horizontal reality of that person’s life?

Learning Topics: Horizontal Peace: When lateral connections overrule vertical authority; Proximity and the dissolution of the enemy image; Ritual as a communication protocol: The role of music and shared food; The institutional reaction: Why high command feared the truce; The lesson for peace scholars: Faces vs. Abstractions

Get the book Peace Stuff Enough: AvisKalfsbeek.com/peace-stuff-enough

Join the Community / Get the Books: www.AvisKalfsbeek.com
Podcast Music: Javier Peke Rodriguez “I am late, madame Curie” https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW

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