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The research included in this compendium centers Indigenous, diaspora, migrant, disenfranchised and disaffected groups in the discussions about violence and power. Through these perspectives the reader experiences the unflinching interrogations of the forces that seek to control, enforce, regulate and profit from the oppression, subjugation and criminalization of others highlight the harm of unchecked power. The research undertaken by the VIP Lab Fellows highlights how the experiences of those in the sightline of unmitigated power may otherwise be trivialized and obscured if attention and analysis is not devoted to understanding them. Their research also suggests contextually appropriate responses to remedy the historical and ongoing power imbalances contributing to violence.

The Violence, Inequality and Power Lab (VIP Lab) at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice was created to explore the ways in which power inequalities shape both cycles of violence and the narratives that are told about violence. The Lab works to expose how discrepancies in the balance of power contribute to ongoing harms, undermine the rights and freedoms of certain individuals, and activate justifications for violence.

Publication Date

7-2025

Document Type

Report

Keywords

power, inequality, violence

Exploring Dynamics of Power, Inequality and Violence

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