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A series of doodles illustrating the trail of strategies taken up by orb weaver spiders in weaving their web.

A doodle version of the integrated framework for peacebuilding, originally proposed in the book Building Peace, and subsequently expanded in The Moral Imagination.

A diagram from The Moral Imagination that offers a way to explore a more holistic understanding of settings of cycles of violent conflict.

A doodle that connects the nested spheres of the first iteration of the integrated framework for peacebuilding with the nested spheres of the past that lies before us.

A short essay emergent from the wisdom of Hafiz's poem 'Dropping Keys.'

Reflections on walking and the embodiment of alongsideness in contexts of training, teaching, and facilitation.

A pyramid model of actors and approaches to building peace across scales from the grassroots, middle range, and top-level leaders.

A diagram of a simple process structure, holding together circular and linear perspectives.

A diagram mapping pathways of strategic peacebuilding, the main components and sub-components of the field of peacebuilding.