Editor’s Note

Abstract

The Peace Culture Magazine is an annual scientific publication, edited by the UNESCO Chair of Education and Culture of Peace, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador. Its main function is to promote research at the international, national, regional and local levels related to the Culture of Peace, Conflict, Education and Human Rights.

As an editorial team, we are pleased to present Volume 2 of our magazine for the year 2018. This second edition has as its central axis the analysis of all forms of violence and mechanisms to eradicate it. It is important to highlight and thank the international and national researchers who through their research have contributed to the growth of this magazine, illustrating a variety of perspectives, theories or theses that go from the educational mediation as Culture of peace, construction of peace as a research agenda - multipurpose action to the philosophical and sociological scope of imperfect peace.

The editorial team renews its commitment to maintain the high level we have achieved with the outstanding contributions of researchers who have sought to publish with us. My personal thanks to the Editorial Board and the collaborators for their work, perseverance and commitment to the quality of our Peace Culture Magazine, especially to Francisco Jiménez Bautista for his advice and scientific contribution and to Enrique Luzuriaga Muñoz for his logistical support, that without his collaboration the realization and continuity of the magazine would be impossible.

We also highlight the valuable work of Francisco Vega Álvarez, whose technical knowledge allows the portal to work perfectly. Finally, I wish to thank Gabriela Moreira Aguirre and Roberto Beltrán Zambrano for their commitment to the development and execution of all the activities related to the journal and the UNESCO Chair of Culture and Education for Peace.