The ___ live in Venezuela. They believe in a mythic past when their gods prospered because of violence and greed. While they are an extremely peaceful people, they continue to feel threatened by this violence past. To control the violence, the shaman does a chant each night, blows his words into water and honey. The people drink the water/honey in the morning to keep them safe for another day.

Peace studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that draws on political science, sociology, history, anthropology, theology, psychology, philosophy, and other fields to:

understand the causes of armed conflict;
develop ways to prevent and resolve war, genocide, terrorism, gross violations of human rights; and
build peaceful and just systems and societies.