Theme: Education for Peace in Africa in the Digital Culture: A Philosophical Perspective
The 21st-century digital landscape has radically reshaped how knowledge is produced, distributed, and consumed across Africa. While digital culture offers new opportunities for access, innovation, and intercultural exchange, it also introduces ethical challenges including cyber-violence, misinformation, polarization, and socio-economic exclusion. In this context, education for peace becomes not only a pedagogical concern but a deeply philosophical one: What kind of human being should digital learning cultivate? Which values, virtues, and forms of rationality support harmony in technologically mediated societies? How can African philosophical traditions and indigenous knowledge systems enrich peace education for a digital age? The next Tangaza International Philosophy Day Symposium event seeks to develop forward-looking philosophies of education that empower African learners to become agents of peace, and responsible digital citizens in an inclusive technological culture. The organizers therefore invite original abstracts and papers that critically engage with such philosophical questions of peace-oriented education in Africa’s digital era. Interdisciplinary contributions are welcome, including philosophy, education, technology studies, communication, sociology, religious studies, and African studies.
Symposium Date: 30/01/2026
Venue / Format: Tangaza University / Hybrid
Organizaers: Tangaza Institute of Philosophy
Some Relevant Sub-Themes:
- The meaning of peace in African philosophy: Ubuntu, community, and digital humanism
- Ethical implications of digital technology for education and moral development
- Digital citizenship, civic responsibility, and non-violent communication
- Governance, democracy, elections, and post-election violence.
- Misinformation, cyberbullying, radicalization, and hate speech: Educational responses
- Indigenous knowledge systems and peace pedagogy in online learning environments
- Digital divide, inequality, and the philosophy of justice
- Technology, democracy, and civic peacebuilding among African youth
- Gender, digital access, and peace education
- AI, virtual reality, and gamification for peace and empathy learning
- Philosophical models of personhood and the moral aims of education in the digital age
- Digital Culture, Human Identity, and the Formation of Conscience
- African Indigenous Wisdom and Peace-Building in Digital Learning
- The Role of Philosophy in Shaping Ethical Digital Policies
- Philosophical Foundations of Peace Education in a Digital Age
Submission Guidelines:
- Abstract length: 200–300 words
- Format: Times New Roman 12, double-spaced, APA 7th edition (or preferred format of the host)
- Submission deadline: Jan. 10th 2026.
- Email Contact:Â Abstracts and papers should be submitted as a Word document to: tipsymposium@tangaza.ac.ke
Publication Opportunity:
Selected papers will be considered for publication in a peer-reviewed edited volume of Tangaza University.
