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JUPS-272-01 Social Justice/Conflict Studies
This course offers a thorough grounding of Conflict Transformation (CT) as an orientation, approach, and framework and an analysis of its recent developments. In particular, we will focus on the work and philosophies of John Paul Lederach and Johan Galtung (the Transcend Method). Drawing on Lederach's idea that CT is a way of "looking and seeing" social conflict, we will explore the deep culture and structure (Galtung) of modern conflict examples and identify the "personal, structural, relational and cultural changes" (Lederach) that could evolve from and be produced by these conflicts. In particular, we will analyze education in conflict settings (international) and, conversely, conflict in education settings (domestic). Together, we will explore peace education as a necessary, indispensible component of a holistic conflict transformation formula that aims to provide people with the skills they need to cope with conflict nonviolently at the individual, community, and international level.
At the conclusion of the course, students will be acquainted with CT as a distinct theoretical and applied field of nonviolent social action, and peace education as one component of long-term peacebuilding in both domestic and international contexts. Intercultural communication skills and dialogue will be modeled by the instructor and practiced by all course participants. Practical workshops in research, interviewing and dialogue, and nonviolent communication (Rosenberg) will complement the theoretical backbone of this course. Further, students will attend a two-day international conference on Conflict Transformation at James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA) on Wednesday, April 15 and Thursday, April 16. Students will be evaluated throughout the semester on their class presence and participation, blog responses to directed reading questions, and a collaborative interview research project. Students will be able to pursue a 4th Credit Option for Social Action in this course.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
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Wisler, A
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