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As individuals working for peace, social justice, reduction of violence, and the possibility of reconciliation, we are the instruments of the work. How can we best prepare ourselves to take constructive action whether in a professional role or in a personal relationship? This course will explore four areas of awareness and accountability essential for effectiveness in our action efforts. These areas of content and engagement, described more fully in the syllabus, are self-awareness, self-assessment, self-management, and self- and community care.
In focusing on these four areas, we’ll consider the values that inform our actions, the roles we play, the skills we have and need, and the processes available to us for doing the work. The intensive on-line experience course will make use of in-person instruction and conversation, video inputs, personal action and reflection, paired and plenary discussion, demonstration/presentation and a sampling of non-traditional forms of learning and integration (e.g . arts-based methods, play, music/rhythm, etc.). We will also plan and practice (as appropriate) selected strategies for structuring conversations and decision-making. Course participants will strengthen their abilities to understand and manage self, attend to self /communal & community care, and assess appropriateness of action. And in this unusual time globally, we will practice and reflect on physical, intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual elements of well-being and growth.
This course is being offered for 3 graduate academic creditsmeets a requirement for the MA or GC in Conflict Transformation, the MA or GC in Restorative Justice and the MA in Transformational Leadership. Everyone is expected to attend and participate in class and complete independent reading, research and writing outside of class. Further details on course requirements will be provided during the course and online on Moodle. It cannot be taken for reduced credit or as training.
This course is also taught during our annual Summer Peacebuilding Institute and will take place online in 2021 (www.emu.edu/cjp/spi/).View Syllabus
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Analysis Analysis focuses on understanding the factors that cause and contribute to conflict, violence, and violence instability and those that restrain violence and support peacebuilding and social justice. Good conflict and injustice analysis skills are a central component of designing effective strategies for promoting social change that transforms conflicts and supports justice.In this course, we will engage with each other and with course materials to develop and refine our skills for analyzing situations of conflict and injustice in order to identify opportunities for transformative action. We will use a variety of analytical models or lenses, including identity (transforming conflict and building peace.
Course participants will use lenses (visual or mental models or deductive research frameworks) including those related to identity (gender, religion, nationality, etc.), human needs, narrativenarratives, social power, power asymmetry, domination and oppression, culture, worldview, and others to understand conflict and propose possibilities for change. We They will also work with case consider the “built-in” lenses they carry with them and how these affect their perception and action. Case studies of conflicts at multiple social levels (personal, relational, structural, and cultural) levels will provide an opportunity to practice our analysis skills and identify opportunities to take action.Participants will also practice self-analysis skills by paying attention to their own roles and biases in conflicts and how that affects their ability to “see” and describe conflict from different perspectivesindividually and in small groups. The class will also focus on consider research strategies for gathering and organizing data for practical use and developing theories of change as an intermediate step from analysis to designing effective social change. For the final project, participants will select a situation and conduct their own analysis.
The course will be taught using a combination of asynchronous (self-paced) activities and synchronous activities. This course is for academic credit only. It requires participation in synchronous sessions on Mondays and Wednesdays May 17 – June 16 and follow-up assignments due in July and August. Course work to be completed by August 20.
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This 3 SH course meets a requirement for the MA or GC in Conflict Transformation, the MA or GC in Restorative Justice and the MA in Transformational Leadership. Everyone is expected to attend and participate in every session, and complete reading/viewing, activities and assignments outside of class. Further details on course requirements will appear in the course schedule document, and will be provided during the course and online on Moodle. This course cannot be taken for reduced credit.
This course is also taught during our annual Summer Peacebuilding Institute and will take place online in 2021 Institute (www.emu.edu/cjp/spi/). View Syllabus
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Foundations 1 and 2 give an overview of social justice and peacebuilding practice and its multi-disciplinary, multi-level aspects. This course, Foundations 1, addresses personal, interpersonal, small group, and organizational-level conflict transformation and social change. Foundations 1 will center on personal formation, basic action research, analysis for understanding conflict and injustice, peacebuilding and justice practice, theories of change, practitioner roles, essential skills and processes in our work, and basic process design.
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