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July 2008
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 Module
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| Dr. Puntip
Sirivunnabood (left) and Dr. Soree Pokaeo (right) are from Faculty
of Psychology, Chulalongkorn University. They taught about communication
skills for solving problems and also inner reflections on peace. |
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| Fellows used communication
skills to solve problems in the class. They also learned about
their own problem solving approaches. (Left) From left Wellington
Rocha from Brazil, Bhimsen Devkota from Nepal, Cecilia Moifula
from Sierra Leone. (Right) From left Ven. Sunim from Australia,
and Halidu Musah from Ghana |
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| Ms. Reena Kukreja, lecturer, Department
of Film Studies and Women’s Studies at Queens University,
Kingston, Canada, taught about the use of media as a communication
and peace building tool. She also used newspaper articles from
various newspapers for fellows to explore media bias.hana |
Rev. Ray Helmick, instructor in Conflict
Resolution at Boston College and Senior Associate in the Program
in Preventive Diplomacy at the Center for Strategic and International
Studies in Washington D.C., employed the films of John Michalzyk
to teach about conflict in Northern Ireland, South Africa, and
the Middle East. |
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Fellow screening the conflict films in class. |
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3 : Week 1 |
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Jan
Sunoo (right) and Peter Swanson (left) from FMCS, they
taught about negotiations and mediation in conflict |
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Group
activities about mediation; Jan Sunoo conducted the activities
for participants. |
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Group
discussion about mediation and how to use negotiations
to resolve conflict. |
Cross
Cultural Conflict resolution is one session which is very
important for our world that has many cultural conflicts
between countries and communities. Fellows proudly display
their national custumes on this day. |
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| From left to right: Israel
Newberry from Liberia, Smita Savant from India, and
Wellington Rocha from Brazil |
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| From left to right: Raymond
Da-boi from Liberia, John Catlin from Australia and
Ferdinand Buscato from Philippines |
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| From
left to right: Abraham Fateh, Adamu Musa and Aisha Manjalo
from Nigeria, and Myint Myint Shwe from Myanmar |
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Module
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Dr. Erik Melander,
Associate Professor at the Department of Peace and Conflict
Research, Uppsala University in Sweden began the week by
introducing the methodology of Conflict Mapping.
This module moves more in depth into the
assessment, analysis, and understanding of conflicts.
Conflicts can be difficult to assess and comprehend,
and this module will provide a background for classifying
and categorizing conflict. |
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| From
left, John Catlin from Australia, Smita Savant from India,
Heidi Hudson from South Africa, Nimene Myers from Liberia,
and Raymond Da-boi from Liberia. They were discussing about
conflict mapping. |
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| From left, Aisha
Manjalo, Halidu Musah, and Smita Savant. |
Dr. Rosalia Sciortino,
Associate Professor, Institute of Population and Social Research
(IPSR), Mahidol University, lectured about Greater Mekong
Sub-region. |
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| Dr. Vitoon Viriyasakultorn,
Senior Governance Specialist, USAID / ECO – ASIA, taught
about resource based conflict |
Dr. Supang Chantavanich, Professor
of Sociology and Director, Asia Research Center for Migration,
Chulalongkorn University, taught about Ethnic and Cross-Border
Migration Issues |
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NOW
ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS |
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The Rotary Center for Peace and Conflict
Studies at Chulalongkorn University is now
accepting applications
for its three-month certificate Rotary Peace and Conflict
Studies Program.
Session V: July to September 2008
Full and part funding for the participants
are provided by Rotary International. The deadline for application
is December 1, 2007.
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CONTACT
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Rotary Headquarters in USA
The Rotary Foundation
One Rotary Center
1560 Sherman Avenue
Evanston, Illinois 60201-3698 USA
Tel: 847 866 3374
Fax: 847 866 0934
E-mail: rotarycenters@rotary.org
Rotary Peace and Conflict
Studies Center in Bangkok
Chulalongkorn University
254 Prachatipok-Rampaipannee
Bldg. 3F Pathumwan, 10330,
Bangkok, Thailand
Tel: +66 2 652 5088
Fax: +66 2 652 5089
E-mail: peace@rotarychula.org
Website: www.rotarychula.org
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