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Peace Practice Online in a Time of WarPractice is a messy, miserable reality that deserves its own independent study. What do we do in times of war? This has dramatically changed for me and many others in just the last year or two, where every war seems to be bringing individuals together online to a level of intimacy, collaboration, and care unprecedented, and others to a level of hatred unprecedented. Then there are shades of gray, where how you frame your disagreements, your texts, your cries, your screams, your pleas, your ruminations in the dead of night, all of it yields surprising communications across enemy lines, in all of the many and variegated enemy systems that overlap in international conflicts. A string of people from one side of the conflict becoming the only lifeline for a family on the other side. ... |
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Spratly Island and South China Sea ExerciseThe summer of 2014 is shaping up to be “hot” for the global peace and security field, not only due to the new reports on the catastrophic effects of climate change, but also because of the recurring and emerging violent conflicts. The scope of human suffering seems almost too much to handle, and students and professionals in the field of conflict resolution are facing a horrible truth the world is not continuing on the familiar trajectory towards greater peace enjoyed since the end of the Cold War. The crises in the Ukraine and the Middle East once again, shows the importance and hardship of our... |
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Interning at the Student Safety and Wellness OfficeKristen Woodward, an alumna of S-CAR, works for Fairfax Public Schools as a Conflict Resolution Specialist in the Student Safety and Wellness Office. She started out as an intern and has assisted in developing and expanding a successful Peer Mediation and Restorative Practice program that impacts hundreds of students, teachers, counselors, and families throughout the community. “Students who participate in peer mediation training learn conflict resolution skills that help them resolve their own conflicts and help students understand and manage conflict. Understanding restorative practices encourages students and staff to build and strengthen relationships and to view conflict through a restorative rather than a punitive lens.”(quote from FCPS publication)
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S-CAR Workshop in Bogota, Colombia: Conflict Resolution in the Exploitation and Management of Natural ResourcesThe tenth Summer Workshop on Conflict Resolution in Latin America and the Caribbean was held in Bogota, Colombia between June 5th and 13th 2014, in partnership with the School of Political Science and International Relations of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. The activity was organized by the Latin American Initiative at the Center for Peacemaking Practice. As in previous years, the Workshop was supported by travel scholarships from the Organization of American States, who paid the cost of travel for four of the workshop participants. The course was taught by three Latin American professionals and three faculty members from S-CAR... |
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S-CAR Welcome PicnicEach year, the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution hosts a welcoming event to cordially invite students, faculty, alumni, and staff to another year. This year's Annual Welcome Picnic will be held at Bon Air Park in Arlington from 4:00pm to 6:00pm. This is a chance to get to know your cohort, play yard games with faculty, and share a meal with some of S-CAR’s many alumni. Please bring your favorite dish to share! S-CAR will provide hamburgers, hotdogs, and veggie burgers for grilling. There are volleyball courts, a soccer field, and space for other... |
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Arlington Campus Library Welcome Week The Arlington Campus Library, located on the 2nd floor of Founders Hall, welcomes you to the start of the 2014-2015 academic year. Drop by before or after your classes on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday (August 25-27th) for cookies, giveaways (hello mini stapler!), and aliterature about library services. We will have a table in front of the library staffed by the librarians, so come and say hi! |
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Profiles of S-CAR's Three New Faculty Hires Dr. Tehama Lopez Bunyasi is an incoming Assistant Professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution. (PhD University of Chicago, 2009). She comes to Mason from Ohio University, Athens OH. Dr. Bunyasi's work focuses on politics with an emphasis on Latino politics, racial attitudes, identity conflicts and the politics of immigration. She strengthens S-CAR’s commitment to work on U.S. domestic and racial conflicts, and more broadly on issues of social inequality and conflict.
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Asaka Ishiguro, S-CAR MS StudentAsaka Ishiguro is an MS student from the Fall 2013 cohort at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution. Originally from Japan, she developed a keen interest in the field of conflict analysis and resolution through her work for a non-profit organization in Tokyo. Her work included helping to coordinate youth dialogue programs for Israeli, Palestinian, and Japanese students, to help them build upon good relationships so that when they returned home, they could use that bond to foster peaceful relations in the region. According to Asaka, “after a training session, one of the exchange students told me that although many people had... |