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The November New Tactics on-line dialogue features “Human Rights in Higher Education: Incorporating practical experience”. This dialogue specifically features ideas, experiences and methods from human rights higher education programs for incorporating practical experience into human rights curriculums to better prepare human rights advocates for doing “on the ground” and “in the trenches” human rights work.
The featured resource practitioners (biographical information) include:
- Abigail Booth, Programme Manager, Head of Nairobi Office, Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Kenya
- Alice Nderitu, Fahamu (Kenya) in coordination with the University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Jadwiga Maczynska, Project Manager, Jagiellonian University Human Rights Centre, Krakow, Poland
- Mingzhen Ge, Shandong University, Human Rights Center, Law School, China
- Diane Sisely, Director, Australian Centre for Human Rights Education at RMIT University
- Barbara Frey, Director, Human Rights Program, University of Minnesota, USA
- Robin Kirk, Director, Duke University Human Rights Center, North Carolina, USA
- Nicole Palasz, Center for International Education, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Amy Weismann, Deputy Director, University of Iowa Center for Human Rights
- Susan Atwood, Instructor, University of Minnesota’s Leadership : Leadership for Global Citizenship.
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Main themes of this dialogue:
- Stories of Practice: examples of how practical experience is being incorporated in human rights education programs
- Challenges: ethical issues with incorporating practical experience in human rights education programs
- Curriculum Resources: creating and simulating practical experience
Please help us to keep this dialogue organized by 'replying' to these main themes, or 'replying' to other comments, instead of creating NEW comments. Thanks!
Video resources
A number of years ago, I had the opportunity to speak social work classes at the University of Minnesota regarding the issue of "rape as a weapon of war". The professor of the course had used an excellent documentary film called, Calling the Ghosts that brings that issue into stark focus from the perspective of Bosnian women survivors. It also brings an excellent insight into the workings of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and what it is like for a victim to testify in that process to hold people in power accountable for their actions and to address the issue of impunity. It highlights the tension between legal processes and the victim's need for justice.
I would also like to recommend a recently released documentary film that I had the opportunity to view last week when I attended the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies conference in Chicago. I was very impressed with the film titled, Soldiers of Conscience that tackles human rights issues from the perspective of soldiers serving and having served in the recent Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Very powerful and thought provoking!
Nancy Pearson, New Tactics in Human Rights Program Manager
Nancy Pearson, New Tactics in Human Rights Program Manager