Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies

Dear HumanDHS network friends

Please find below information on the ACRGNY: Roundtable Breakfast on Alternatives to Violence February 4, 2010.

Kind regards
Brian Ward

Roundtable Breakfast - Alternatives to Violence Project

to take place at 899 Tenth Avenue, NY, NY 10019, Room 610 on 4 February 2010, Thursday, 08:00 AM

If you would like to attend, please register online by clicking here: http://acrgny.wildapricot.org/ViewEvent.ashx?eventId=121096. If you experience problems connecting to the registration page, please click here .

The event details are as follows:

The Association for Conflict Resolution of Greater New York and
The CUNY Dispute Resolution Consortium at
John Jay College

present
The Monthly NYC-DR Roundtable Breakfast on Alternatives to Violence

Our Speakers

Ray Rios and Tom Rothschild, both closely involved with the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) will speak about the work of the organization at the February 4th ROUNDTABLE breakfast.

Radames (Ray) Rios, MPS is a Housing Works Program Director, providing education, counseling and support services for individuals and their families touched by HIV/AIDS and substance abuse in inner city New York. He has conducted dozens of Conflict Resolutions Seminars for AVP and has dedicated his life to making a difference with youth, former prisoners and those touched by HIV and AIDS. He currently serves as co-president of AVP-New York.

Tom Rothschild is a Quaker in New York City who has been involved for the past several years with AVP. Tom is also a mediator, facilitator and attorney in private practice. For six years, including two and a half as clerk (chair), he was involved with the Quaker Committee for Conflict Transformation, which assisted Quakers in and around New York in resolving conflict in positive and transforming ways.

The Alternatives to Violence Project is a grassroots, volunteer program committed to reducing violence in our lives, in our homes, in our schools, in our prisons, in our streets and in our society. Their mission is to empower people to lead nonviolent lives through building a sense of community where people affirm one another and themselves and learn the skills to transform conflicts nonviolently into win-win outcomes. The AVP program was founded and developed from the real life experiences of people inside and outside prison walls. AVP encourages every person’s innate power to positively transform him or herself and, in so doing, to begin to transform the world.

There is no charge for the breakfast, but you must register in order to attend.

If you have any questions, please email inquire@acrgny.org.

Best regards,
Julie Denny
ACR-GNY

Dear HumanDHS network friends

Please find below information on the Humanity in Action 2010 Summer Fellowship Programs.

Kind regards
Brian Ward

Humanity in Action 2010 Summer Fellowship Programs

Applications are now available for students in Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands, Poland and the United States

See http://www.humanityinaction.org/countries

The deadline for applications to Humanity in Action’s 2010 summer fellowship programs is fast approaching—January 23.

HIA invites applications from college students (current sophomores, juniors, and seniors) and recent graduates (classes of 2008 and 2009) who are intellectually gifted, mature, independent, of diverse backgrounds, and passionate about human rights and social justice.
*Please forward this email widely to outstanding students and recent
graduates.*

The HIA summer fellowship programs bring together international groups of Fellows to study minority rights and human rights doctrines in democratic societies. Separate programs will take place for five weeks in Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Lyon, New York, and Warsaw.

Intensive and demanding, the HIA fellowship features daily lectures and discussions with renowned academics, journalists, politicians, and activists, as well as a significant number of site visits to government agencies, non-profit and community organizations, museums, and memorials. The programs require a great deal of intellectual curiosity and stamina, as well as the ability to work effectively in international teams.

After the summer programs, Fellows are expected to participate in HIA’s international network of alumni and to sustain their engagement in the human rights issues addressed during the HIA fellowship. There are also a number of professional fellowship opportunities available for HIA alumni—such as internship programs run by HIA in the U.S. Congress, European Parliament, and community organizations in San Francisco. HIA Fellows are also frequently selected for further post-graduate fellowships, with large numbers of Marshall, Mitchell, Fulbright, Watson and Presidential Management Fellows among HIA alumni.

We hope you agree that this is a wonderful opportunity for students and recent graduates, and that you will forward this email widely. *Students of all majors and academic disciplines are encouraged to apply*. Full application materials are available on our website at:

http://www.humanityinaction.org/apply/usa

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact our
staff at admissions[@]humanityinaction.org
.

Warmest regards,

Dr. Judith Goldstein
Founder and Executive Director, Humanity in Action

Dear HumanDHS network friends

Please find below a call for papers for the Journal of Interdiscplinary Urban Culture Research.

Kind regards
Brian Ward

Call for Papers: Journal of Interdiscplinary Urban Culture Research

VOL 1, 2010

THEME:

THE DEVELOPMENT OF ART – THE ART OF DEVELOPMENT

EXPLORING THE ROLE OF THE ARTS IN CULTURAL RENEWAL, SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION.

This first volume of the Journal of Interdisciplinary Urban Culture Research aims at bringing together researchers and cultural practicioners to identify and share innovative and creative experiences in building sustainable communities.

Contributions should preferably adress on or more of the following issues:

1.ART AND CULTURAL RENEWAL

What are the significant developments taking place within the material, spiritual and cultural spaces of art today?

What is the place of experimentation and innovation across the whole spectrum of artistic media?

How can we empower institutions of art education to raise their standards of teaching?

How do we promote a process of sustainable cultural continuity and growth?

How do we mobilize for indigeneous, sustainable management of cultural and artistic resources? What are the challenges related to this creative process?

2.ART AND CULTURE AS INTEGRAL COMPONENTS IN DEVELOPMENT WORK.

What is the role of the arts and culture in development work? What are the requirements and conditions for arts and culture to successfully impact social development? How do we protect endangered, vulnerable and minority cultural expressions?

How do we sustain arts initiatives, support artists and engage audiences in developing creative communities?

How can art and culture expand and claim public space for issue advocacy?

3. OPENING SPACES FOR TRANSFORMATION

How can arts initiatives transform communities caught up in a process of environmental and social degradation?

What are the emerging expressive media, forms and styles of art for transformation?

What transformations are taking place at the level of the creative and communicative processes as vehicles for community engagement?

Original papers of about 15 pages should be sent no later than April 30, 2010 to Prof.em.Kjell Skyllstad kmskylls[@]broadpark.no

Notification about acceptance will be sent to contributors no later than June 30. Please enclose a short CV. Contributions representing both art and social sciences disciplines(double authorship) are especially wolcome.

The Journal of Interdisciplinary Urban Culture Research is an international peer-reviewed journal issued yearly by the Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand in cooperation with the Urban Culture Research Center (UCRC) of the Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences of Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan.

The Journal aims at

Establishing a broad interdisciplinary platform for studies of cultural creativity, encouraging collaboration between art disciplines, the humanities and the social sciences, and between theory and practice.

Stimulating innovative research in response to cultural and social challenges calling for solutions across the creative spaces of arts

Affording a clearing house of research to support advocy processes, improve practices, and influence public policy making.

Contributions

All submissions should adress the relevant theme announced. Contributions are welcome from researchers and practicioners at all stages of their careers. The peer review will focus on the content of submission rather than the qualification of the author(s).

Contributions are welcome in formats that include articles and reviews from a wide range of disciplines across the arts, humanities and social sciences. Joint authorship (representing the humanities and social sciences) will be especially welcome.

Articles and longer reviews received by the closing date will be sent to two referees knowledgeable in the field relevant to the topic of the paper. A short CV and abstracts of up to 150 words giving a concise statement of the intention, results and conclusions of the paper should be attached to the article together with 6 key words in order of importance.

Manuscripts should be submitted as a single pdf file that includes all texts, figures, tables and other information, and is numbered from start to finish.The format should be the Chicago Manual of Style

www.chicagomanualofstyle.org

Dear HumanDHS network friends

Please find below news from the International Society for Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection.

Kind regards
Brian Ward

News from ISIPAR

The January 2010 issue of Interpersonal Acceptance (Newsletter of the International Society for Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection) is now available for viewing at ISIPAR Newsletter. I hope you enjoy and profit from it! Please inform anyone who might like to know about it or about the Society.

If you haven’t already done so, I hope you will join the International Society for Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection (ISIPAR). Membership information is available on the Society’s website, www.isipar.org.

Please visit the Congress website at http://isipar2010.psy.unipd.it/ to get additional information about the Biennial Meeting to be held in Padua, Italy, July 28-31, 2010.

Dear HumanDHS network friends

Please find here a link to the Dignity International: Monthly Newsbulletin January 2010.

Kind regards
Brian Ward

Dignity International: Monthly Newsbulletin January 2010

www.dignityinternational.org

Contents:

Dignity News

* Happy New Year to all our readers!

* “Imagine there’s no poverty – It could be if we try”

* The Tail Wagging the Dog - The Distorted Global Financial and Economic System

* Dignity International – Producers of Change Makers!

Other News

* System Change, Not Climate Change

* After Copenhagen: Climate Change Struggle Continues

* Labour Disputes Continue to Escalate in Beijing

* Caribbean Labour Congress urges Regional Cooperation

* UN experts urge Thailand to stop immediately the expulsions of Hmong

* Cairo Declaration to End Human Rights Abuses of Palestinians

Action Appeals

* Support the Complaints Mechanism for Children’s Rights

* Call on S. Korea to Protect Migrant Workers

Announcements

* UNICEF Launches Legislative Reform Initiative

* Finland President Tarja Halon Awarded Millennium Torch

Forthcoming Events

* OHCHR Meetings in January

* Postgraduate Course on Socio-Economic Rights in Pretoria

Publications

* Reporting Gender-based Violence: A Handbook for Journalists

* The Idea of Justice

* FIAN: Human Rights of African Peasant Farmers

* COHRE: Guide to Defending Land and Housing Rights

* FAO: Budget Work to Advance the Right to Food

Dear HumanDHS network friends

Please find below a call for papers for the Journal of Internal Displacement.

Kind regards
Brian Ward

Call for Papers: Journal of Internal Displacement

Internal Displacement: Definitions, Scope, Theories and Concepts
Deadline: May 30, 2010

The term “Internally Displaced People” (IDPs), unlike “Refugee”, is not only relatively new but has become the central focuses of scholarly and non-scholarly debates around the globe. The questions of
(1) who should be included in the definition of internal displacement, (ii) whether and Internal Displacement Law should be enacted, and (iii) whose responsibility it is to protect IDPs are but few of the many on-going debates. Academics, civil society groups, humanitarian agencies, refugee practitioners, lawyers and policy makers have created numerous camps, each defining and understanding the concept from their disciplines. Some promote a generic definition of internal displacement, others push for a distinct categorization of displacement, yet another argues that one size does not fit all. For example, some researchers have suggested a distinction between development-induced displacement and conflict-induced displacement, and the exclusion of the former from statistics on internal displacement. To stimulate inclusive discussion and dialogue from the variety of interested scholars, practitioners and policy makers, the Journal of Internal Displacement (JID), a scholarly and inter-disciplinary platform for raising the profile of IDPs through critical dialogue,
emerging themes, and reflections on a wide range of topics and regions; aims to explore and embrace diverse perspectives on the definitions, scope, theoretical and conceptual lenses of internal
displacement globally. We invite submissions that examine the above issues with respect to the following list of themes which is not exhaustive:

• Socio-Economic Displacement
• Development Induced Displacement
• Climate Change Displacement
• Conflict Induced Displacement
• State Sovereignty
• Responsibility to Protect
• Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement

Please submit an article of no more than 10,000 words (30 pages) online by clicking:
http://www.scholarlyexchange.org/ojs/index.php/JID/announcement/view/87

All submissions are peer-reviewed and double-blinded. Please refer to the attached Author’s Guidelines for information regarding formatting and reference style. Further details about the JID’s policies and more are also provided on the website. Note that, submissions are only permitted by registered users and can be done in English, French or Spanish. JID is available at no cost to registered users (Registration is FREE). JID inaugural volume is schedule for publication in March 2010.

Please direct questions to Veronica Fynn, jid[@]evresearch.ca

Dear HumanDHS network friends

Websites Featuring Conflict Resolution Related Job Postings

http://peacebuildingjobs.wordpress.com Peacebuilding Jobs Website maintained by Jill Sarah Moscowitz where all of the positions announced through NYC-DR listserv can be viewed

http://www.nysdra.org/careers/careers.aspx NYSDRA’s job postings section is a collection of available openings that have been submitted by various employers in the dispute resolution field.

http://www.jobtarget.com/home/index.cfm?site_id=9002 Association for Conflict Resolution’s electronic Job Board where “employers and recruiters can access the most qualified talent pool with relevant work experience to fulfill staffing needs.”

http://www.internationalpeaceandconflict.org/forum/categories/career-resources/listForCategory The Peace and Development Collaborative Network maintains this website featuring job postings and career info.

Kind regards
Brian Ward

Dear HumanDHS network friends

The Association for Conflict Resolution has created an electronic Job Board where “employers and recruiters can access the most qualified talent pool with relevant work experience to fulfill staffing needs.”

To access the Job Board, go to http://www.jobtarget.com/home/index.cfm?site_id=9002

Kind regards
Brian Ward

Dear HumanDHS network friends

Please find below the SHS e-News January 2010.

Kind regards
Brian Ward

SHS e-News 46 January 2010

www.unesco.org/shs/e-news

Youth at the heart of the 1st Forum of Ministers of Social Development for the Caribbean

The 1st Forum of Ministers of Social Development for the Caribbean will be organized by the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture of the Government of Jamaica, in cooperation with the UNESCO’s Management of Social Transformations (MOST) Programme and the UNESCO Office in Kingston, from 24 to 26 January 2010.

Recognizing that young people are suffering most from the economic and financial crisis, the Forum will be devoted entirely to social development strategies for youth of the Caribbean against the backdrop of the global crisis.

Since the financial crash of 2008, the crisis has already affected several crucial domains of the life of youth, many of whom are being affected by the decrease in funds available for education and training, difficulties in entering the job market, loss of employment and anxiety about an uncertain future.

The Ministers of Social Development for the Caribbean will gather to share best practices and dialogue with researchers who will present their research based on the theme of the Forum. Potential partners and participants such as youth representatives, NGOs, the Caribbean Community and Common Market Secretariat (CARICOM), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and numerous UN agencies will also be participating in the debates.

In addition, the event will be an opportunity for UNESCO to present the outcome and the follow-up of the 6th UNESCO Youth Forum ( Paris , 1-3 October 2009), main theme of which was “Investing out of the crisis: towards a partnership between UNESCO and youth organizations”.

Finally, the Forum will contribute to the formulation of evidence-based policies to minimize the negative social consequences of the crisis on youth in the region. A policy brief will be published following the meeting to share the experience and recommendations with other regions of the world.

Indeed, this Forum will contribute to the implementation of two recommendations adopted at the 9th Session of the Intergovernmental Council (IGC) of the MOST Programme on 30 September 2009 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris :

Recognizing the diversity of experiences at a national level, there should be an exchange of best practices concerning social policy responses to the crisis.
In responding to the crisis, lessons learnt and anticipatory approaches should be included in the analysis. The MOST Forum of Ministers for Social Development could be an appropriate instrument to apply those lessons in the formulation of future policies.

Six years after the creation of the 1st regional Forum for dialogue of this kind, the Caribbean Forum is the 7th to be created at the initiative of the MOST Programme.

For more information, please contact

Pedro Manuel Monreal Gonzalez , UNESCO Office in Kingston , pm.monreal-gonzalez@unesco.org, tel.: +1 876 9297087

Other events relating to UNESCO’s Social and Human Sciences Programme in January 2010

11 January: Preview in France of the Clint Eastwood film Invictus. Paris , France .
19-21 January: 1st World Youth Meeting for a Sustainable Future, Bari , Italy .
21-22 January: Joint Meeting of the Bureau of COMEST and the Working Group on Environmental Ethics, Paris , France .
27-29 January: 6th Meeting of the World Council of the UNESCO José Marti Project, Dominican Republic .

Just published

Permanent Forum of Arab-African Dialogue on Democracy and Human Rights
UNESCO/SHS Human Security, Democracy and Philosophy Section

Paris, UNESCO, 2009, 15 p.

SHS.2009/WS/17

Available online in English and French

Human Rights: Questions and Answers
UNESCO/SHS

Available online in Arabic
Purchase in English and French

More information on UNESCO’s Social and Human Sciences Portal

Dear HumanDHS network friends

Please find below a call for papers for the RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2010.

Kind regards
Brian Ward

Call for Papers for RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2010

Royal Geographical Society, London, 1-2 September 2010

Travelling faith : exploring the intersections of religion and migration

(Sponsored by the Population Research Group and the Social and Cultural Geography Research Group)

Organisers: Claire Dwyer (University College London) Betsy Olson (University of Edinburgh)

This session provides an opportunity to explore the diverse intersections between religion and migration. The session responds to both the recent resurgence of interest in geographies of religion (Yorgason & dell Dora 2009) and to an emerging focus on religion in migration studies, including work by geographers (Olson & Silvey 2006). Within this session we are interested in the ways in which religious practices and faith identities travel with migrants and shape their experiences of transnational lives or how new religious engagements may be produced through the migration experience. We are also interested in how faith travels and the ways in which religious organisations and institutions are incorporated into or shape migration trajectories and flows.

Papers might include but are not limited to:

The influence of migration on faith and/or religious identity;

The role of the religious ‘community’ in the experience of migration;

Emerging religious or spiritual practices amongst migrants;

Fluidity and disjuncture in religious practice and identity between different generations of migrants;

The activities of faith-based organizations in pre-departure, departure, and arrival of migrants;

The role of religion in the material, emotional, cultural or spiritual construction of home-leaving and home-making;

The influence of place on religious ritual and practice, including para-religious rituals involving food and celebration;

The importance of religion in ‘outsider’ perspectives of immigrants;

Histories of migration and the role of religion

Please send an abstract for consideration (250 words maximum) to Claire Dwyer (cdwyer@geog.ucl.ac.uk) and Betsy Olson (eolson@staffmail.ed.ac.uk) by 6th February 2009.

For more details of the conference see: http://www.rgs.org/AC2010