Former Asch Fellow Alan Keenan, now a Sri Lanka expert at the International Crisis Group, is quoted in
a February 16 New York Times article about the military coup.
“Sri Lanka has been on a clear path towards the consolidation of power in the hands of very few people, many of them related to each other.” Read article
The Conflict and Visual Culture Initiative presents
Dale Kinney
History of Art, Bryn Mawr College
The destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas by the Taliban in 2001, the violent protests over Danish cartoons of Muhammad in 2005, and the current debate over requiring display of the Crucifix in Italian classrooms are all recent examples of conflict provoked by or focused on visual symbols. This presentation offers a sampling of such instances from the past and an introduction to the paradigms typically offered by art historians to explain them.
"Bye, Bye, Buddha Brand," Ben Sakoguchi, 2002.
Monday, 29 March, 2010
4:15-5:30 pm
Carpenter Library, Room 21
Bryn Mawr College
The long, drawn-out Ethnopolitical conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians has long been waged through a war of words and images. In an illustrated lecture, Professor Angus Kress Gillespie of Rutgers University reviews how the battle of propaganda has been played out. Both sides have tried to implant the most beneficial images into western media in order to win over western minds.
This lecture is part of the Asch series on Conflict and Visual Culture.
4:15-5:30pm, February 8, 2010 Carpenter Library, Room 21 Bryn Mawr CollegeAnalysis of media coverage of war leads to some conclusions and open questions on the role of the media in peace-building. Suggestions are offered for development of peace journalism and “common ground discourse.”
Monday, 25 January, 2010
4:15-5:30 pm
Carpenter Library, Room 21 (NOTE NEW LOCATION)
Bryn Mawr College
Refreshments will be served
Psychology Today’s website offers a mini-reunion for Asch Summer Institute alumni, as one former Asch fellow reviews a new book by another. Negotiation Genius: How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at the Bargaining Table and Beyond, by Deepak Malhotra and Max Bazerman (2007, Random House) is aimed at a business audience but will interest anyone seeking more effective communication with others.
In the review, Mikhail Lyubansky recounts a night out during the 2001 Asch Summer Institute when most of the group left before the bill arrived. Most people would resign themselves to picking up the tab for the freeloaders (you know who you are), Malhotra saw an opportunity to negotiate a settlement with the bar that would benefit everyone involved.
The entire review, as well as a link to an excerpt from Negotiation Genius, can be found here.
GET TICKETS: Call 215-568-8079 or visit www.InterActTheatre.org
REVIEWS BELOW:
http://www.philly.com/philly/calendar/64793492.html
http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/arts-and-culture/stage/The-Elaborate-Entrance-of-Chad-Deity.html
Fabienne Le Houérou, Le silence de l’araignée, Paris, L’Harmattan, septembre 2009, 201 p.
The book, written in French, is based on the interviews (in Arabic) of Furawis Refugees in Cairo. Taken from the anthropological film, “Nile Hotel, Voices from Darfur” (CNRS Images, Wapiti productions, 2007, 54 minutes, Sudan, Egypt- English/Arabic), the book suggests that contrary to what the media has presented about the conflict, Darfur is not to be defined as a genocide. Rather, the war crimes are the results of centuries of marginalisation of Darfur and the product of Sudan policies.
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Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict NY Times headlines
Melanie Blanding
Kelly Creedon
John Lyon Paul
