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PACS 4500

PACS 4500. Senior Seminar in Peace and Conflict Studies Section 001 Guy Burgess. IPCC Adapting to Climate Change. http://ipcc.ch/pdf/ar5/pr_wg2/140330_pr_wgII_spm_en.pdf. Lake Powell. The New Dust Bowl?. The New Dust Bowl?. McCutchen.

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PACS 4500

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  1. PACS 4500 Senior Seminar in Peace and Conflict Studies Section 001 Guy Burgess

  2. IPCC Adapting to Climate Change http://ipcc.ch/pdf/ar5/pr_wg2/140330_pr_wgII_spm_en.pdf

  3. Lake Powell

  4. The New Dust Bowl?

  5. The New Dust Bowl?

  6. McCutchen http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/supreme-court-strikes-down-limits-on-federal-campaign-donations/2014/04/02/54e16c30-ba74-11e3-9a05-c739f29ccb08_story.html?hpid=z1

  7. Beyond Simple Definitions of Poverty http://media.npr.org/documents/2014/april/PovertyTracker_Spring14_3p.pdf

  8. Impact of Globalization http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/02/opinion/edsall-is-the-american-middle-class-losing-out-to-china-and-india.html?hp&rref=opinion

  9. Rigging the Stock Market http://www.npr.org/2014/04/01/297686724/on-a-rigged-wall-street-milliseconds-make-all-the-difference

  10. Kony 2014 http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/03/25/294315138/joseph-kony-is-back-in-the-news-do-teenagers-still-care

  11. New Tribalism http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/22742-focus-the-new-tribalism

  12. Selfie vs. Community

  13. World Affairs Conference Next Week • No regular classes next • Instead, attend 2 World Affairs sessions related to conflict topics and include a write-up with your reading reflections. • Also, be prepared to talk about what you learned in class on April 15. • Everyone will also be required to attend a small group discussion, half class to talk about your projects. I will send out a schedule.

  14. World Affairs Conference Suggested Sessions?

  15. Next Week’s Schedule Tuesday, April 15 2:00-2:35 • Alli • Kyle • Lindsey • Brandy • Emily Alexis Tuesday, April 15 2:40-3:15 • Sarah • Tanya • Josh Stein • Justin • Emily Oliver • Orphea • Danyah Tuesday, April 17 2:00-2:35 • Elizabeth • Gavin • James • Andrew Tuesday, April 17 2:40-3:15 • Elsa • Dominic • Marissa • Katie • Stella • Joshua Pericas

  16. Bring Project Challenges! Tuesday, April 15 2:00-2:35 • Alli • Kyle • Lindsey • Brandy • Emily Alexis Tuesday, April 15 2:40-3:15 • Sarah • Tanya • Josh Stein • Justin • Emily Oliver • Orphea • Danyah Tuesday, April 17 2:00-2:35 • Elizabeth • Gavin • James • Andrew Tuesday, April 17 2:40-3:15 • Elsa • Dominic • Marissa • Katie • Stella • Joshua Pericas

  17. Intervention Concept Papers

  18. Conflict Assessment Worksheet

  19. Assessment Problems 1. Intolerable moral differences (requiring confrontation) 2. Tolerable moral differences (amenable to coexistence strategies) 3. Within ZOPA distributional conflict 4. Outside ZOPA distributional conflict 5. Status (pecking order) conflict 6. Identity conflict 7. Misunderstandings (well-intentioned) 8. Disinformation (deliberate) 9. Factual disagreements (well-intentioned) 10. Factual disagreements (deliberate) 11. Rightable wrongs 12. Unrightable wrongs 13. Escalation (beyond hate threshold) 14. Escalation (beyond violence threshold) 15. Missing negotiation channels 16. Missing positive vision 17. Kludgeocracy • Machiavellian tyrant • Unequal playing field • Adaptation to violence • Polarization • Disrespect and humiliation

  20. Threaded Text

  21. Mapping & the Sticker Shock Problem

  22. Mapping / Adopt a Challenge

  23. Think Globally Act Locally If you’re not part of the solution your part of the problem -- Eldridge Cleaver

  24. Massively Parallel Peacebuilding

  25. Specialization, Division of Labor

  26. Directory-Oriented Approach

  27. Focus on Incremental Improvements Pursue the Medical, Pathology Treatment Model Not a fruitless search for grand, utopian solutions

  28. Core Issues Distributional Moral Status Identity Overlays

  29. Overlay Problems Escalation Relationship Communication Collaboration Core

  30. Week 9 Reading Reflection Topics De-escalation

  31. Escalation Violence Breakover • Vengeance • Self-Defense Conflict Intensification Feedback Loops Rachets • Sacrifice Trap • Shame Trap Personalization Breakover • Interpersonal Attack • Unthinking Anger Enmity Reinforcement • Self-Fulfilling Prophecy • Recreational Complaint Tactical Choices • Invincibility Illusion • Tactical Escalation / Response • Coalition Building/Polarization Beginnings • Out-Group Identity • Worst Case Bias • Victim Bias • Grievances

  32. De-Escalation Strategies • Portray Conflict Process as the Source of Evil and All Sides as Victim (e.g. Hiroshima) • “Mistakes Were Made” Amnesty (?War Criminal Problem?) • Initiate Cooling-off Periods • Give Losers a Future They Can Live With (World War I vs. II Settlement) • Trust Earning / Confidence Building (GRIT) • Recognition that Escalation Strengthens Enemies as well as Friends • No Response or Minimal Response to Provocation

  33. De-Escalation Strategies • Disarming Behavior to Break Stereotypes (Sadat) • Pursue Cooperative Activities between Enemies • Replace Negotiators • Correct Other Overlay Problems • Limit Misunderstandings • Clarify Facts • Pursue Fair Process • Create Islands of Un-escalated Discourse • Accurate Cost of Conflict Accounting

  34. Charter for Compassion? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxO-6SaNMvg

  35. The Meeting Place • Justice • Punish those that committed “unrightable”, “unspeakable” wrongs • Truth • Acknowledge the guilt, build a common history • Peace • Stop the fighting and killing (even if it means letting people “get away with it”) • Mercy • Stop the hate with forgiveness Lederach Trade-Offs

  36. Week 10 Reading Reflection Topics Misunderstandings

  37. Week 11 Reading Reflection Topics Relationships

  38. Visioning • Justice • Punish those that committed “unrightable”, “unspeakable” wrongs • Truth • Acknowledge the guilt, build a common history • Peace • Stop the fighting and killing (even if it means letting people “get away with it”) • Mercy • Stop the hate with forgiveness • Future Vision • Imagining a positive future vision and a fair relationship Elise Boulding

  39. Victim to Heroine http://video.nytimes.com/video/2008/11/26/opinion/1194834021302/from-victim-to-heroine.html

  40. MukhtaranBibi / MukhtārMā'ī http://www.nytimes.com/video/2006/03/31/opinion/1194817113867/kristof-the-courage-of-mukhtar-mai.html

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