IIPE 2012 Program

August 13th

OPENING PLENARY (A):

IIPE AS PEACE EDUCATION

Janet Gerson (USA) MODERATOR

Loreta Castro (Philippines)

THE ROLE OF PEACE EDUCATION IN EVOLVING NEW CONCEPTS OF SECURITY: A PHILIPPINE PERSPECTIVE

Kenji Nomura (Japan)

TO BE AWARE OF OUR BOILED-FROG SYNDROME: REFLECTIONS ON THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN JAPAN

Kazuya Asakawa (Japan)

FROM THE LOCAL TO GLOBAL: BACKGROUND ON JAPAN’S RECENT EMERGENCIES IN ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND ECONOMY

WORKSHOPS (1)

Kip Cates (Japan)

LANGUAGE TEACHING FOR PEACE IN A MULTICULTURAL WORLD

Kazuyo Yamane (Japan)

PEACE MUSEUMS PROMOTING PEACE EDUCATION

WORKSHOPS (2)

Steve Gelb (USA)

THE EARTH CHARTER AS A SOURCE OF REFLECTION AND ACTION FOR PEACE EDUCATION

Shelini Harris (Sri Lanka)

THE HUMAN-ELEPHANT CONFLICT: INTEGRATING HUMANS AND NATURE

August 14th

PLENARY (B): WOMEN AND EMERGENCY CONTEXTS

Tony Jenkins (USA) MODERATOR

Chieko Baba (Japan)

FUKUSHIMA AND HUMAN SECURITY

Himanshu Bourai (India)

VIOLENCE AGAINST SCHEDULED CASTE WOMEN IN INDIA AND A WAY OUT

Joan O’Connor (Australia)

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON WOMEN AND GIRLS’  HUMAN SECURITY STRUGGLES IN EMERGENCY CONTEXTS

WORKSHOPS (3)

Atsuko Akamatsu (Japan)

PRACTICAL USE OF TEACHING MATERIALS TO LEARN ABOUT A-BOMB SURVIVORS’ EXPERIENCES, ENHANCE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AMONG SCHOOLS & REALIZE PEACE

Keiko Kikuchi (Japan) 

STUDENTS’ AND ORGANIC FARMERS’ RESPONSES TO 311

WORKSHOPS (4) 

Judith Alexander (Canada/Japan) ・Mitsuru Kanayama (Japan)

EQUIPPING VOLUNTEERS & USING LANGUAGE AS A BRIDGE AFTER DISASTERS

Lourdes Torres-Santos (Puerto Rico)

TOWARDS A DIFFERENTIATED PEDAGOGY: EXPLORING THE LINKS BETWEEN SPECIAL EDUCATION AND PEACE EDUCATION

August 15th

PUBLIC PLENARY (C)

ECONOMY AND CRISIS - INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES

Anita Yudkin (Puerto Rico) MODERATOR

Sakeena Yacoobi (Afghanistan)

AFGHANISTAN: ENGAGING WOMEN FOR THE FUTURE

Ram Chandra Paudel (Nepal)

EXPERIENCE OF PRACTICPEACE EDUCATION IN NEPAL

Janet Gerson (USA)

OCCUPY! ECONOMIC JUSTICE MOVEMENT: PEACE EDUCATION LENS

NWEC OFFICER’S PRESENTATION

To Realize the Gender-Equal Society: The Role of National Women’s Education Center of Japan

WORKSHOPS (5A) 

Anne Halvorsen (Norway)C

ULTURE OF PEACE - INVOLVING AND ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN PEACE BUILDING

Kevin Kester (USA)

CARROTMOB, BUYCOTTING AND ECO-PEDAGOGY

Yuriko Yabu (Japan)

EXPERIENCING TRADE TO UNRAVEL FOOD INSECURITY – MOTIVATING THE YOUTH

WORKSHOPS (5B) 

Michiyo Furushi (Japan)

Ecovillage ~ Sustainable Living and Education for Peace ~

Katsuyuki Nara (Japan)

STUDENTS’ EXCHANGES OF PEACE MESSAGES AFTER 3.11 DISASTER 

August 16th

PLENARY (D):

NO NUKES: DISARMAMENT-ENERGY CONNECTIONS

Loreta Castro (Philippines) MODERATOR

Ehtisam Rana (Pakistan)

REVERSE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON HUMANITY:  LIMITING PRODUCTION & TRADE OF ARMS & NUCLEAR WEAPONS 

Anne Halvorsen (Norway)

LOBBYING  FROM GRASSROOTS TO UN LEVEL, THE NORWEGIAN EXPERIENCE

Atsuko Akamatsu (Japan)

TEACHING MATERIALS ON A-BOMB SURVIVORS’  EXPERIENCES & NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS 

WORKSHOPS (6)

Steve Gelb (USA)

LISTENING AND SPEAKING FROM THE HEART: THE PUBLIC CONVERSATIONS PROJECT MODEL OF DIALOGUE

Pratibha Mishra (India)

CONFLICT RESOLUTIONS: PRACTICAL EXERCISES

WORKSHOPS (7)

Himanshu Bourai (India)

GANDHIAN CONCEPT OF SATYAGRAHA FOR HUMAN SECURITY & SURVIVAL

Kenji Nomura (Japan)

LET’S COMPARE (AND SHARE THE IDEALS TO MAKE THEM REAL)!

Aug 17th

PLENARY (E):

EDUCATING FOR ECOLOGICAL SECURITY

Steve Gelb (USA) MODERATOR

Shelini Harris (Sri Lanka)

FINDING OUR PLACE AMONG OTHER SPECIES, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERDISCIPLINARITY

Kevin Kester (USA)

ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF PEACE EDUCATION: A CASE STUDY OF UNESCO-APCEIU & THE UNIVERSITY FOR PEACE

Glenda Izumi (USA)AN ECOSYSTEMIC LOOK AT RECOVERY EFFORTS TO 3/11 TOHOKU DISASTER

WORKSHOPS (8)

Chieko Baba (Japan)

VIOLATIONS OF THE JAPAN CONSTITUTION?  IMPACT ON WOMEN & GIRLS IN EMERGENCIES

Joan O’Connor (Australia)

YOUTH IN NEPAL STRUGGLING FOR VALUES AND AND SURVIVAL SPECIAL

WORKSHOP SESSION (9)

Tony Jenkins (USA)

A SPECIAL FUTURES WORKSHOP FOR PEACE EDUCATORS: IMAGING A

Aug 18th

NUCLEAR FREE WORLDACTION PLANNING PLENARY (F) 
Kip Cates (Japan) MODERATOR

Tony Jenkins (USA)

THE NATIONAL PEACE ACADEMY:  FROM LEARNING TO VISION TO ACTION AND BACK AGAIN

Anita Yudkin (Puerto Rico)

EDUCATING FOR PEACE: SOME THOUGHTS ON THE INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE

Kazuyo Yamane (Japan)

PEACE MUSEUMS AS SPACES FOR PRACTICAL PEACE EDUCATION

CLOSING PLENARY: REFLECTION GROUP PRESENTATIONS