The minor aims to develop the student’s knowledge, attitude and skills:

·        to become a change agent who promotes, creates and sustains cultures of peace;

·        to become a professional who can, through critical, and analytical thinking, and or artistic expression, create awareness and deal with so-called wicked problems in the fields of peacebuilding, justice and reconciliation; and

·        to operate and collaborate effectively at a local, regional or

international level with multiple stakeholders and in multidisciplinary teams.

The first part (the foundation) of the minor takes place in the first 10 weeks of semester 2 (and can also be followed as an independent minor).

 

This part focuses on the conceptual frameworks, critical thinking and paradigms shifts in the field of Peace Building, Justice and Human Rights in contemporary (post) conflict situations, and conflict resolution of environmental, mineral and water disputes, and identity based conflicts.

 

Students are challenged to compare and contrast the more traditional state oriented, top-down approaches to Peace Building under the umbrella of the UN (with) regional, and local and indigenous practices. They requested to study the impact of imperialism, orientalism, neo colonialism and decolonization in current debates on peace building, justice and human rights.

 

Special attention will be paid to the correlation between Warfare, Justice, Human Rights, public opinion and democracy in current events and from a historical perspective.

 

In pairs students will submit an article on a topic of their interest for the

Student Journal Peace Building, Justice and Human Rights. All students will be responsible for the content, editing, and quality of the end result of

the journal. They will be trained and coached to write a peer reviews, and edit a journal.

 

In the exhibition students will create awareness of an current challenge / situation in peace building, justice and human rights. Students are invited to embrace their creativity (e.g. photos, painting, poem, infographic or mind-map) and are trained by artists and content experts from the field.

 

In addition, students will organize an social event for a target group or social movement of their choice in order to stimulate community building, peaceful dialogues and social interaction while addressing justice and human rights.

 

The concrete learning goals for this part of the minor are the following.

 

At the end of the first part of the minor (week 1- 10), the student is able to:

1. analyze, contrast and compare the different approaches to peace building, justice and human rights in contemporary

(post-)conflict situations;

1. explain the interaction between warfare, public opinion and democracy from a historical perspective applied to current conflicts
2. analyze the visual language used in stereotyping and vilifying
3. demonstrate critical and conceptual thinking
4. demonstrate persuasive and presentation skills to influence the targeted audience; and

organize a social event for and with a relevant target group of choice.

Students should have a propaedeutic degree (or an equivalent) and should at least be enrolled in their second year of one of the following (or related) areas: Public Management, Public Administration, International Relations, Politics, Governance, Law Safety and Security Management, Social Sciences, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Communication or Social Work.

 

Motivation and commitment are key; this will be assessed via an informal interview.

Test description

Weighting

Minimum pass

rate

Planning

1. Written open book exam

20%

5.5

Week 4

 

(Learning Goals

1, 2, 3 and 4)

 

(re-sit week 10)

Individual

 

 

 

2. Community Led Social Event

(e.g. charity action, dialogue, training)

10%

 

(Learning Goals 5

and 6)

5.5

Latest week 9

 

Re-sit week 15

Group work

 

 

 

3. Awareness campaign

(e.g. vlog, social media, blog or memes)

10%

 

(Learning Goals 2, 3 and 4)

5.5

Latest week 9

 

Re-sit week 12

Group work

 

 

 

4. Exhibition

20 %

5.5

Week 6

 

(40 % for the exhibition, and 60% for own artistic product)

 

Re-sit week 12

Group work and in pairs

(Learning Goals 1, 2 and 4)

 

 

5. Journal

40%

5.5

Week 10

 

(40% for the

journal, and 60% for own article)

 

Re-sit week 15

Group work and in pairs

(Learning Goals 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5)

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