INTR TO PEACE & CONFLICT RESOL

Gained knowledge on why conflicts occur, differentiate the kinds of conflicts and actors, and how to identify the factors associated with peace. The method used is very interactive and involves in and out-of-class self-reflections on the subject.

peace and conflict resolution, learning from other countries and experience from students as well

I started to frame my thinking and research with more lenses, which was the purpose of joining this class - challenging definitions, assumptions, biases I'd previously heavily relied on.

The systems thinking workshop conducted by external facilitators that was conducted gave great insight into how to look at issues within systems and to look at an issue holistically. This greatly helped in designing my peace lab project.

- I learned new topics and methods for evaluating peace and conflict in different regions of the world and how to connect them to other regions with similar and different contexts. - The reflection activity every week felt genuine in that it asked us to share our opinions of the readings but without having us provide extensive details about the readings themselves. - There were multiple methods of teaching implemented where some days the professor was leading and other days we were leading the discussion. I prefer when she was leading the discussion.