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Forget the imaginary! This is what it's really like!
Three male lions asleep in the morning sun at 8 a.m.,
and still asleep at 5 p.m., right where they were in the morning!
Caliifornia State University, Dominguez Hills
University of Wisconsin, Parkside
Latest Update: July 13, 2001
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Substantive Essays and Lectures
Visual Literacy and Social Justice
Notes on Forthcoming Substantive Essays
Conflicts Around the World
Lagniappe
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Substantive Essays and Site Recommendations
Responsibility
- Sovereign People's Responsibility for Their Ancestors' Behavior Towards Conquered or Enslaved Peoples Discussion thread started by Angela Boyd on issues of responsibility and social justice. Angela's critical reaction shows good critical thinking and offers a good foundation for discussion of this issue.
- Sovereign People's Responsibility for Their Ancestors' Behavior Towards Conquered or Enslaved Peoples Patricia Acone responds that we are all responsible, each for the other.
Religion and Spirituality
- Speaking Religion Discussion thread opened by correspondence with Rahmat Tavakol on the question of whether or not we need talk of religion in our discussions of social justice. Follow the discussion on PSN.
- Speaking Religion Malika Shakoor's comment on just speaking truth or fairness.
- The Orange County Interfaith Coalition for the Environment: Where Faith and Ecology Meet Brian Christofferson of CSUF, BA in Sociology, 1995 and MS in Environmental Studies, 2001 sent us this link, which fits in well with our discussions on religion and social justice.
The Death Penalty and Social Justice
- Hands Off Cain International site for the abolition of the death penalty. Link to Our achievements and from there to 6. Cases of condemned prisoners that have given impetus to the abolitionist campaign . Then link to Link and USA for US sites on the issue of the death penalty.
Sociologists and Others You Should Know
- Erich Fromm's Sociology by David Kessel. New post on Progressive Sociologists Net. Fromm, Mills, Berger and Sociology.
Visual Literacy and Social Justice:
Art as Expanding the Imaginary
Search for Common Ground: Art Good summary of the role of art in transforming discourse. Lecture notes to follow. Art for Peace
Students' Art for Peace An exchange program of visual expressions of peace. All four of jeanne's classes will participate in this program in Fall 2001.
Notes on Forthcoming Substantive Essays
jeanne's journal
Where's jeanne? Links to notes. New additions:
- "We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families" by Philip Gourevitch. The story of the Hutus and the Tutsis in Rwanda. My journal additions are in my thoughts in answer to the discussion questions. July 12, 2001.
- Exciting exchange on Habermas list on real-world deliberations. July 13, 2001.
- Habermas and Public Debate Will include some of my notes on real-world deliberations. July 13, 2001.
- Gay Life/Queer Art by Fredrick C. Corey, an assistant professor at Arizona State University, who "teaches performance studies in the Department of Communication and coordinates the HIV Studies Network in the College of Public Programs." July 13, 2001.
jeanne's Informal Comments on Learning Summer 2001
Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Letter From Palestine, by Roane Carey.
Lagniappe:
Peacemaking and Nonviolence
Internet Symposium on Conflict Prevention If you register and monitor this conference, I will be glad to count that for credit in Soc. 395: Transforming Discourse. jeanne The concept of nonviolence The Center For Nonviolence and Peace Studies at The University Of Rhode Island. They're holding a conference in August 2001. Check it out. The Problem with "Knowingness"
So Who's Telling the Truth? David Brock writes new book saying that he lied about Anita Hill. Another reason why you must recognize that there are no definitive answers. Brock's perception of the truth was surely colored by his own ambitions and beliefs, as it is now. Judging validity claims requires a certain sophistication, that of recognizing that facts are not necessarily objective, and that judgments need to remain flexible to deal with such contingencies. This is a good example of why we need to be reflexive in our judgments. Globalization
"What Is The Next Big Idea? Buzz Is Growing for 'Empire'" By Emily Eakin. New York Times, Saturday, July 7, 2001. Empire is the book I took to Africa with me. You'll have to wait for my notes. I shipped it home from Cape Town. This review in the New York Times will give you some idea of why I chose it to share with you this Fall. Resources on Genocide and Human Rights
Diversity Resources: Online Teaching Resources in Psychology Good references on genocide, ethnopolitical conflict, and human rights issues, provided online by Online Teaching Resources in Psychology. IFLAC: Pave Peace Ada Aharoni's site on Palestinian-Israeli peace through culture and literature. Ada Aharoni is a sociologist. I Balancing Left/Right Perspective
Charles Krauthammer - conservative columnist at The Weekly Standard, which is included in the Left/Right Perspectives file. Economic Policy Institute Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
American Sociological Association Homepage Scroll down to the bottom of the file. Type careers in the search box and pressGO. That will pull up about 22 documents for you on the ASA site. Good background information on possible jobs for which sociological knowledge prepares you. A Student's Guide to Careers in the Helping Professions This career guide came to my attention when I followed a link to the diversity materials posted on the Peace Education Commission list. The Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology. Field Report from Africa Trip
African Eclipse and Safari
Gallery Additions:
From African Eclipse, June 21, 2001
in South Africa
jeanne's Version of Eclipse 2001
after Live! Eclipse 2001 photograph.
