Global Peace

Global Peace course poster

What is peace?  What is violence?  What can you learn from Gandhi’s approach to building a nonviolent movement? These are some of the questions you will pursue in the Global Peace course.  While the Internet has served as a catalyst for revolutions around the world, it may have also fueled a global disconnect that has…

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A Show of Hands

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How can puppets change the way we communicate? Throughout history and around the world, humans have used puppets to pass down stories, share cultural practices, and revolt against censorship. A Show of Hands is a course in which you will explore how you can use puppetry to communicate about issues that are important to you.…

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Music That Matters

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How can music change society? Music That Matters takes a humanistic approach to the study and production of music, understanding music as a language and languages as attached to peoples, histories, and politics. We will take as our focus the American musical form of blues, tracings its origins, development, and appropriation alongside the vicissitudes of…

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Global Peace

Global Peace Summer School Poster

What is peace? What is violence? What can you learn from Gandhi’s approach to building a nonviolent movement? While the Internet has served as a catalyst for revolutions around the world, it may have also fueled a global disconnect that has caused us to overlook the strength, resiliency and relevance of our local communities. Inspired…

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ReMobilizing the Future

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How will our future be decided? Why? The purpose of this project is to understand the systems and policies that facilitate and impede our transition to a sustainable future, then propose a solution for expediting the process. How? The unit sub-guiding questions you will pursue: What will the world of 2050 be like? How do…

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