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Tag Archives: education
How do we go about ‘peacebuilding’?
What is the role of a peacebuilder? I suppose there could be as many different definitions as there are persons who ever lived, for there is no ‘right’ way. With all that I’m learning at the Center for Justice and … Continue reading
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Tagged community, education, harmony, indigenous, reconciliation, relationships, social_change
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Arts & Media Based Peacebuilding series
Most of you know that I am in the midst of studies in the Masters program at the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) at Eastern Mennonite University. The creation of this blog site was inspired by a class, Transforming … Continue reading
Music and diplomacy
The Peace and Collaborative Development Network gets credit for this post. Recently I was linked twice to their website for two separate items of interest to music and peace. The first announces the ICD conference Berlin-The Language of Art and … Continue reading
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“The Art of Peace”
My friend Rhonda reminded me of an interview with John Paul Lederach, a pioneer in the field of peacebuilding, on Krista Tippett’s American Public Media show Speaking of Faith (now called Being). John Paul Lederach, affectionately known as “JPL” by … Continue reading
Ukuleles (everybody get one)
Literally hours after this blog went live, a family friend made me aware of Ukuleles for Peace. Kurt is a high school friend from way back who I haven’t seen in person since probably 1984–so I also have to give … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, children, education, hope, interfaith, Israel, music, peace, relationships
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Library of Congress – Music and the Brain
The Library of Congress is currently hosting a series of “lectures, conversations and symposia about the explosion of new research at the intersection of cognitive neuroscience and music.” The series, Music and the Brain, also produced podcasts of interviews by … Continue reading
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Tagged education, emotion, healing, music, relationships, social_change, therapy, traditional_music
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Musical Language – Radiolab
I love Radiolab. It’s a great mixture of interviews, stories, music, sound effects, and humor–all arranged in a coherent, well-produced story. And it’s kinda goofy and fun. I don’t believe my public radio station plays Radiolab, so I listen online … Continue reading
Some great quotes
A vast, fabulous collection of quotes relating to music, the lives of musicians, the music business and creativity: Music Thoughts
Venezuela's "El Sistema"
In Venezuela, José Antonio Abreu had a vision in which orchestral music could become the thing that brought Venezuela’s young people together. His dream became a reality in the shape of a government program, El Sistema, that provides kids with … Continue reading
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Tagged children, community, education, hope, performing_arts, Scotland, social_change, unity, Venezuela
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Global Music Exchange
After returning from Brazil in 2008, I was excited to try to find some way to integrate my interests in music, intercultural relationships and peacebuilding. I began searching the internet intensely for what was already being done. One of those … Continue reading
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Tagged Cameroon, community, education, Ethiopia, folk_music, indigenous, intercultural, music, recording, traditional_music
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