Your Name and Title: Terry Godwaldt, Director of Programming
School or Organization Name: TakingITGlobal and The Centre for Global Education.
Co-Presenter Name(s): Tania Rashid, Global Education Program Administrator
Area of the World from Which You Will Present: Canada
Language in Which You Will Present: English
Target Audience(s):
Short Session Description (one line): With a series of four video conferencing events explore, critique, and understand the current resistance movements across the Middle East.
Full Session Description (as long as you would like):
The Middle East in Transition is a four part video conference series which explores, criticizes, and provides an understanding of the current situation in the region. This is an interesting and interactive way for students to question the root causes of such social upheavals in the Middle East. This series is a part of the Global Encounters International Video Conferencing program (http://encounters.tigweb.org ) which connects student to discuss global issues needing imperative attention, raising awareness and providing them with a platform to work together and create change.
By attending this presentation, the audience will:
be introduced to TakingITGlobal and The Centre for Global Education
Exploring reasons why learning about the Middle East is important
learn about the topics covered during these series
violence and nonviolence, both in terms of how we remember the history of these movements, and in the current context of transition in the Middle East
how art and poetry is used in conflict settings as a means of witnessing conflict experience
the role of social media in the rise of the Arab Springs
View Excerpt of a video conference recording
Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session: http://encounters.tigweb.org
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