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SUMMARY:War\, Civil Conflict\, Peace and Security
DESCRIPTION:What is the experience of war and what does it mean to us? Is war
 an extension of politics by other means? The locomotive of
 technology? Does a state of peace truly exist\, or do we
 perpetually live in absentia bello ? Is humankind at war in its
 most natural state\; or is human society – despite perceptions
 and ongoing conflict around the world today – actually moving
 toward an aversion to war and toward a state of peace? Are Human
 Rights illusory and is the quest for Human Security achievable?\n
 \n
 This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference seeks
 to provide a challenging forum for the examination and evaluation
 of the nature\, purpose and experience of war\, and its impacts
 on all aspects of communities across the world.\n
 \n
 Viewing war as a multi-layered phenomenon\, this conference
 series invites committed academics\, non-academic based
 professionals from all walks of life\, including those from
 Military forces\, serving or retired\, Emergency\, Aid and
 Development Organisations (IOs\, International Non-Governmental
 Organisations (INGOs)\, NGOs and other Non-State Actors (NSAs) or
 Trans-National Social Movement(TNSMs)\, Commercial companies and
 corporate institutions\, the public services\, Faith based
 institutions\, charities\, the media\, the medical professions\,
 the arts and students in all related fields of interest\, to
 explore the historical\, legal\, social\, human\, religious\,
 economic\, and political contexts of conflicts\, and assess the
 place of nations\, alliances\, politics\, the military\, peace
 activism\, science\, academia\, faith\, the humanitarian sector\,
 art\, journalism\, literature\, music\, the media and the
 internet in representation and interpretation of the experience
 of warfare.\n
 \n
 In particular papers\, workshops\, reports\, formed panels and
 presentations are invited on any of the following themes\;\n
 \n
 1. How do we Talk about War?\n
 Portrayal\, awareness\, language and expression. How do we come
 to understand war in contemporary and historical cultures?\n
 \n
     The Language of modern contemporary warfare\, the language of
 war in society\, in the work space and popular culture\;
 obscuration of conditions of being at ‘war’ and the condition
 of ‘peace’.\n
     Militarization of society\, propaganda\, war toys\, computer
 gaming\; in fashion -‘military chic’.\n
     Representing the realities of war versus ‘national
 interest’ – images of the heroism\, glory\, tacit and
 explicit justifications of war\; the horror of war and societal
 responses.\n
 \n
 2. Representations and Experiences\n
 Viewing War as a multi-layered social phenomena.\n
 \n
     The individual experience of war\, the impact of war\, in
 protest\; in the alleviation of the impacts of war and in peace
 building.\n
     Nations\, Communities and individuals recovering from war\,
 trauma\, rehabilitation and nation building.\n
     The experience of war\; art\, literature\, music\, poetry\,
 cinema and the theatre\; the role of the media – journalism\,
 radio\, television\, the internet\; propaganda.\n
     The representations and experiences of protest.\n
 \n
 3. History and Development of Warfare and War Fighting.\n
 How have we fought and why. Lessons learned\, mistakes
 repeated.\n
 \n
     Warfare in human history\, revisionism and
 post-revisionism.\n
     The sources\, origins\, and causes of war\; why and how do
 wars begin?\n
     Means and methods in war – land\, sea\, air\, space\,
 nuclear\, chemical\, biological\; terror and terrorism\;
 conventional and guerrilla warfare\; civil war\; ‘total’
 warfare’. Where are the new ‘battlespaces’?\n
     The nature of warfare\; strategy and strategic thought\;
 changes and the implications of changes in the ways wars are
 fought\; the influence and effect of technologies\; nuclear
 deterrence/compellance\; changes in the nature and role of
 military personnel\; information and information warfare.\n
     New and perceived ‘Revolutions in Military Affairs’.\n
 \n
 4. Extent\, Conduct and Morality\n
 Can war even be distinguished from peace\, combatant from
 non-combatant\, who are legitimate targets? The totalisation of
 war in modern society and culture.\n
 \n
     Where are we now? How has war pervaded our society and
 culture in everyday life?\n
     The extent of war\; geo-political\, physical\; blockades\,
 sanctions\, defence expenditure and the impact on social and
 public policy\; on social and human capital.\n
     The regulation and control of warfare\; how is and should
 warfare be conducted? What are the limits of conflict? Are there
 any prohibitions in fighting a war?\n
     Globalization\; the human\, geographic\, social and economic
 boundaries of war in the modern era.\n
     Resource warfare\, food\, water\, oil and mineral wealth\,
 challenges in the 21st century.\n
     International Humanitarian Law and Conflict.\n
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 5. Human Rights and Human Security\n
 Have the means and methods in war\, finally outpaced
 International law and norms of behaviour? What protection is
 available? If truth is the first casualty in war\, is human
 rights the second?\n
 \n
     Human security issues\; protection\, shelter\, economic
 security\; public health.\n
     Human rights\; protection\, promotion and abuses\; genocide\,
 ethnic cleansing\; terrorism\; scorched earth\; war crimes\;
 crimes against humanity.\n
     The Humanitarian space in conflict.\n
     Armed non-state actors\, roles\, practices and regulation.\n
     Gender and Race in War and Peace.\n
 \n
 6. The Boundaries of War\n
 How far will humankind push the limits of acceptable behaviour
 and practice in war?\n
 \n
     The ‘morality’ and the ‘ethics’ of war\; just war\;
 deterrence\; pre-emptive war\; defence and self-defence\; the
 influence of nationalism\; the place of human rights\; societies
 and the military\; increases in moral sensibilities – qualms
 about carpet bombing\, collateral damage\; the status of
 combatants in warfare\, the impact of civilians\; neutrality.\n
     War and religion\; the important role of religion\, the
 church\, and the intellectual elite in multi-ethnic conflict
 specifically and in war in general\; just war\, jihad and
 crusade.\n
     War and gender\; women in war\; impact\, abuses\, role in war
 as combatants and in peace building. Gender equality issues and
 peace building\, cultures of violence in society propagating
 conflict.\n
     Children and war\, child soldiers\, trauma\, exposure\,
 conditioning\, propaganda\, bereavement\, expression though
 play\, art and behaviour.\n
     Slavery and war\; past\, present and future\; unwilling
 combatants\, from janissaries to mamelukes\, to conscripts and
 child soldiers.\n
     Resistance under occupation\, where collaboration ends and
 resistance begins? Forms of resistance.\n
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 7. Prevention and Peacebuilding\n
 Can we give peace a chance? Viewing war as un-natural\,
 preventable within a variety of frameworks. The legal mechanisms
 and the trans-national social movements ‘waging peace’.\n
 \n
     Peace building\; means and methods\; negative peace and
 building a positive peace\; war-termination and
 nation-building.\n
     The prevention of war\; the role of conflict resolution\;
 avoiding war\; peace-keeping\; the role and importance of law and
 international legal order\; the rise and impact of non-violent
 movements.\n
     The effectiveness of Supra-National\, Trans-National and
 International organsiations in conflict prevention\, mediation
 and resolution.\n
     Peace and Balances of Power.\n
     Disarmament and Arms Control.\n
     Conscientious objection\, alternative service.\n
     The Peace Movement.\n
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 8. The Role of Non-state Actors and NGOs in War and
 Post-conflict.\n
 Breaking the state conundrum\, participation in relief from the
 depredations of war\, alleviating the suffering\, advocacy from
 theatres of war. Or compromising humanitarian Aid? Force
 multipliers? Abrogating combatant’s responsibilities toward
 their populations.\n
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     History: The Quakers to the Red Cross and beyond.\n
     NGOs\, the ‘third space’ actors in the relief of the
 impact of warfare\, aid and development programmes\, refugees and
 IDPs\, child soldiers\, landmines / cluster munitions\; small
 arms light weapons (SALW/DDR)\, Depleted Uranium (DU)\, NGOs
 prolonging conflict by abrogating state and combatants
 responsibilities in time of conflict.\n
     Armed non-state actors. Terrorists? Freedom fighters? Private
 security companies and forces. Mercenaries in the modern world.\n
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 9. Future War: Revolutions in Military Affairs – Emerging Types
 of Warfare.\n
 Be afraid\, be very afraid. Are there no limits to mans
 inhumanity to man?\n
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     Cyber-war Virtual war\; cyber-terrorism\; cyber-power\,
 cyber-war\; computer technologies in the conduct of war.\n
     Technology leaps – acquiring WMD.\n
     Space war – fantasy or an emerging reality? Issue in the
 militarisation and weaponisation of space.\n
     Bio-warfare: gene warfare\; the genetic codes of agriculture
 and livestock as targets in war\n
     Economic warfare in a Globalised world.\n
 When: Wednesday\, November 7\, 2012 at 12:00 AM - Thursday\,
 November 8\, 2012 at 12:00 AM\n
 Where: Hotel StieglBräu\n
 Attendees: 1 http://plancast.com/p/9zqh
URL:http://plancast.com/p/9zqh
CATEGORIES:NFL,Security
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