Seojin

Title: Realistic Peace, Imaginary Peace 

Place & Time: New building Room 104 11.24 - 11.26, 2pm - 5pm

Program 

1st day (Meaning of Peace)

*Short PPT [BIPPI and Bruno]

*Post it activity (Expectation, Motivation, Fear)

*3 points of view [Religious (Skit), Non-Violence, Political]

*Discussion (What is the meaning of the skit?, 4 maps, Justice, Fairness, Nonviolence, Win win agreement)

2nd Day

What are we looking for? (The situation of Burma)

*Resource Game

*Role Play

*Evaluation

3rd Day

*Role play (Short Proposal) -> Political part, Social Part -> 1 statement

*Peace Building, Peace Enforcing

*How to make peace? (Individually, Group)

* Evaluation 

Keywords: Eye contact/ Translation/ Understanding/ Closer approach/ Inspiring/ Challenge/

Evaluation: I took part in this seminar by attending the pre-workshop first. My concept of peace had been expended from a personal to an international level, but it wasn’t enough. I still thought of peace as a detached, separate subject which had little to do with my life. However, the workshop helped me to bring the concept of peace closer to my life with a number of activities and different approaches.  Through those exercises, I was able to understand peace from various perspectives. The Good/Resource game and role playing was especially more inspiring than I thought it would be. I was able to think and act in other people’s shoes. (It was a new experience for me to speak out as the military government.) Also, I was surprised that I gave away one of my dearest things (school) to an unknown power just to grab a resource (diamonds).

In this workshop, I obviously got more questions than answers. The only clear answer I’ve got is that I have to be the change itself, rather than being exhausted by trying to change the world. I think I would probably need more time and opportunity to figure out a key to the questions, but I know that I would be constantly working on them.