Nonviolence and Peace

International Online Fellowship Program on Nonviolence & Peace

October 2, 2024 to January 30 2025

Assignment Attendance Tutorials 

November 19,  2024

Dear friends in peace,

Greetings.

As we progress well in to the IFPNP-III, we need to intensify our learning exercises. Some of the self-study exercises, as you may remember, are

1.     Assignment                    : Monthly three assignments
2. Tutorials            : Fortnightly ( 2 hours) for those interested in exploring  any subthemes                                                                   for further details
3. Journal writing            : Regular recording of one’s Learning and self-reflection on Nonviolence/Peace
4. Attendance        : Complete attendance expected. Attendance less than 80 per cent                                                                            indicates, ‘Course-not-completed’
5. Project                          : Periodical sharing and final report submission

Progress of the participants will be assessed by their involvement and comprehension that are evident in their self-study exercises.

1. Submission of the Assignment (for the first month):
2. Assignment guidelines
3.             Each assignment can be between 500-1000 words
4.             A4, Times Roman, Font size 12

                                            iii.            Assignment can be hand written or typed. However, it has to be submitted in PDF Format.

1.             Title Page of the Assignment should have the following details in the given sequence

• Title of the Program (IFPNP2024)
• Assignment No.   (Assignment 1 or 2 or 3 or …)
• Title of the Assignment
• Name of the writer
• Date of submission

1.             Name of the PDF file should contain the following

• Your name_IFPNP III_Assignment 1/2/3

1.             Last date for the submission of first month assignment is Nov. 30, 2024

                                           vii.            Email id for submission: peace.nonviolence2022@gmail.com

1. Assignment Topics
2.             Assignment 1:   Development and Sustainability

Identify one of the major issues related to development of your choice related to your region, country or global level and prepare a brief analytical note describing its various dimensions. It may be poverty, inequality, climate change, ozone layer depletion, pollution, land conversion etc.   The areas suggested are only indicative. You may take any issue which you think is important.

1.             Assignment 2: Philosophy of Nonviolence and Truth

The assignment has three important aspects

• What is your philosophy/vision of life?
• How do you relate your philosophy /vision with Gandhi vision of life ?
• How you can apply Gandhi ‘s philosophy in your life situation?

This is open ended theme and your personal reflection on these themes are expected.

                                            iii.            Assignment 3:  Conflict Analysis:

Diagnose the conflict case given below (annexure-1) to recognize the following

1. Define the particular conflict (what kind of conflict for example, it’s a conflict between potential and actual…)
2. What type of conflict is this (realistic or non-realistic / functional or dysfunctional / latent or overt
3. Try to give the conflict a suitable structure
4. Recognize the factors involved in the conflict…
5. What were some of the triggers that created the conflict?
6. What approaches did the committee take and what better could they have done to resolve their conflict?

1. Tutorials                                     
2. Those interested in getting further details on any of the topics of the FPNP can ask for tutorials.  Special interactive focused sessions, with a specialist will be arranged exclusively for them.

Fortnightly ( 2 hours) for those interested in exploring  any subthemes for further details.

III.                Journal writing                                         

1. Every individual candidate is requested to maintain a journal and do regular recording of one’s  learning and self-reflection on Nonviolence and Peace.  This can be from the sessions or your own introspection / insights.
2. Organizers would be pleased to review your journal and give their remark.

1. Attendance                               
2. Candidates of IFPNP-III is expected to attend all the sessions.  Maintaining complete attendance is desired.. Attendance less than 80 per cent by any would amounts to, ‘Course-not-completed’
3. Project                                                        
4. By the middle of December, each one of will choose a project topic and carryout it, with the help of the guide / mentor assigned by the organizer.

Yours in Peace and Friendship,

Siby K. Joseph

Director, IFPNP

 

Annexure – 1

Conflict Case Study

The Neighbourhood bickering

Simone and Rakesh and Aman are neighbours  in a satellite town.    Simone is in a neighbourhood committee, with special responsibility for environment sensibility.

The family of Rakesh’ used to hold frequent open-air party in the neighbourhood garden, every time stretching it to late night. They go on playing music loud, and dirty the place badly.  Although they clean the ground before leaving, there was a lot of littering, and spilling of food that spoiled the lawn.  Simone advised them not to play music loud, and stop the party by 8.00pm and also to be aware of the spilling.  Rakesh family though good at listening, are not enough to follow it.

Clamente a neighbour made issues with Rakesh over this.  Rakesh told him to shut up as he is not the authority.

Clemente was relentless. He complained that Simone was too soft to be effective; and he was determined to ‘do something to stop this nonsense’.  In order to teach a lesson, Clemente held a music party at the same time Rakesh had one, right next to his party, with louder music.

Rakesh told Clemente that he is venomous and vindictive. Their argument turned into heated altercation.  The committee members had to intervene fearing backlash.

As the time passed, more people started holding late night party and almost every second night there was party, loud music, and littering, making the place less pleasant a habitation.

When asked, invariably every one said, let others stop first and ‘I would stop as well.’

When the committee members appealed to the residents for proper conduct, the residents said, let the other person stop misbehaving first.

The committee called for a general body meeting. There was shouting, yelling and chaos. The committee had to call off the meeting.

The next day the committee office bearers met, and passed a resolution in favor of a decree:  Henceforth anyone willing to hold an open air event in  public place, must get a permission from the committee paying  $100 / two hours and an additional charge of $200 per hour after 8.00PM.

The frequency of public partying came considerably down. And the Committee had additional revenue to spend on the maintenance of the lawn.

Questions:

Diagnose one of the conflict cases given below to recognize the following

7. Define the particular conflict (what kind of conflict for example, it’s a conflict between potential and actual…)
8. What type of conflict is this (realistic or non-realistic / functional or dysfunctional / latent or overt
9. Try to give the conflict a suitable structure
10. Recognize the factors involved in the conflict…
11. What were some of the triggers that created the conflict?
12. What approaches did the committee take and what better could they have done to resolve their conflict?