A multimedia workshop education programme
Exploring the Underlying Causes of Conflict
How significant are justice and human rights for democracy?
What are the moral dilemmas facing a community in the aftermath of an act of extreme political violence?
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How should communities deal with the loss they have experienced?
What are the factors that push people in such communities to support the taking of life?
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Can the use of violence for political ends ever be justified?
What part does revenge play when political conflict becomes violent?
What is the state’s responsibility in preventing or breaking the cycle of violence?
The Challenges Background
Is forgiveness necessary for reconciliation and enabling people to move on? How significant are justice and human rights to the building of a sustainable peace?
And at a deeper level still, what does violent political conflict reveal about the nature of ‘peace’, ‘democracy’, ‘history’, ‘identity’ and our perception of ‘right’ and ‘wrong’?
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Within inclusive workshops that respect all perspectives but equally permit all perspectives to be challenged, ‘epilogues’ facilitates discussion and reflection on these and other key questions for peace building. It does this by exploring ‘the conflict’1 from the perspective of people who were part of it, or suffered as a result of it, and found themselves compelled to react to circumstances unfolding around them with what perspective they had at the time.
The Challenges Contact UsABOUT THIS PROGRAMME AND PREVIEW
epilogues is a multi-media workshop based education programme which primarily uses film resource material in conjunction with this website to engage ordinary people in the everyday work of peace-building and responsible citizenship. It does this by exploring, within a workshop environment that models democratic process, six key themes that are central to an understanding of violent political conflict – Violence, Loss, Revenge, Forgiveness, Justice, & Human Rights. The exploration is deepened through direct engagement with the perspectives of both victims of, and the various parties to, the violent political conflict in and about ‘Northern Ireland’.
While the primary learning in epilogues happens in the workshops, its WORKBOOK allows a record of the learning to be captured for all participants. While optional, those who elect to complete its 14 Out of Workshop Exercises can have their learning academically accredited. Successful completion of these has been awarded Six credits at Level 2 by Open College Network Northern Ireland.
This PREVIEW gives potential participants and the general public a sense of how epilogues uses its resource testimony as well as how its modular structure unfolds.
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ABOUT THIS PROGRAMME AND PREVIEW epilogues is a multi-media workshop based education programme which primarily uses film resource material in conjunction with this website to engage ordinary people in the everyday work of peace-building and responsible citizenship. It does this by exploring, within a workshop environment that models democratic process, six key themes that are
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