Thursday 21 July 2011

M.A. Expressive Arts in Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding

I have just come across this programme at the European Graduate School in Saas Fee, Switzerland. I don't really know anything about this school or any of its faculty, but they're busy people doing interesting things and worth contacting.

Looks amazing.

M.A. Expressive Arts in Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding

The Expressive Arts in Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding (EXA-CT) M.A. is a three year program concentrating on the use of creative methods through the arts to address conflicts within teams, communities, and across cultures. The EXA-CT program provides students with frameworks for merging the arts with conflict analysis interventions, restorative justice, trauma awareness and healing, mediation, humanitarian responses, and research. In short, EXA-CT students will learn ways to use the arts for peace and co-existence. Distinguished faculty in the fields of the expressive arts and conflict transformation will provide instruction during three summer school sessions along with support and supervision of an internship, thesis, and community of practice throughout the year.
Students will spend three summers in residence in Saas-Fee, Switzerland. During the first two summer residency periods, they will follow courses on the priniciples and practice of both expressive arts and conflict transformation and peacebuilding. They will be taught by faculty members who are active practitioners in the combined disciplines. Within each course, students will be challenged to experiment with the application of the arts in conflict transformation and peacebuilding paradigms, along with group discussions and reflective exercises.
In between the summer residencies, EXA-CT students will be expected to complete a prescribed self-study plan, an internship, and a Masters Thesis supervised by an EXA-CT faculty member. Students will also participate in the design and creation of the EXA-CT in ACTION group project and meet in a virtual classroom to discuss assigned readings and videos. During the third summer session, the student will complete oral and written exams and defend the Masters Thesis. Professional artists, peaceworkers, art therapists, mediators, educators, coaches, and humanitarian workers are encouraged to pursue the EXA-CT MA program.

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