We are exposed to the nature of violent resolution of conflicts every time we listen to the news or read a newspaper. But the history, strategy, and tactics of nonviolent direct action are far less familiar to most people.
This course will focus on nonviolent direct action as a principled method of addressing conflict and as a strategy to balance power, raise awareness and move towards a transformation or resolution of conflict. The course will place the use of nonviolent direct action within a variety of larger contexts: the cultural and historical setting of specific campaigns, the nature of social conflict, and the nature of social change and conflict transformation through Mubarak Awad's personal experience in Palestine.
