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Name | chris |
Welcome to our community: How do you define PEACE? | Peace for me is anything that actively promotes harmony, balance, tranquility, connectivity, relationships & love shared. |
How did you find this community? | Peace Journalism, Peace Research, Prof. Galtung |
Do you have any professional experience in the field of peace-research? peace-studies? peace-practice? | Resolving conflicts among college youth and participating in inter’religious dialogues for harmoniuos co’existence. Doctoral thesis in progress on “The Anthropological Perspective of Johan Galtung: Towards An Understanding & Application of Peace Journalism” |
Are you at all familiar with concepts of Nonviolence and Conflict Transformation? | yes. coming from the land of Gandhi & having a strong sense of active peace, I believe that mere conflict-transformation or an end to violence, is not the ultimate goal, but we need to co-operate, collaborate, bind ourselves in harmony to ensure the fundamental oneness, as humans, transcending boundaries and transforming lives. |
What are your primary conceptual interests and concerns | peace philosophy, conflict-reportage, media ethics, dialogue, transcending our narrow barriers, human rights, youth education and social uplift |
Location(s) | Mumbai (India), presently Rome (Italy) |
What is your main regional focus? | Indian SubContinent, Asia |
Languages | English, Italian, Hindi, Marathi, spoken Tamil… understanding of Urdu, Sanskrit, Gujarati, Konkani, Malayalam… |
CV | book freak, movie critic, youth/rights activist/educator, journalist-training |