Jonathan H Mason

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Jonathan H Mason

Welcome to our community: How do you define PEACE?

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I am tempted to reach to the dialectic and say that peace is the result of conflict. This is a morbid conclusion.

Since war is “politics by other means” – peace would perhaps imply an absence of politics. something…transcendental, hence not reasonable.

Peace (in my humble opinion) would occur as the result of truly creative activity. In constructing a community without looking backwards but rather forward (hence its unreasonable aspect).

How did you find this community?

I am familiar with some of the founding thinkers through IR studies

Do you have any professional experience in the field of peace-research? peace-studies? peace-practice?

Not other than theoretical. I have an MA in International Relations from St. Andrews university where I found the most reward and performed best in modules dealing with security studies, conflict transformation working with themes and examples of truth and reconciliation, post war “justice” etc.

Are you at all familiar with concepts of Nonviolence and Conflict Transformation?

I am familiar with non-violence through some little research in Taoism and kung fu practice.
I would shy away from turning this into an ideal however.

What are your primary conceptual interests and concerns

International Relations is my field of study. Cosmopolitan theory (and practice). Taoism. Epistemology (various critiques of knowledge and morality from eastern and western sources)

Location(s)

Rabat, Morocco

What is your main regional focus?

MENA

Languages

English, Arabic, French (limited), Amazighi (limited).

CV

2011 – 2012 Master of Arts (Honours) University of St Andrews, (2:1) International Relations

2008 – 2011 BA (General Degree), University of St Andrews, International Relations (2:1).

2010 University of California, Berkeley; School of Philosophy: Existentialism in Film and Literature, (P)

2010 Oxford Seminar TEFL/TESL/TESOL; Certificate of Completion 60-hour course. University of Los Angeles

2003 – 2007 Culver Military Academy, Culver, Indiana; High School Diploma + Leadership training

Work experience
2012 – present Self Employed: English Teacher, Writer, Web Developer

2008-10 Worked at Economic Resources Corporation, Los Angeles as manager of the Maintenance Dept. supervising and motivating a team of workers in inner city LA. Responsibilities included: maintenance of properties owned by ERC as well as rehabilitation of former gang members.

2007 – 2008 volunteered with Cross Cultural Solutions in Rabat, Morocco in Lala Merriam orphanage.

2007 Employed by The Fund for Public Interest Research in California (CALPERG). A grass roots community political canvassing organization.

2004 – 2006 Employed by Town Summer Camps in San Francisco as a mathematics teacher and chess coach.

Personal:

Background: Born and raised in San Francisco, California. Attended military school in Indiana (USA) from ages 15 – 18. Lived in Rabat for a year in 2007 and 2008. During the summers, I took residence in Los Angeles where I worked with non profit groups in Compton and Watts, LA for 3 years. I attended and graduated with a Bachelors and then Master of Arts in International Relations from the University of St Andrews, Scotland before moving back to Rabat in 2012.

Languages: English (native speaker, writer, teacher); Arabic (Modern Standard): 3/5; Arabic (Darija) 4/5; French: 3/5
Health: Excellent
Interests: Teaching, research, reading, writing, linguistics, literature, football, martial arts, chess, philosophy

 
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