“A crowd whose discontent has risen no higher than the level of slogans is only a crowd. But a crowd that understands the reasons for its discontent and knows the remedies is a vital community and it will have to be reckoned with. I would rather go before the government with two people who have a competent understanding of an issue, and who therefore deserve a hearing, than with two thousand who are vaguely dissatisfied”. –Wendell Berry, The Art ofRead more
Month: May 2015
Flourishing is…? The Good Life in Conflict: A Perspective from South-East Asia
The flourishing project. For over a year I asked people to tell stories of their best moments in life. I asked people -young and old, female and male- who would have a unique perspective. Their perspective is unique because of their social disadvantage and the conflict that surrounds them. Because of their ethnicity the people I asked face many hurtles. However, -possibly as a result of the disadvantage- they are resilient, strong, friendly, and respectable people. I asked people who are of Yakan decentRead more
The Gendered Results of Conflict: “We Live in Hell” vs. We were “Revolutionaries”.
Long-term conflict or crisis can cause women to fall below the human security threshold in many key domains and not recover as quickly as men. Unequal recovery negatively impacts women’s opportunities to develop their capability domains compared to the opportunities of men. The Mindanao conflict is a story of conflict with disproportionate affects on women. The history of the Mindanao conflict is a reminder that conflict can increase male privilege and lead to unequal access to women’s capabilities development. The conflictRead more
flourishing and disadvantage 