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In Muramvia: Meeting a lady of 99 years, Patricie Nyankurubike in Ndago village I admit my fascination and gratitude for having met this women with such beauty, dignity and wisdom – thus the special ways I offer her portraits below. The next four portraits

Bujumbura Little girl in blue & street traders

In Muramvia: Meeting a lady of 99 years, Patricie Nyankurubike in Ndago village # 2 The preceding pictures of her

President Pierre Nkurunziza More about the President here              

Visiting the farm of Madame Pascasie Ndikuriyo in Koyogoto village, Muramvia Province

Bujumbura A woman sewing in the street

How to end the wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan Farhang Jahanpour Copyright © TFF & the author 1997 till today. All rights reserved. Tell a friend about this TFF article Send to: From: Message and your name Get free TFF articles & updates

Responsible scholarship in ‘dark times’ – The thoughtless who never doubt Meet the thoughtful who never act. Bertold Brecht, “In Praise of Doubt” We humanize what is going on in the world and in ourselves only by speaking of it, and in the course of speaking we learn to be human. Hannah Arendt, Men in Dark Times, 1968 Thinking and Speaking in Dark Times These two inscriptions express the animating assumptions that express my views on responsible scholarship. The first assumption affirms the tension between unreflective certainty and paralyzing thoughtfulness. It recalls the famous Yeats’ line, “The best lack all conviction while the worst are full of passionate intensity.” Both poetic formulations capture the dominant mood in American university life during the early part of the 21st century. It is an atmosphere that does not encourage ‘responsible scholarship’ that is sensitive and responsive to the challenge of ‘dark times.’ Embarking...

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Articles by Chaiwat Satha-Anand The most recent on top Chaiwat Satha-Anand, September 14, 2010 Understanding the threats of Quran burning Chaiwat Satha-Anand, May 31, 2010 The violence effect and reconciliation future Chaiwat Satha-Anand, April 14, 2010 Courting nonviolent confrontation in a Thai house divided – What can be done? Background written before the April clashes. Chaiwat Satha-Anand, July 2, 2009 The power of words: Understanding Obama’s speech in Cairo An originally conceived analysis of what Obama does with words… Chaiwat Satha-Anand, December 4, 2008 The crisis in Thailand Conflict, nonviolence, prognosis and solutions Chaiwat Satha-Anand, August 4, 2008 Ants, birds, infants and humans: Notes on Islam and non-killing politics Nonkilling politics, legitimized by Islamic teachings, could be seen as the alternative remaking of politics for Muslims in the fast changing public sphere. Chaiwat Satha-Anand, March 4, 2008 October 6, 1976 and the case of collective amnesia? Chaiwat Satha-Anand, October 4,...

Articles by Chaiwat Satha-Anand The most recent on top Chaiwat Satha-Anand, September 14, 2010 Understanding the threats of Quran burning Chaiwat Satha-Anand, May 31, 2010 The violence effect and reconciliation future Chaiwat Satha-Anand, April 14, 2010 Courting nonviolent confrontation in a Thai house divided – What can be done? Background written before the April clashes. Chaiwat Satha-Anand, July 2, 2009 The power of words: Understanding Obama’s speech in Cairo An originally conceived analysis of what Obama does with words… Chaiwat Satha-Anand, December 4, 2008 The crisis in Thailand Conflict, nonviolence, prognosis and solutions Chaiwat Satha-Anand, August 4, 2008 Ants, birds, infants and humans: Notes on Islam and non-killing politics Nonkilling politics, legitimized by Islamic teachings, could be seen as the alternative remaking of politics for Muslims in the fast changing public sphere. Chaiwat Satha-Anand, March 4, 2008 October 6, 1976 and the case of collective amnesia? Chaiwat Satha-Anand, October 4,...

Tom Weber Born in 1950 in Melbourne. Degrees in Law and Criminology. PhD.in Social Sciences, La Trobe University 1991. Co-ordinates the Peace Studies Area at La Trobe University in Melbourne and teaches in the Politics Department. Weber’s main publications are: On the Salt March: The Historiography of Gandhi’s March to Dandi, New Delhi, HarperCollins (1997); Gandhi’s Peace Army: The Shanti Sena and Unarmed Peacekeeping, New York, Syracuse University Press (1996). Conflict Resolution and Gandhian Ethics, New Delhi; Gandhi Peace Foundation (1991). Hugging the Trees: The Story of the Chipko Movement New Delhi; Viking (1988, published as a Penguin paperback in 1989). With Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan, he is working on a book on grassroots initiatives in unarmed peacekeeping titled “ Nonviolent Intervention Across Borders: A Recurrent Vision,” the Matsunaga Institute for Peace, Honolulu 2000. Tom Weber joined the foundation as adviser in 1996. Address Department of Politics, School of Sociology, Politics and...