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Tourist Gaze

The Tourist Gaze is a theory written by John Urry. It basically says
that people want to experience and live in the exotic and are thus
attracted to foreign places. When in a foreign environment, people see
the world differently and "gaze," so instead of just seeing a street,
tourists will see a beautiful, historic pathway that deserves being
photographed.

Johan Galtung

Galtung is a Norwegian author and peace research famed for his book "Peace by Peaceful Means" and sometimes credited with beginning the field of peace studies.

IRINI

About

 

IRINI, meaning "peace" in Greek, is a journal about conflict

and conflict transformation.  It was started by masters students in

the Peace and Conflict Studies Master's Programme

at the University of Oslo (PECOS).  The journal has the following aims:

 

- Publishing in-depth, high-quality articles from students and invited

expertise, giving critical analysis as well as proposing practical

solutions to important issues.

 

Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility, or CSR, is related to the social and environmental responsibilities and practices corporations take on, or other efforts related to balancing stakehoder needs with profit, beyond the legal obligations that exists. Unfortunately it has no clear definition and is used both as a descriptive and a normative concept.

 

See Jelstad, 2005, p18

Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)

About 

The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) was formed in 1995, and fought
a "People's War" against the state between 1996 and 2006. It is
currently involved in a peace process based on an alliance of the
Maoists and seven political parties against the King.

The CPN (M) was created out of a merging of several smaller Maoist
parties in Nepal, which had roots back to the party CPN (Fourth
Convention) which was formed in 1974, but later split into several
smaller fractions.

MPCT Academic Writing

History

 

In the past, there have been problems with plaguerism and
questionable sourcing.  Both students and professors were frustrated,
so to solve the problem the Center released guidelines for academic writing.

 

Referencing

 

An excellent website that can help with referencing can be found here.

 

Blogs

Peace Related Blogs

Iraq Blog Count - A directory of blogs from Iraq

World Blogs - A directory of blogs from around the world  

 

 

Norway

Norway invented the
modern ski binding with
iron lugs (1894), the gas
turbine (1884), the cheese slicer and the paper clip.

The mining town of Røros
is Norway’s only mountain
city. Its about hundred
timber houses are all on UNESCO's World
Heritage List.

In Telemark the modern
way of skiing originated,
from a poor peasant
named Sondre Norheim
who grew up in the valley
of Morgedal.

Norway actually has half
of Europe's Atlantic coast.

Norway has 67,233 islands.

Back to School party for new and old MPCT students

11 Sep 2007 - 17:00
Etc/GMT

All alumni and current MPCT students are invited for food, fun, and peace. The party will start with a peace film at Verdansteatret followed by dinner at the Driv.

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