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SUMMARY:Alternatives to Incarceration in Latin America and the Caribbean
DESCRIPTION:Drug laws and the region’s untenable prison crisis are at the center of the drug policy debate in Latin America and the Caribbean. The incarceration of low-level drug offenders for exceptionally long sentences has left the region’s prisons bursting at the seams; the impact is not only felt by those incarcerated\, but also by their families and communities. Cutting edge research by the Colectivo de Estudios Drogas y Derecho (Research Consortium on Drugs and the Law\, CEDD) and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) sheds new light on the problem and efforts to address it through alternatives to incarceration. \nThe latest investigation carried out by CEDD\, which brings together researchers from 9 Latin American countries\, shows that despite the lively debate taking place across the region\, the number of people incarcerated for drug offenses continues to grow. The SSRC’s Drugs\, Security and Democracy (DSD) Program is carrying out an investigation on drug courts in Latin America and the Caribbean. The research to date offers an analysis and critique of drug courts as a public policy option that is increasingly under consideration by Latin American and Caribbean countries\, and the lessons to be learned from the U.S. experience. The session will conclude with a discussion of other alternatives to incarceration\, including measures taken prior to the initiation of a criminal proceeding.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/alternatives-to-incarceration-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190603
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SUMMARY:A Modern History of the Disinformation Age: Communication\, Technology\, and Democracy in Transition Workshop
DESCRIPTION:What are the roots of our “epistemic crisis” regarding what counts as facts and as “reality?” Participants focused on actors who benefit from the questioning of truth claims\, how institutions that once served as gatekeepers for such claims have been weakened and are now unable to adjust to new media ecosystems\, and how new maladapted gatekeeping institutions have taken their place. \nParticipants included: \nSteven Livingston\, Professor of Media and Public Affairs & Professor of International Affairs\, George Washington University \nPatricia Aufderheide\, University Professor of Communication Studies\, American University \nYochai Benkler\, Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman Professor for Entrepreneurial Legal Studies\, Harvard University \nBenjamin Epstein\, Associate Professor of Political Science\, DePaul College \nDavid Karpf\, Associate Professor of Media and Public Affairs\, George Washington University \nNancy MacLean\, William H. Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy\, Duke University \nMark Major\, Associate Teaching Professor of Political Science\, Pennsylvania State University \nNaomi Oreskes\, Professor of the History of Science\, Harvard University \nVictor Pickard\, Associate Professor of Communication\, University of Pennsylvania \nPaul Starr\, Stuart Professor of Communications and Public Affairs & Professor of Sociology\, Princeton University
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/a-modern-history-of-the-disinformation-age-communication-technology-and-democracy-in-transition-workshop/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190607T160000
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SUMMARY:Abe Fellowship Colloquium - Robo sapiens japanicus: Robots\, Gender\, Family\, and the Japanese Nation
DESCRIPTION:Japan is arguably the first postindustrial society to embrace the prospect of human-robot coexistence. Over the past decade\, Japanese humanoid robots designed for use in homes\, hospitals\, offices\, and schools have become celebrated in mass and social media throughout the world. In Robo sapiens japanicus: Robots\, Gender\, Family\, and the Japanese Nation (University of California Press\, 2018)\, Jennifer Robertson casts a critical eye on press releases and public relations videos that misrepresent robots as being as versatile and agile as their science fiction counterparts. An ethnography and sociocultural history of governmental and academic discourse of human-robot relations in Japan\, this book explores how actual robots—humanoids\, androids\, and animaloids—are “imagineered” in ways that reinforce the conventional sex/gender system and political-economic status quo. She traces the early 20th century and wartime backstories informing the images\, applications\, and receptions of robots today. In addition\, Robertson interrogates the notion of human exceptionalism as she considers whether “civil rights” should be granted to robots. How robots and robotic exoskeletons reinforce a conception of the “normal body” (gotai manzoku 五体満足) is discussed together with a critique of Mori Masahiro’s much-invoked but misconstrued concept of bukimi no tani (不気味の谷)\, or “uncanny valley”.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/abe-fellowship-colloquium-robo-sapiens-japanicus-robots-gender-family-and-the-japanese-nation/
LOCATION:International House of Japan\, 5-11-16 Roppongi\, Minato-ku\, Tokyo\, 106-0032
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SUMMARY:Digital Threats to Democracy: Comparative Lessons and Possible Remedies
DESCRIPTION:“Digital Threats to Democracy: Comparative Lessons and Possible Remedies” was a two-day research workshop that brought together both emerging and senior scholars to present comparative research on the impact of digital media on democratic processes and institutions\, including topics such as dis- and misinformation\, propaganda\, and political polarization. The workshop was held June 13-14 at the Social Science Research Council in Brooklyn\, New York. \nThe workshop was organized in partnership with the International Journal of Press/Politics. Participants in the workshop were invited to submit their work for a special issue in IJPP\, an open call for which is now available here (deadline: September 1\, 2019). \nThe original call for proposals for the June workshop  may be found here. \nFaculty Chair: \nCristian Vaccari\nReader in Political Communication\, Loughborough University\nEditor-in-Chief\, the International Journal of Press/Politics \nPresentations: \nShelley Boulianne\nAssociate Professor\, MacEwan University\nProblems of Democracy or Problems of Disposition? The Role of Personality and Ideology in Political Talk and Like-Minded Discussion \nErik Bucy\nProfessor\, Texas Tech University\nBuilding Societal Resilience to Digital Disinformation \nCody Buntain\nPostdoctoral Fellow\, New York University\nCross-Platform State Propaganda: Russian Trolls on Twitter and YouTube During the 2016 US Presidential Election \nJessica Collier\nPhD Candidate\, University of Texas\, Austin\nExposure to Fact-Checks on Facebook: Field Experiments in Four Continents \nEdda Humprecht\nSenior Research and Teaching Associate\, University of Zurich (IKMZ)\nResilience to Online Disinformation: A Framework for Cross-National Comparative Research \nEleonora Kirkizh\nPhD Candidate\, GESIS Leibniz Institute for Social Sciences\nPopulist Attitudes and Selective Exposure to News \nOzan Kuru\nPostdoctoral Fellow in Science of Science Communication\, University of Pennsylvania\nUnderstanding Political Informational Processing in WhatsApp Groups: A Comparative Study of User Perceptions and Practices in Turkey\, Singapore\, and the USA\n\nGordon Ramsay\nSenior Research Fellow\, University of Westminster\nRussian Needles in Western Media Haystacks: Propaganda Detection through Text Matching in British and U.S. Media \nChris Tenove\nPostdoctoral Research Fellow\, University of British Columbia\nDisinformation as a Democratic Threat: Conceptual Models and Policy Approaches\n\nShawn Walker\nAssistant Professor\, Arizona State University\nThe IMPED Model of Misinformation \nJenifer Whitten-Woodring\nAssociate Professor\, University of Massachusetts\, Lowell\nLessons from Myanmar’s Facebook-Driven Communal Violence: The Divisive Potential of Social Media in an Intolerant Society \nMagdalena Wojcieszak\nAssociate Professor\, University of California\, Davis\nand Andreu Casas\nPostdoctoral Fellow\, New York University\nDetecting Long-term Media Effects on Affective Polarization: Evidence from Web-tracking and Longitudinal Surveys in Three Countries Guests \nOther Guests: \nDavid Karpf\nAssociate Professor\, the George Washington University \nBaird Howland\nData Scientist\, Harmony Labs
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/digital-threats-to-democracy-comparative-lessons-and-possible-remedies-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190624
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190627
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SUMMARY:The Ideational Approach to Populism: Consequences and Mitigation
DESCRIPTION:“The Ideational Approach to Populism: Consequences and Mitigation” will be a three day conference held at the IE School for Global and Public Affairs in Segovia\, Spain June 24-26\, 2019. The conference is organized by Team Populism\, a research group based at Brigham Young University. \nWith populist forces gaining power in several countries for the first time in years\, policymakers and citizens are more concerned than ever with populism’s consequences and how we should respond. In this conference\, Team Populism will explore the consequences of populism and how they are mitigated. Participants will focus on different levels of analysis\, including countries and the international system (democratic norms and institutions\, economic and other policy outcomes\, media behavior\, and consequences for parties or party systems)\, as well as the level of individual citizens (social polarization and the psychology of populism). Participants will work towards the creation of an edited volume.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/the-ideational-approach-to-populism-consequences-and-mitigation/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190624T080000
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SUMMARY:African Peacebuilding Network Grantee Research Methods Training Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The African Peacebuilding Network (APN) and the Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (Next Gen) program held a week-long joint workshop in Peduase\, Aburi\, Ghana for the 2019 cohort of APN Individual Research Grant (IRG) recipients and the 2019 cohort of Next Gen fellows. The workshop was organized in collaboration with the University of Ghana\, Legon from June 24—28\, 2019. \n15 APN Individual Research Grant participants benefited from lectures\, working group sessions\, and one-on-one dialogues with experienced facilitators\, including senior scholars\, and current and former APN Advisory Board members. The grantees met from June 24th to June 26th\, 2019. The workshop involved a mix of plenary lectures\, small working groups and one-on-one feedback sessions. During breakout sessions\, each small working groups led by a facilitator guided grantees through presentation of their projects and peer-review and feedback on each other’s projects.  These sessions helped grantees refine their proposals\, research questions and methods before heading out to conduct fieldwork and collect data for their research projects. \nOn June 24th\, the workshop began with Ron Kassimir\, the Vice President of Programs at the Social Science Research Council making some opening remarks. Professor Yaw Ohenaba-Sakiy\, Dean of the School of Continuing and Distance Education\, College of Education\, at the University of Ghana\, Legon also gave welcome remarks\, noting the diversity of participants coming from ten different African countries. He also spoke about how he and the University of Ghana were proud to collaborate with the APN and Next Gen programs in promoting research capacity on the African continent. Honorable Sam Okudzeto\, former Member of Parliament in Ghana and special guest of honor also discussed the importance of peace as a necessary tool for sustainable development in Africa. \nThe keynote lecture at the workshop was delivered by Dr. Chukwuemeka Eze\, the Executive Director of the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP)\, based in Accra\, Ghana. Dr. Eze spoke to “ideal mediation” and how it is of importance to creating synergy between peace and mediation. He also spoke about how peacebuilding is for the good of everyone and emphasized the importance of developing strong national peace infrastructures\, and long-term governmental funding of peacebuilding initiatives and programs. \nDay two of the workshop involved four plenary lectures by senior scholars and experts in various aspects of peacebuilding research. The first lecture was delivered by Professor Kenneth Omeje on\, “The Fundamentals of Peacebuilding Knowledge Production in Africa: Critical Reflections on Qualitative Research Methods.” He encouraged participants to think about how to find the best ways to formulate research projects that address or are capable of helping to structure Africa’s social realities. Professor Omeje also emphasized the fact that primary data can and should only be collected from relevant persons and highlighted the epistemological imperatives of peacebuilding knowledge production. \nProfessor Temitope Oriola gave the next lecture\, titled “Conducting Research in Conflict-Affected Zones: Understanding Particularities\, Risks and ‘Insiderness’.” He expressed the view that researchers would be naïve to think they can stand outside history and politics. In this regard\, Prof. Oriola advised scholars on the need to find ways to connect to individuals and communities in order to gain access and acceptance. He also emphasized the importance of taking into account the ethical challenges that may occur when researchers are in the field. \nThe third lecture by Professor Heidi Hudson spoke to “Mainstreaming Gender into Peacebuilding Research Methods.” She made the succinct point that “our gender identity is constructed through the interaction with other identities and that intersectionality is about multiple subjectivities.” Prof. Hudson also emphasized the importance of every researcher working on peacebuilding to remember that the most fundamental part of their fieldwork is to “do no harm”. \nThe last lecture of the day was given by Professor Ismail Rashid. It was titled\, “The Ethics of Fieldwork-based Research in African Peacebuilding.” The lecturer urged participants to always take into account the historical and economic contexts of the countries they are working in. Prof. Rashid also spoke about the need to be constantly challenging our assumptions and ideas and that we should not take theory as unchallengeable. \nThe third and last day of the workshop was made up of a series of joint activities with Next Gen fellows. The day began with opening remarks and introductions by Professor Ismail Rashid and Professor Sarah Ssali. This was followed by joint working group session with APN grantees and Next Gen fellows during which participants were able to get to know each other and share constructive feedback on each other’s projects. \nIn the afternoon\, APN grantees and Next Gen fellows went to the University of Ghana\, Legon for a special keynote speech by Professor Michael Tagoe\, Acting Provost at the College of Education. The keynote speech was titled “Why Research Matters: Relevance and Challenges.” During his presentation\, Professor Tagoe spoke about the place of research in the University of Ghana and Africa\, and advised researchers to apply their research findings towards framing social questions and solving societal problems. . The day activities were concluded with an informative and inspiring off-site visit to the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) where fellows and grantees were given a brief presentation on the history of the Centre and its goals and objectives. Following the visit\, APN and Next Gen fellows went to a group dinner.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/african-peacebuilding-network-grantee-research-methods-training-workshop/
LOCATION:Peduase Valley Resort\, Peduase\, Aburi\, Ghana
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190628T090000
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SUMMARY:China-Africa Peace Fellowship Preparatory Workshop
DESCRIPTION:On June 28\, 2019\, Understanding Violent Conflict Director Tatiana Carayannis and Program Associate Nisreen Yonis participated in the first of three workshops for the 2018-2020 cohort of China-Africa Peace Fellows. \nGuided by program staff and hosted by Professor Wang Yi Zhou\, the deputy dean of the School of International Studies at Peking University\, the Fellows reflected on findings\, challenges\, and the current status of their fieldwork research and writing.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/china-africa-peace-fellowship-preparatory-workshop/
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