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An international conference onRebuilding sustainable communities in Iraq: policies, programs and projectsJuly 23-26, 2007College of Public and Community Service
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Theoretical issues and practical approaches to rebuilding sustainable communities after disasters |
Social, economic, and infrastructural development (health, higher education, etc.) |
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Participation in community development: from national to the grassroots levels |
Institutional support for community-based organizations |
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The role of women in Iraq and the Arab world in rebuilding communities after conflicts |
Empowerment of community-based grassroots organizations |
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International perspectives on Women, Housing, Social justice and Development |
Capacity building for sustainable development |
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The role of sustainable technology and appropriate architecture in rebuilding Iraq |
Community-based development in practice: Examples from Boston, Massachusetts |
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The role of the media in community development |
Sustainable development in rural Iraq |
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Social-Psychiatric management of the traumatic experience of social disaster, war, and social dislocation |
The politics of State reconstruction and conflict management |
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Integration of education and research through systemic mentoring |
The regional and global impact of rebuilding Iraq (for instance, comparing the reconstruction of Iraq with the reconstruction of Gaza) | |
| The postmodern Islamic vision of the polity; the individual and the sense of civic belonging | The role of the humanities in the construction of the civic “self” – the impact of history and philosophy | |
| The function of the arts in rebuilding communities – art (literature, the visual arts, theater, music) as both a mode of giving form to aspirations for the self, community, and nation and as a vehicle for recording the process of rebuilding. | The intersections of the humanities and legal structures |