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Snea's Praxis for Love, Wisdom and Peace
27 January
Beyond theoretical debates over human rights issues
Having read Donnelly further along with other authors such as Preis, Scheper-Hughes, and Steward, I can see the common efforts, yet different angles among them in transcending the theoretical dilemma toward practical details of "what next" toward human rights.
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21 January
My reading of Donnelly and Freeman regarding universality-relativity debates surrounding human rights foundation
I wrote a reflection on how I see Donelly and Freeman, as they take on theoretical foundations for human rights.
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19 January
"Human rights": not just a phrase
The second seminar for ANTH E600 has brought me deep into the grey zone in both the philosophical and the practical dimensions of human rights. What qualifies as a universal human right becomes a tricker question than I previously thought! As an activist or a caring agent informed by the reading and the seminar so far, I do not think practices or enforcement of the human rights principles will be any easier or less slippery.
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"Just A Click of Your Mouse" and you could help many kids in need
I have been helping my friend, Jackson, and his colleagues in Uganda and the U.S. with the Nyaka AID Orphan School (
Click Here )as webmaster. They are doing a wonderful job in running a school and sound educational programs for the kids who are left as victims of AIDS. You could help them raise as much as $100,000 just by voting for their school online. Please consider.
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17 January
"I Have A Dream" by Martin Luther King, Jr,
On this celebrated day, I wish to present Dr. King's historical words:
Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963:
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16 January
Cultural Relativism and Universals of Human Rights
What do human rights entail? Are they based on consensuses, or are they culturally relative? Who decide when conflicts or contradictions arise? These questions were discussed in the first class of this week, ANTH E600 (The Anthropology of Human Rights).
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10 January
Good causes
A very good U.S. friend of mine, Rich, has come back from his data collection in Colombia, and our shared passion for soccer has led us to start a tournament to raise money for the tsunami relief (see
HERE). Soccer has made Indiana my true home with great friends everywhere.
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05 January
The Power of the Media and Art in Education
At the Fourth International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations held at UCLA last year, I met many interesting caring people. Many issues related to diversity at all levels were shared and discussed. On the final day, Professor Peter McLaren of UCLA concluded that educators should work closely with people in the media and artists in tackling and promoting diversity issues.
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01 January
Happy New Year 2005!
While most Asian countries cancelled all the celebrations and mourned the victims of tsunami, I saw a lot of people in the U.S. smiling and celebrating their new year as if what is happening at the other side of the globe was not relevant to them. Their fault? I think not. Ignorance? Maybe.
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