PS 2BB3 (2010/11) Lecture 1: Introduction

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Monday January 3 2011

Lecture 1: Introduction

PS 2BB3: Introduction to the Study of WarDr Colin Salter, Centre for Peace Studies, McMaster University

IntroductionWhy War?

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Introductions

Dr Colin Salter

e: [email protected]: (905) 525 9140 ext. 23722

Consultation:Monday 2:30-4:30 pmTogo Salmon Hall room 302

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Introductions

Nick Longaphye: [email protected]

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Outline

What is War?

Remembering war

Assessment overview

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What is war?

...to different people war may have very different

meanings.Quincy Wright (1942)

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What is war?

Dead Prez (2002)Thats War!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGHvGJRSOzE

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What is war?

The cops stop you just cause you blackthats warRun your prints through the system thats warWhen they call my hood a drug zone thats warSlum lords charge me for the rent thats warWhy they so rich and we poor thats warWhen they murdered Amado Dialo thats war

Dead Prez (2002) Thatss Warlyrics

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What is war?

Marching through the streets is a strategy ofwarKnowing self defense is a strategy ofwar

Soldiers try to link with other soldiers thats warRevolutionaries gotta know the art ofwar

Dead Prez (2002) Thatss Warlyrics

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Remembering war...

RedgumI was only 19 (1983)

The HerdI was only 19 (2005)

http://www.brokenyellow.com/mvideos/mvideos.html

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Assessment structure

Assessment Format Length Due Date Weighting

1 Participation

Participation in class

discussion &activities

n/a weekly25%

(see notes)

2 Short Presentationmax. 15minutes

20%

3 Commentary writing task 1250 words Week 7 20%

4EssayProposal writing task 200 words Week 9 (see notes)

5 Essay writing task 2250 words April 11 35%

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Attendance

Non-attendance will significantly impact on what you

can learn from this course.

By not participating, you also detract from the abilityof others to learn with you.

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0, 1 or 2 absences: no penalty- 3 absences: 8% subtracted

- 4 absences: 10% subtracted

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5 absences: 12% subtracted- 6 absences: 15% subtracted

Attendance

If you miss more than 2 tutorials, marks will besubtracted from your final mark, as follows:

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McMaster email policy

The course instructor will only open emails sent from McMaster email addresses. Emails sent from any otheremail provider (e.g. Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo) will not be

opened and will be deleted immediately. This policy protectsconfidentiality and confirms your identity.

This applies to your TA as well.

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Summary

Defining war

How we remember war

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Citations & further reading

David P. Barash & Charles P. Webel (2009) Peace and Conflict Studies, 2nd Edition, Sage Publications.(Chapter 2: The Meanings of Wars).

Karl von Clausewitz (1832) On War.

Dead Prez (2002) Thats War!, from Turn Off the Radio: The Mixtape Vol. 1 (Audio CD).

Dead Prez (2010) Soul Power, from Turn Off the Radio Vol. 4: Revolutionary But Gangsta Grillz (AudioCD).

The Herd (2005), featuring John Schumann, I was only 19 from The Sun Never sets (Audio CD). Videoby Broken Yellow.

Quincy Wright (1942)A Study of War, University of Chicago Press.

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Image sources

Pablo Picasso (1937) Guernica. Oil on canvas.

Unknown soldier in Iraq. Date unknown. sourced from http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2007/06/09/some-interior-situational-sources-war--part-v/

Carlos Latuff (2003) War 2. Sourced from http://latuff2.deviantart.com/art/War-2-27832944

Crimethinc (undated) War on Terror/Drugs. http://www.crimethinc.com/tools/downloads/

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