Wednesday, December 3, 2008
NOVEMBER 2008
NOVEMBER 2008
2nd: All souls day. I celebrated the Mass. Never saw a cemetery in Holland. Not even today.
3rd: Global Politics of Development, Democracy, conflict and Rights Exam
4th: Regular classes begin.
5th: Begin classes by Sara to learn Dutch at the Residence.
07th: Deepavali Celebration at the ISS. Tom sdb came too. Avin the chaplin was there too.
08th: First visit to Amsterdam. We had a boat Ride. We had a good meal in an Indian Restaraunt. We had walk in the Red light area of the country which commercialised sex industry.
09th: My day of cooking. I made Dosai, Tapiocca and chicken. Good for Indians.
12th: I was the chair for the Discussion on Human Insecurity, conflict and Development. It was a good experience.
13th: I did the mass.
14th: Birth day of Eglantine. Sent Message to all in India. It was a free day. I did some purchasing.
15th: Went to the Beach with Tomy to see the Santaclaus. Missed him at the beach. Had a long walk. Had good fish and returned. On the way back saw the procession of several cars and cabins, knights and servants celebrating the event. It was purely a secular festival. All the people waiting with children to meet the Santa clause. They distribute gifts to all children on the road. It is a good celebration.
15,16, 17: Provincial Visitation. Jos Clas from Belgium is the Provincial also for this Delegation of Netherlands. Herman Spronck is the Delegate here. He does not visit often. They have already decided to sell this property and move to another place by the end of December. The confreres here are all disturbed deeply at this decision of the Delegation. It seems that the provincial is helpless at this decision. I too think it is unfortunate to sell this beautiful location and move to a new hired place. But no buyer has come so far to buy this property. I met the provincial too. I did not take side as I had just arrived and felt too early to talk of the issue. Helena cooked for the dinner for the guests at Visitation.
16th: The Birth Day of Biju was celebrated. Camillo cooked for the occasion.
17th: I received the Residence permit card today from the Immigration office. The Provincial concluded his visitation and left for Belgium.
18th: I attended a Research Seminar on Child Labour in Nike food ball production in Pakistan and the consequences.
19th: Had Ben White Group work. There was a film on Population Control Measures in the 70s and Group discussion. Three people ( Melony, Andrea and Eyob) presented their family generation analysis in the class.
SEMINAR ON PROPER BEHAVIOUR IN THE ISS. It was organized by Martin Boc. It was to clarify certain issues on Sexual Harassment and Moaning in the ISS. It was funny and at the same time the message was very clear.
20 & 21: Attended the following CONFERENCE.
Young People in Africa: From Marginalisation to Citizenship
ISS, The Hague, 20-21 November 2008
Programme
DAY ONE - 20 November 2008
10:00am – 10:30am - Opening Session: PRINCES MAXIMA WAS THERE FOR INAUGURATION
ISS Rector
OU Representative
10.30 – 11.00 - Keynote Address
Prof. Alcinda Honwana – Prince Claus Chair 2007/08, IDC-The Open University
African Youth: Addressing the Challenges of Citizenship
11.00 – 11.30 – Coffee/Tea Beak
11.30 – 13:00: Panel 1: Being Young: Conceptualizations and Experiences of Youth
Prof. Nana Poku – Department of Peace Studies – University of Bradford
Youth and HIV/AIDS
Dr. Auma Okwany – Children and Youth Studies, Institute of Social Studies
Negotiating Tensions in Girlhood: Constrained and Situated Agency for girls in urban poor locales in Kenya
Dr. Ibrahim Abdullah – Department of History, University of Sierra Leone
Social Citizenship or Generational Struggle?: Marginal Youth in Post War Sierra Leone
13.00 -14.00 – Lunch
14.00 – 15.30: Panel 2: Youth Agency in Conflict and Post-Conflict Settings
Prof. Thierry Nlandu Mayamba – Faculte’ des Lettres, University of Kinshasa
Youth in Politics: Breaking the Barrier between Actors and Spectators in Post Conflict DRC
Prof. Marc Sommers – The Fletcher School, Tufts University, Boston
Youth, Conflict and Urbanization in Rwanda
Dr. Karin Willemse – Faculty of History & Arts – Erasmus University Rotterdam
The Darfur crisis, masculinity, and the contingency of Sudanese citizenship
15.30 – 16.00 – Tea/Coffee Break
16:00 – 17.30 – Panel 3: Youth Movements and Social Empowerment
Dr. Rijk van Dijk –African Studies Centre, Leiden University
Self-framing and Self-mobilisation: Pentecostal Faith, Agency and Youth Ideology in Africa
Dr. Takyiwaa Manuh – African Studies Institute, University of Ghana
Gender, Ethnicity and Exclusion among Migrant Female Youth in Accra
Prof. Ronald Kassimir – Department of Political Science, The New School University
Youth Social Movements in Africa
19:00 – 21:00 - Conference Dinner
DAY TWO – 21 November 2008
9:30 – 11:00pm – Panel 4 – Comparative Reflections on Youth Experiences
Prof. Peter Geschiere and Dr. Francio Guadeloupe – Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam
The Religion of the urban cool: youth icons in the Netherlands and Africa
Francisco Gutierrez – IEPRI, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Recruitment revisited
Yoke van der Meulen – Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University
Palestinian Youth and Agency: Growing Up with Hopeless Hope
11:00-11:30 – Tea/Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00 – Panel 5: The Lights of the City: Urbanization and the Informal Economy
Dr. Paul Jenkins – School of the Built Environment – Heriot-Watt University
The Challenges of Urbanization for Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Dr. Basile Ndjio – University of Douala (Cameroon)
Cameroonian feymen and Nigerian ‘419’ scammers: two examples of Africa’s ‘reinvention’ of the global capitalism
Dr. Aboubacar Momoh – Department of Political Science, University of Lagos
Citizenship as Social Construction: Making meaning of Area Boys and the Public Space in Lagos
13:00 – 14:00 – Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 – Discussion Groups
Group 1 – Definitions and Conceptualizations of Youth
Group 2 – Agency, Marginalization and Social Location
Group 3 - Integration, Participation and Active Citizenship
15:130 – 16:00 – Tea/coffee break
16:00 – 17:00 – Closing Session
Discussion Groups Reports
Sum Up of conference discussions
Prof. Alcinda Honwana
Closing remarks:
Youth Culture is beyond national borders and is transcended. They have cultural citizenship beyond countries and states. We need to build our networks like obama who built his network of youth to win the election. The Continuity and the commitment makes the difference.
I was touched by the plights of the child soldiers in several African countries, who are kidnapped from their families to be trained and used for fighting the Government especially in Rwanda.
I was impressed by the custom of youth in a country where they have to build their own house to get married. So the youth work hard to earn money to build house. Only then they can get married. This was a good custom as against all other Tamilian youth who get married without work, job and house. The parents get them married and look after them even after marriage. Some of them depend on the dowry the girl brings.
22nd Sat: I watched for the first time snow fall. I was in the room and saw through the long big glass window. It was very great sight. Later in the evening i went out for a walk and picked it up. It was great feeling.
23rd Sun: Christ the King Solomnity. I woke up from the phone call from Vinith. Mercy said that there was very heavy rain in Tamil Nadu for a week and still pouring down.
24th Mon: Visited the Ireland Embassy to apply for Visa to go for holidays to Florence akka and meet Casi in Ireland.
26th Wed: I was the secretary for Tutorial on Environment and Sustainable Development
27th Thu: I attended the IT skills Development class.
28th Fri: I presented the 3 Generation in the Children and Youth Studies(CYS)
29th Sat: National Inter religious Conference on Religion and Human Rights. The Workshop on Medical Ethical Dilemmas was very interesting.
In the evening we had International Day. Exhibitions of each country, Food Fair and Cultural Programme were very interesting. First time I remained so long in the ISS late in the evening.
International Day 2008
This year's International Day held on Saturday 29 November from 16.00 hrs onwards !The International Day is a yearly event, with a food fair, an exhibition of artifacts followed by a Performance Night with poetry, music, dance and more from all over the world. You have never seen anything like it...!
At 16.00 hrs we will have a exhibition of artifacts in the corridors on the first floor, so we need you to bring traditional clothes, posters, artifacts, anything that you would like to put on display.At 18.00 hrs: Food Fair ! The idea is, that people can sample food from various regions and countries. This will be held in the atrium. There will be stalls from which we can serve the food .Then at 20.00 hrs, after we have cleared the tables and moved them out of the way:Performance Night !Imagine traditional dances and songs by performers, some more confident than others, from over 30 different countries, some with audience participation, making it hard to see where the stage begins and ends…A heart warming celebration of our kaleidoscope of cultures
30th Sun: I went with Ramkrishnan IAS to Delft to meet tamil students in UNESCO IHE and we met Ramesh and Mohan. It was an interesting meeting. After 3 months first time had sambar and rasam.
2nd: All souls day. I celebrated the Mass. Never saw a cemetery in Holland. Not even today.
3rd: Global Politics of Development, Democracy, conflict and Rights Exam
4th: Regular classes begin.
5th: Begin classes by Sara to learn Dutch at the Residence.
07th: Deepavali Celebration at the ISS. Tom sdb came too. Avin the chaplin was there too.
08th: First visit to Amsterdam. We had a boat Ride. We had a good meal in an Indian Restaraunt. We had walk in the Red light area of the country which commercialised sex industry.
09th: My day of cooking. I made Dosai, Tapiocca and chicken. Good for Indians.
12th: I was the chair for the Discussion on Human Insecurity, conflict and Development. It was a good experience.
13th: I did the mass.
14th: Birth day of Eglantine. Sent Message to all in India. It was a free day. I did some purchasing.
15th: Went to the Beach with Tomy to see the Santaclaus. Missed him at the beach. Had a long walk. Had good fish and returned. On the way back saw the procession of several cars and cabins, knights and servants celebrating the event. It was purely a secular festival. All the people waiting with children to meet the Santa clause. They distribute gifts to all children on the road. It is a good celebration.
15,16, 17: Provincial Visitation. Jos Clas from Belgium is the Provincial also for this Delegation of Netherlands. Herman Spronck is the Delegate here. He does not visit often. They have already decided to sell this property and move to another place by the end of December. The confreres here are all disturbed deeply at this decision of the Delegation. It seems that the provincial is helpless at this decision. I too think it is unfortunate to sell this beautiful location and move to a new hired place. But no buyer has come so far to buy this property. I met the provincial too. I did not take side as I had just arrived and felt too early to talk of the issue. Helena cooked for the dinner for the guests at Visitation.
16th: The Birth Day of Biju was celebrated. Camillo cooked for the occasion.
17th: I received the Residence permit card today from the Immigration office. The Provincial concluded his visitation and left for Belgium.
18th: I attended a Research Seminar on Child Labour in Nike food ball production in Pakistan and the consequences.
19th: Had Ben White Group work. There was a film on Population Control Measures in the 70s and Group discussion. Three people ( Melony, Andrea and Eyob) presented their family generation analysis in the class.
SEMINAR ON PROPER BEHAVIOUR IN THE ISS. It was organized by Martin Boc. It was to clarify certain issues on Sexual Harassment and Moaning in the ISS. It was funny and at the same time the message was very clear.
20 & 21: Attended the following CONFERENCE.
Young People in Africa: From Marginalisation to Citizenship
ISS, The Hague, 20-21 November 2008
Programme
DAY ONE - 20 November 2008
10:00am – 10:30am - Opening Session: PRINCES MAXIMA WAS THERE FOR INAUGURATION
ISS Rector
OU Representative
10.30 – 11.00 - Keynote Address
Prof. Alcinda Honwana – Prince Claus Chair 2007/08, IDC-The Open University
African Youth: Addressing the Challenges of Citizenship
11.00 – 11.30 – Coffee/Tea Beak
11.30 – 13:00: Panel 1: Being Young: Conceptualizations and Experiences of Youth
Prof. Nana Poku – Department of Peace Studies – University of Bradford
Youth and HIV/AIDS
Dr. Auma Okwany – Children and Youth Studies, Institute of Social Studies
Negotiating Tensions in Girlhood: Constrained and Situated Agency for girls in urban poor locales in Kenya
Dr. Ibrahim Abdullah – Department of History, University of Sierra Leone
Social Citizenship or Generational Struggle?: Marginal Youth in Post War Sierra Leone
13.00 -14.00 – Lunch
14.00 – 15.30: Panel 2: Youth Agency in Conflict and Post-Conflict Settings
Prof. Thierry Nlandu Mayamba – Faculte’ des Lettres, University of Kinshasa
Youth in Politics: Breaking the Barrier between Actors and Spectators in Post Conflict DRC
Prof. Marc Sommers – The Fletcher School, Tufts University, Boston
Youth, Conflict and Urbanization in Rwanda
Dr. Karin Willemse – Faculty of History & Arts – Erasmus University Rotterdam
The Darfur crisis, masculinity, and the contingency of Sudanese citizenship
15.30 – 16.00 – Tea/Coffee Break
16:00 – 17.30 – Panel 3: Youth Movements and Social Empowerment
Dr. Rijk van Dijk –African Studies Centre, Leiden University
Self-framing and Self-mobilisation: Pentecostal Faith, Agency and Youth Ideology in Africa
Dr. Takyiwaa Manuh – African Studies Institute, University of Ghana
Gender, Ethnicity and Exclusion among Migrant Female Youth in Accra
Prof. Ronald Kassimir – Department of Political Science, The New School University
Youth Social Movements in Africa
19:00 – 21:00 - Conference Dinner
DAY TWO – 21 November 2008
9:30 – 11:00pm – Panel 4 – Comparative Reflections on Youth Experiences
Prof. Peter Geschiere and Dr. Francio Guadeloupe – Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam
The Religion of the urban cool: youth icons in the Netherlands and Africa
Francisco Gutierrez – IEPRI, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Recruitment revisited
Yoke van der Meulen – Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University
Palestinian Youth and Agency: Growing Up with Hopeless Hope
11:00-11:30 – Tea/Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00 – Panel 5: The Lights of the City: Urbanization and the Informal Economy
Dr. Paul Jenkins – School of the Built Environment – Heriot-Watt University
The Challenges of Urbanization for Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Dr. Basile Ndjio – University of Douala (Cameroon)
Cameroonian feymen and Nigerian ‘419’ scammers: two examples of Africa’s ‘reinvention’ of the global capitalism
Dr. Aboubacar Momoh – Department of Political Science, University of Lagos
Citizenship as Social Construction: Making meaning of Area Boys and the Public Space in Lagos
13:00 – 14:00 – Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 – Discussion Groups
Group 1 – Definitions and Conceptualizations of Youth
Group 2 – Agency, Marginalization and Social Location
Group 3 - Integration, Participation and Active Citizenship
15:130 – 16:00 – Tea/coffee break
16:00 – 17:00 – Closing Session
Discussion Groups Reports
Sum Up of conference discussions
Prof. Alcinda Honwana
Closing remarks:
Youth Culture is beyond national borders and is transcended. They have cultural citizenship beyond countries and states. We need to build our networks like obama who built his network of youth to win the election. The Continuity and the commitment makes the difference.
I was touched by the plights of the child soldiers in several African countries, who are kidnapped from their families to be trained and used for fighting the Government especially in Rwanda.
I was impressed by the custom of youth in a country where they have to build their own house to get married. So the youth work hard to earn money to build house. Only then they can get married. This was a good custom as against all other Tamilian youth who get married without work, job and house. The parents get them married and look after them even after marriage. Some of them depend on the dowry the girl brings.
22nd Sat: I watched for the first time snow fall. I was in the room and saw through the long big glass window. It was very great sight. Later in the evening i went out for a walk and picked it up. It was great feeling.
23rd Sun: Christ the King Solomnity. I woke up from the phone call from Vinith. Mercy said that there was very heavy rain in Tamil Nadu for a week and still pouring down.
24th Mon: Visited the Ireland Embassy to apply for Visa to go for holidays to Florence akka and meet Casi in Ireland.
26th Wed: I was the secretary for Tutorial on Environment and Sustainable Development
27th Thu: I attended the IT skills Development class.
28th Fri: I presented the 3 Generation in the Children and Youth Studies(CYS)
29th Sat: National Inter religious Conference on Religion and Human Rights. The Workshop on Medical Ethical Dilemmas was very interesting.
In the evening we had International Day. Exhibitions of each country, Food Fair and Cultural Programme were very interesting. First time I remained so long in the ISS late in the evening.
International Day 2008
This year's International Day held on Saturday 29 November from 16.00 hrs onwards !The International Day is a yearly event, with a food fair, an exhibition of artifacts followed by a Performance Night with poetry, music, dance and more from all over the world. You have never seen anything like it...!
At 16.00 hrs we will have a exhibition of artifacts in the corridors on the first floor, so we need you to bring traditional clothes, posters, artifacts, anything that you would like to put on display.At 18.00 hrs: Food Fair ! The idea is, that people can sample food from various regions and countries. This will be held in the atrium. There will be stalls from which we can serve the food .Then at 20.00 hrs, after we have cleared the tables and moved them out of the way:Performance Night !Imagine traditional dances and songs by performers, some more confident than others, from over 30 different countries, some with audience participation, making it hard to see where the stage begins and ends…A heart warming celebration of our kaleidoscope of cultures
30th Sun: I went with Ramkrishnan IAS to Delft to meet tamil students in UNESCO IHE and we met Ramesh and Mohan. It was an interesting meeting. After 3 months first time had sambar and rasam.
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