๐๐๐ด๐ผ๐ท'๐ ๐ฟ๐ด๐๐ธ๐
๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ธ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐ 2020 ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐. ๐โ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐โ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐โ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐กโ ๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ก ๐๐ทโ๐ ๐๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐, ๐ท.๐ถ. ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ข๐๐ 13.
Since the beginning of the war in Iraq, tens of thousands of Iraqis have been killed, and several million were displaced, many due to the Islamic State's occupation and the subsequent military campaign to defeat its forces. IS particularly targeted minority communities living in northern Iraq's diverse Ninewa province, home to Christians, Yezidis, Shabaks, Turkmen, and Kaka'i. Agricultural livelihoods were devastated, and many historical, religious, and cultural heritage sites were destroyed.ย
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In 2020, the USAID-fundedย LASER PULSEย program began fieldwork on a project to support the restoration of culturally significant agricultural practices and rebuild religious and community connectionsย in Northern Iraq.
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Join the Pulte Institute to hear from the U.S. and Iraqi research team about their efforts to help revive the diverse, vibrant Nineveh Plains region and ethnographic research's role in informing social cohesion and livelihoodย programs in the Middle East and beyond.ย
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๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐'๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ก๐จ๐ค, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ๐จ๐๐ค๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐.
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SCHEDULE
12:15 - 12:50 p.m. - Registration and Lunch
1 - 3:30 p.m. - Symposium
- Intro to Iraq Context and Ethnographic Research - Designย
- Wild Plants and Herbariumย
- Agricultural Extension and Botanical Gardens
- Olive Oil Market Analysis
- Social Cohesion and Advocacy
3:30 - 4:30 p.m. - Panel Discussion
- The Role of Culture in Peacebuilding in Multicultural Post-Conflict Societies
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. - Reception
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PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE:
Harry Bader, JD (USAID)
Kate Eddens, PhD (Indiana University)
Shivan Fazilย (SIPRI)
Rund Hammoudi, PhDย (University of Duhok)
Peter Hirst, PhDย (Purdue University)
Nashwan Shawkat Mahmood, PhDย (University of Duhok)
Juliano M. R. Marques, PhD (Purdue University)
Nabaz Ibraheem Mohammed, PhD (University of Duhok)
Sean O'Neillย (University of Notre Dame)
Omran Ali Omer, PhDย (University of Duhok)
Sarah R. Osterhoudt, PhDย (Indiana University)
Knox Thamesย (Senior Fellow at Pepperdine University)
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