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The EIESL team is building a list of must-reads and sees on the topic of ethical approaches to international engagement and service learning. These materials are intended to clarify some of terminology we use, spark dialogue and to help build critical consciousness. Also, visit the ‘About’ section of our website.<\/p>\n

The EIESL team is proud to announce the release of the Web Based Guidebook. After a successful first year of the project, this resource was created from dialogue sessions within the UBC community.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.ethicsofisl.ubc.ca<\/p>\n

[Report a broken link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Books:<\/h4>\n

Freire, Paulo. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York; Continuum, 1970.<\/p>\n

Gasper, Des. The Ethics of Development. Edinburgh; Edinburgh University Press, 2004.<\/p>\n

Hoggett, Paul, Marjorie Mayo and Chris Miller. The Dilemmas of Development Work: Ethical Challenges in Regeneration. Bristol; Policy Press, 2009.<\/p>\n

Unger, Peter K. Living High and Letting Die: Our Illusion of Innocence. New York: Oxford University Pres, 1996.<\/p>\n

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Academic Articles:<\/h4>\n

Crabtree, R. D. (2008). Theoretical Foundations for International Service Learning. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, <\/em>15(1), 18-36.<\/p>\n

Does what it says on the tin.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dickson, M. & Dickson, G. (2005). Volunteering: Beyond and act of charity. Journal of the Canadian Dental Association<\/em>, 71 (11), 865 – 869. Retrieved from: http:\/\/www.cda-adc.ca\/jcda\/vol-71\/issue-11\/865.html<\/a><\/p>\n

A discussion about whether our charity efforts are enabling or disabling.<\/em><\/p>\n

Epprecht, Marc. Work\u2013Study Abroad Courses in International Development Studies: Some Ethical and Pedagogical Issues. Canadian Journal of Development Studies. 2004: 25(4), 709-728.<\/p>\n

Ermine, Willie. The Ethical Space of Engagement. Indigenous Law Journal<\/em>. Fall 2007, Vol. 6, No. 1.<\/p>\n

Furco, A. Service-learning: a balanced approach to experiential education. Expanding Boundaries: Serving and Learning. Washington, DC: Corporation for National Service, 2-6, 1996.<\/p>\n

Offers a typology of different types of service programs.<\/em><\/p>\n

Gasper, Des. Development Ethics and Human Development. <\/span> Human Development Report Office, no. 24; United Nations Development Programme. January 2009. Online. Available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Grusky, S. (2000). International Service Learning: A Critical Guide from an Impassioned Advocate. American Behavioural Scientist,<\/em> 43(5), 858 – 867.<\/p>\n

A guide to both the opportunities and contradictions in ISL.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hyder, Wali, Khan, Teoh, Kass and Dawson. (2004). Ethical review of health research: a perspective from developing country researchers; Journal of Medical Ethics, 30:68-72.<\/p>\n

Kiely, Richard. (2004). A Chameleon With a Complex: Searching for Transformation in International Service-Learning. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, <\/em>10(2), 5-20.<\/p>\n

Discusses the common experience of students returning from ISL placements and how they begin to redefine their lives.<\/em><\/p>\n

Kumagai, Arno K., Monica Lypson Beyond Cultural Competence: Critical Consciousness, Social Justice, and Multicultural Education. Academic Medicine<\/em> 2009; 84(6):782-787.<\/p>\n

Freire’s critical consciousness and a discussion of means vs. ends in education.<\/em><\/p>\n

Louie, Dianna, Shafik Dharamsi. Creating Global Doctors. The Lancet Student. 2009. Online. Available: http:\/\/www.thelancetstudent.com\/2008\/04\/14\/creating-global-doctors\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Miner, Horace. Body Ritual Among the Nacirema. The American Anthropologist, vol. 58 (1956), pp. 503-507. Available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

An anthropologist describes the lives of a bizarre tribe.<\/em><\/p>\n

Seifer SD. (1998). Service-learning: Community-campus partnerships for health professions education. Academic Medicine, 73(3):273-277.<\/p>\n

This is the definition of Service-Learning used by EIESL.<\/em><\/p>\n

Shah, S. & Wu, T. (2008). The medical student global health experience: Professionalism and ethical implications. Journal of Medical Ethics<\/em>, 34, 375 – 378.<\/p>\n

Exactly what the title says.<\/em><\/p>\n

Singer, Peter. Famine, Affluence and Morality. Philosophy and Public Affairs<\/em>. Vol. 1, No. 3 (Spring, 1972), pp. 229-243.<\/p>\n

Tindana PO, <\/span> Singh JA, <\/span> Tracy CS, <\/span> Upshur REG, <\/span> Daar AS, <\/span> et al. <\/span> 2007<\/span> Grand Challenges in Global Health: Community Engagement in Research in Developing Countries. <\/span> PLoS Med<\/span> 4(9). Read it here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sherraden, Margaret S., Benjamin Lough and Amanda Moore McBride. 2008. Effects of International Volunteering and Service: Individual and Institutional Predictors. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations.<\/em> 19(4) pp. 395-421.<\/p>\n

This paper is a very useful and clearly-written review of the research on the impacts, – whether positive, negative or neutral – of volunteer presence on sending communities, volunteers, and host communities. It also provides suggestions for the direction(s) of future research on the topic.<\/em><\/p>\n

Non-Academic Articles and Resources:
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Algoso, David. October 26, 2010. Don’t Try This Abroad. Nick Kristof is wrong. Amateurs are not the future of foreign aid. Foreign Policy Magazine. Accessed November 16, 2010. Available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This article is a response to Nicholas Kristof’s article, below. You should probably read that one first.<\/em><\/p>\n

Baraldi, Jim. A harm in ‘medical tourism’: The poor need lasting efforts to improve global health, not feel-good field trips. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Sept 25, 2009.\u00a0 Read it here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bhagwati, Jagdish. Banned Aid: Why International Assistance Does Not Alleviate Poverty. January 2010. Foreign Affairs (Tufts University). Online. Available: http:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/65905\/jagdish-bhagwati\/banned-aid<\/a><\/p>\n

Birrell, Ian. November 14, 2010. Before you pay to volunteer abroad, think of the harm you might do. The Observer. Accessed November 16, 2010. Available here<\/a>. Report here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Brooks, David. October 9, 2007. The Odyssey Years. (Op-Ed). The New York Times. Online. Available: http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/10\/09\/opinion\/09brooks.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Howard, Ross. Conflict Sensitive Journalism Handbook. Denmark: International Media Support, 2003.\u00a0 Available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kristof, Nicholas D. October 20, 2010. The D.I.Y. Foreign-Aid Revolution. The New York Times Magazine. Accessed November 16, 2010. Available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See Algoso reading above for a response to this article.<\/em><\/p>\n

Mendelson, R. (2008, September 29). Helping the World. And Me. Macleans<\/em>. 50-52. Read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One of our cornerstone reference pieces highlighting one of the most common ethical issues associated with international engagement.<\/em><\/p>\n

Nelson, Jacqueline. “The CEO Poll: Should companies give to charity?” Canadian Business<\/span> Magazine, \/\/ March 1, 2010. Online. Available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Remen, Rachel Naomi. May 29, 2000. Helping, Fixing, Serving. iJourney.org. Accessed February 3rd, 2010. Online. Available: http:\/\/www.ijourney.org\/?tid=127<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Sichel, Benjamin. \u201cI\u2019ve come to help\u201d: Can tourism and altruism mix? Briarpartch Magazine. November 2, 2006. Online.\u00a0 Read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Toumani, Meline. The Truth About Our Good Intentions. AlterNet. October 13, 2003. Online. Read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Valencia, Nick, Benjamin Fernandez and Jennifer Deaton. February 3, 2010. Photos of drinking, grinning aid mission doctors cause uproar. CNN News.\u00a0 Accessed February 3, 2010. Online. Available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

White, Margaret. November 6, 2010. Do you belong to the Elites? Take this test and see! Globe and Mail. Accessed November 6, 2010. Available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

UBC Courses:<\/h4>\n

PHIL 235 (Term 1) \u2022 Berryman, Sylvia \u2022 CONTEMP MORAL ISSUES: GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP<\/p>\n

Taught in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala as part of UBC’s Global Citizenship Term Abroad<\/p>\n

This course is for students wanting to reflect philosophically on the idea that they are global citizens and to consider how philosophical ideals can be brought to bear in the practical arena. Many people believe that our ethical obligations extend to others in need, and that the current global situation places obligations on the more privileged to help distant others; more recently, the question of the most appropriate forms of assistance have seemed equally urgent for ethicists to consider. New interest in the concept of civil society challenges a narrow view of citizenship as confined to participation in political institutions, exactly at a time when our interaction with global neighbours has become increasingly rich and complex with changing technology and increasing economic, social and cultural interdependence at a global level. Our reading of the philosophical literature is aimed to situate some of these problems and consider the strengths and limits of different philosophical responses to it.<\/p>\n

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What are the ethics and what is the impact of volunteering abroad?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sociology 435 provides students an opportunity to deepen their formal preparation for citizenship through a field placement in a \u2018developing\u2019 country. A key goal of this course is to integrate classroom-based instruction and experiential learning, by connecting theoretical knowledge to everyday practices through which \u2018citizenship\u2019 operates as an \u2018embodied\u2019 concept. Students will be encouraged to think critically about the impact that their presence will have on project partners, and the ethics of working with communities of \u2018others\u2019.<\/p>\n

*** Application for this class is now closed ***<\/strong><\/p>\n

This course will be offered again Summer 2011 and will be posted on the Go Global website<\/a> again in September 2010. Acceptance into the course is limited to those accepted into the ISL program \u2013 students are registered through Go Global, and therefore this course is not something that students can register for through the normal process at UBC. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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What: <\/strong>SOCI 435
\nWhen: <\/strong>Summer 2010
\nWhere: <\/strong>Vancouver and an international placement
\nLed by: <\/strong>Professor Dawn Currie
\nPrerequisite: <\/strong>SOCI 430 or equivalent.
\nFor more information: <\/strong>Contact Go Global at 604.822.6110 or go.volunteer@ubc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n

See source and more UBC Philosophy Courses<\/a><\/p>\n

Web:<\/h4>\n

Framing Poverty as a Complex Issue and Why That Matters<\/a> (this is a recording of a telelearning seminar with great resources – check out the Stacey Matrix for a clear explanation.<\/p>\n

Playing for Change<\/a><\/p>\n

Intelligence Squared<\/a><\/p>\n

7 myths about Africa debunked<\/a><\/p>\n

Documentary on Child Slavery<\/a><\/p>\n

They Come in the Name of Helping (15 min doc)<\/a><\/p>\n

Something\u2019s fishy about IDS internships<\/a><\/p>\n

100 Open Lectures All About Africa<\/a><\/p>\n

The Munk Debates: Foreign Aid<\/a><\/p>\n

Ghana: the World’s Digital Dumping Ground (20 min documentary)<\/a><\/p>\n

The Ethicist (NY Times)<\/a><\/p>\n

Edwidge Danticat: Stories of Haiti<\/a><\/p>\n

A few posts, from our favourite blog, Wronging Rights<\/h4>\n

http:\/\/wrongingrights.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/oooh-your-charityits-so-big.html<\/a> – ok no students will do it.. but c’mon<\/p>\n

http:\/\/wrongingrights.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/worst-idea-ever.html<\/a><\/div>\n
http:\/\/wrongingrights.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/open-letter-to-twitter.html<\/a><\/div>\n
http:\/\/wrongingrights.blogspot.com\/2009\/07\/oh-noes.html<\/a><\/div>\n
http:\/\/wrongingrights.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/this-just-in-poor-people-not.html<\/a><\/div>\n
http:\/\/wrongingrights.blogspot.com\/2009\/09\/response-to-chris-blattmans-aid-workers.html<\/a><\/div>\n
http:\/\/wrongingrights.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/where-in-world-are-human-rights.html<\/a><\/div>\n
http:\/\/wrongingrights.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/anyone-here-been-raped-and-doesnt-love.html<\/a><\/div>\n
http:\/\/wrongingrights.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/militaries-mamdani-and-magical-thinking.html<\/a><\/div>\n

Did we miss something? Help us build our resources by contributing below<\/h4>\n

[Report a broken link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Furco, A. Service-learning: a balanced approach to experiential education. Expanding Boundaries:
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