Introduction and Statement of Problem

* Trauma can be understood as that which results from an external event, either witnessed or experienced that involves actual or threat of death or serious injury to self or others and evokes fear, helplessness, and horror.  

* Trauma is an important part of the lived experience of threat and occupation experienced by generations of Palestinians.

* We know very little about:

 1. The ways collective and individual trauma shape Palestinians’ sense of identity and citizenship

2. Palestinians’ coping strategies

3. The effectiveness of different formal and informal forms of support and care

Methodology  

* Interviews and visual methodologies with youth and young children and refugees  *  Biographical interviews with witnesses of specific traumas to explore responses       to trauma over time

*  Interviews with stakeholders involved with voluntary and formal service provision for refugees

* Analysis of support materials and activities for refugee

 

Conference Title

Global Challenges Summit 2018: Working together for International Development

Conference Country

Palestine

Conference Date

July 24, 2018 - July 24, 2018

Conference Sponsor

Newcastle University