Hi all,
Thanks for all the replies to my query regarding online video
documentaries of negotiations. Here's what I've found:
1. YouTube has miscellaneous stuff on international environmental
negotiations. It was somewhat hit or miss with a few searches, but I
did find some great stuff--for example,
"<http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Sku7YxPeuac>The Small Sticking Point
in Bali Climate Talks," which is funny and short and gets across the
notion of how tiny little things (as in a comma) can make all the
difference.
2. An extensive video library at the FCCC website (see
<http://unfccc.int/documentation/webcast_and_videos/items/2650.php>).
(For only those interested in such pedagogical quandaries over the
use of video in class: I've dipped into a few of the FCCC videos, and
am leaning toward showing the students a few random portions of the
"<http://maindb.unfccc.int/public/webcast/episode.pl?id_episode=1141&;>Committee
of the Whole Last Session" from the 1997 Kyoto negotiations. Between
the opening and the closing, I'll have to pick and choose a few
places to stop--the video is 8 hours long. In testing out a large
number of random stops, I found that landing most anywhere shows the
students just how laborious multilateral negotiations can be. But I'm
more than willing to hear about a more effective approach.... Again,
I'm not focusing on Kyoto here, but on showing students just what it
means to be "inside" a real negotiations setting.)
Thanks again,
-Charlie
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