Event Title
Session 4A: Innocence Dismantled: A Short Narrative of an LTTE Child Soldier
Location
BCC 1st Floor
Start Date
14-6-2012 3:15 PM
End Date
14-6-2012 4:00 PM
Description
During the fall of 2011, Malik studied abroad in Sri Lanka and was able to conduct field research on former LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) child soldiers for an independent study project. His project did not concern a particular research question, but was a creative exploration of a dilemma far too common in the conflict of war—namely, the forcible use of child soldiers in battle. He sought to tell the story of one child soldier in an attempt to give a face to an experience that has largely been characterless. Based on interviews and visits to the rural areas in Sri Lanka, Malik's project provides a vivid glimpse into the lives of countless former child soldiers,who, out of fear or death, cannot tell their respective stories.
Session 4A: Innocence Dismantled: A Short Narrative of an LTTE Child Soldier
BCC 1st Floor
During the fall of 2011, Malik studied abroad in Sri Lanka and was able to conduct field research on former LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) child soldiers for an independent study project. His project did not concern a particular research question, but was a creative exploration of a dilemma far too common in the conflict of war—namely, the forcible use of child soldiers in battle. He sought to tell the story of one child soldier in an attempt to give a face to an experience that has largely been characterless. Based on interviews and visits to the rural areas in Sri Lanka, Malik's project provides a vivid glimpse into the lives of countless former child soldiers,who, out of fear or death, cannot tell their respective stories.
Comments
Facilitator:
Malik Neal is a rising senior at College of the Holy Cross, where he is a History major and an Asian Studies concentrator. A participant of JUHAN 2010, Malik studied and volunteered in Sri Lanka during fall semester of 2011. Since then, he has been active in the work of former child soldiers and war-afflicted children in Sri Lanka, and his commitment to youth reconciliation and education in post-war Sri Lanka was recently recognized by the Clinton Global Initiative University.