[Bilimsel Haber] Lübnan'daki olaylarla ilgili dilekce

[Gonul Pultar]

Temmuz 2006 sonunda Istanbul'da Bilgi Üniversitesi'nde düzenlenen 
"Crossroads" kültür arastirmalari sempozyumunda son günü özel bir 
oturumda Lübnan'daki son gelismeler tartisilmis ve bir dilekce 
hazirlanmis, 350'ye yakin imza toplanmistir. Asagida dilekce hakkinda 
bilgi ve dilekce ile ilgili olarak sizlerden istenilenler, ekte de 
dilekcenin metni ile imzalayanlarin listesini bulacaksiniz.





As many of you are aware, a petition was circulated during the 
Crossroads Conference in Istanbul, declaring solidarity with our 
Lebanese and Palestinian colleagues who were unable attend the 
conference due to the current situation. Approximately 350 signatures 
were gathered. Attached please find a copy of the petition.

Please help us circulate this as widely as possible. In an effort to 
enact Cultural Studies' commitment to praxis we ask you to send this 
petition to your media contacts as well as to your professional and 
personal email lists (some suggestions: university wide, unions, other 
professional organizations of which you are a member, trade journals, 
local radio, independent media, etc). You may also want to send a 
version of this in your own words to your local papers. If you agree 
with this statement and have yet to sign, feel free to add your 
signature as well. There is no need to send it back to us.

As discussed in a special conference session devoted to the crises in 
Lebanon and Palestine, this constitutes just one of many actions we as 
Cultural Studies practitioners can engage in. Other suggestions offered 
were making professional contacts with our colleagues in the region, 
sharing reading lists and resources with our colleagues in the network, 
helping to organize public protest in our localities, and anything else 
your imagination leads you to to help raise awareness of this dire 
situation as well as working toward an end to the violence.

This is a matter of some urgency as it is imperative to break the 
silences surrounding these tragic events.

Thank you,

Ad hoc petition committee
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