About the
Galilee Center for Social Research
The GCSR was established as a professional, non-profit
non-governmental institute registered in 1988
by a group of Palestinian academics from Israeli
and West Bank universities. The founders of GCSR
saw an extraordinary need for a research center
which would design, coordinate and conduct empirical
research on the Arab community in Israel with
the aim of educating and empowering this community
to address and ameliorate interrelated social,
economic, political and cultural problems it confronts.
It also deals with general Palestinian issues
and acts as a bridge between the different Palestinian
communities. Much of its work involves projects
and cooperation with other NGOs in Israel and
abroad.
Goals
- To
provide a unique institional center for Palestinian
social scientists, which offers free access to
information, data and publicatiohns;
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To stengthen the academic, educational, and cultural
relationships between Palestinian citizens of
Israel and Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza
Strip;
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To conduct applied research on the interrelated
social, economic and educational problems confronting
Palesdtinian citizens of Israel;
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To educate and inform the general Arab public
about the role of law, the legal system and democratic
tools and mechanisms;
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To equip young Palestinian social scientists in
Israel with critical conceptual tools and to familiarize
them with a variety of metholdologies and theoretical
prespectives;
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To supply the community and its leadership in
Israel with objective and realiable data on the
interrelated issues affecting them, thereby enabling
the community to design effective programs to
address these problems;
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To provide the Palestinian community in Israel
with educational materials and services which
will enrich and strengthen their unique cultural
identity, increase their self-esteem, and supplement
the curricula currently utilized by the Israeli
school system.
Main
Activities
Outreach:
the GCSR conducts lectures, discussion groups
and conferences for the public, which takes place
several times a year, in addition to two lectures
given by foreign academics. This works to encourage
and enrich local cultrue through the presentation
of their thoughts, research and results. We also
publish academic papers for distribution every
two or three months.
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