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| Aug 14 2009, 11:39 AM EDT (current) | chachabooth | 321 words added, 3 words deleted |
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| Purpose: | To familiarise participants with the structural dimension of change To contextualise the concept of the structural dimension |
| Participants: | 10 to many. (for fewer the process has to be adapted, as 4 groups are needed in the process described below) |
| Time: | about 90 min. |
| Materials: | Flip charts Marker Pens (different colours) |
| Process: | 1) Start by writing the term "structural causes of conflict" on the flip chart and ask participants to call out some examples. Gather ideas from participants for 5 min. 2) Among the structural causes written on the flip chart, thery might be words such as "struggle for power in the state", "poverty", "ethnicity", "marginalisation", "discrimination", "corruption" and others. Point out that these will be useful for later discussions. 3) Now divide the participants into 4 groups (more if the number of participants is high). The groups will work into some concepts that are key for analysing the structural dimension, but that are rather "western":
4) Let the groups share their insights in plenary. 5) Now, present on flip charts the three clusters (social structures, procedural patterns, quality of governance/power conception/institutional patterns) for analysis in the structural dimension (have visual aids prepared before). Ask the participants to reflect what would need to changed or added based on the earlier discussions in group to make the questions more contextual. Note this on the flip charts in another color. |
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| Handout(s): | Handouts with definitions for structure, power, governance, and institutions (click here) |
| Source(s): | chachabooth@gmail.com |
