Activity - The structural dimension of conflictThis is a featured page

Purpose: To support participants to understand and internalise the “structural dimension of conflict and change” as described by John Paul Lederach.
Time:90 minutes (40 minutes for group discussions; 40-60 minutes for plenary discussions).
Participants: 2 participants or more.
Materials:
  • Pens;
  • Notebooks;
  • Flip charts;
  • Marker pens;
  • Masking tape;
  • Visual aids - Handouts with questions
Process: I) Ensure pens and notebooks are distributed in advance to individual participants.

II) Ask participants to think about the civil war and the current conflict, make sure that the focus is understood.

III) Now ask individuals to form groups of up to 6 participants, discuss the following questions and note the final responses in their flipcharts:

Social Conditions (Keys: disparity, inequity, racial/religious/ethnic disadvantage)
  • What conditions and patterns have contributed to perceived and actual disparity in access to resources and power?
  • Have there been/are there consistent patterns of marginalization and exclusion, providing greater privilege for some and disadvantaging others?
  • Have there been/are there historic patterns of marginalization? (at what level is the marginalization, which groups are involved, in what sense)
Procedural Patterns (Keys: lack of transparency, equality, access, participation, fairness)
  • Do people have equal access to information and understanding of decision-making?
  • Are there groups who are (or perceive they are) consistently left out of political and economic decisions and processes that affect their communities?
  • Are public processes (political, economic, social) equally understood by all, with clarity of goals, process, and adequate points of participation?
  • Do all groups have an equal say in processes that affect the wider community and how are they established and conducted?
Institutional Patterns (Keys: lack of access, historical patterns)
  • Are the wider patterns identified above reflected in the function and maintenance of key social, political, and economic organizations, particularly those established to serve the wider public?
  • Is there trust in primary service institutions by the groups they serve? If not, why?
IV) Distribute flip chart papers and markers in each group together with handout questions. Ask participants to note down responses to the questions on their flip charts for presentations.

V) Ask each group to choose one participant to do presentations in plenary based on the above questions with questions and answers from the rest of the participants.
Source:
The questions have been adapted from Lederach, J. P., Neufeldt, R., Culbertson, H, Reflective Peacebuilding: A Planning, Monitoring, and Learning Tool Kit, Notre Dame (IN): The Joan B. Kroch Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, 2007, p. 22. The pdf file of this publication is available for free here.




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