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Activtiy - The personal dimension of conflict

Purpose:	To support participants to understand and internalise the “personal dimension of conflict and change” as described by John Paul Lederach
Time:	90 minutes (at least 30 minutes for participants to respond to questions; 40-60 minutes for plenary discussion).
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. Alternatively, distribute handouts with questions and spaces for answers. II) Ask participants to think about divisive issues that cause conflict in their community. Clarify that participants can think from their personal and from their organisation’s perspectives. Allow sufficient time. III) Now ask individual participants to think about the following questions and note the responses in their notebooks: Attitudes How has this conflict affected you as a person? What attitudes do you hold that currently increase the likelihood of destructive patterns of the conflict? What actions have you taken to change these attitudes? If this attitude changes, what difference will it make in the situation? Behaviour What visible behaviours contribute to destructive patterns of the conflict? What actions have you taken/been taken to change these behaviours? If this behaviour changes, what difference will it make in the situation? IV) Pose questions in plenary and facilitate discussion among 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. 20. The pdf file of this publication is available for free here.

mikicesari	Latest page update: made by mikicesari , Feb 25 2009, 4:16 AM EST (about this update About This Update completed editing of the page - mikicesari 23 words added 15 words deleted view changes - complete history)
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