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Conrad Grebel University College University of Waterloo

PACS605: Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding Winter2019

Class Time:Thursdays6pm-8:50pm

Location:CGUCRoom4224

Instructor:JenniferBall,PhD,RPP,MCIP

Office Hours:Preferablybyappointment,orgenerallyTuesday3pm-5pmOffice Location:CGUC2103CPhone:519-885-0220x24262Email:jennifer.ball@uwaterloo.ca

Land Acknowledgement WeliveandworkonthetraditionalterritoryoftheAttiwandaron(Neutral),AnishinaabeandHaudenosauneepeoples.TheUniversityofWaterlooissituatedontheHaldimandTract,thelandpromisedtotheSixNationsthatincludestenkilometresoneachsideoftheGrandRiver.

Course Description: Thiscourseexploresthetheoreticalandpracticalfoundationsofconflicttransformationandpeacebuilding.Attentionwillbegiventoarangeofmethods,skills,andframeworksforworkingwithconflicttoadvancepositivegoalssuchassocialequity,nonviolentchange,restorativejustice,andreconciliation,bothincommunitysettingsandinlarger-scaleconflictsituations.

Course Objectives/Expectations/Requirements: UponcompletingPACS605studentsshouldbeableto:

• identifyandunderstandthestructuralelementsoftheCircleprocess

• discusskeygoalsandvaluesofconflicttransformation,withparticularattentiontosocialequity,nonviolentchange,andreconciliation;

• describehowconflicttransformationpracticerelatestothelargerfieldofconflictresolution,andtoitstraditionalrepertoireofmethodsandpractices;

• describethenatureandscopeofpeacebuildingpractice;

• discussapplicationsofconflicttransformationandpeacebuildingatvariouslevelsofhumaninteraction,frominterpersonalandintergrouptointernationalandglobal;

• provideexamplesofwaysinwhichstrategicpeacebuildingapproachescangeneratemorecomprehensive,participatory,andholisticresponsestoconflict;

• identifycoreprinciplesofrestorativejustice,anddescribewaysinwhichtheseprinciplesrelate

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toconflicttransformationandpeacebuildingpractices;

• identifykeyskillsthatarecriticalforconflicttransformation,withparticularattentiontopracticesofmediationandinterpersonalcommunication;

• reflectontheirownpreparationsforpeacebuilding,andplansforrefiningpeaceskills;

• developacomprehensivepeacebuildingstrategythatmightbeappliedtoaddressanongoingsocialconflict.

Required Reading Materials: 1) Anderson,MaryB.andMarshallWallace.OptingOutofWar:StrategiestoPreventViolentConflict.

Boulder,CO:LynneRiennerPublishers,2012.2) Hart,Barry,ed.PeacebuildinginTraumatizedSocieties.Toronto:UniversityPressofAmerica,2008.3) Kraybill,RonaldS.andRobertA.Evans.PeaceSkills:ManualforCommunityMediators.San

Francisco:Jossey-Bass,2001.4) Lederach,JohnPaul.BuildingPeace:SustainableReconciliationinDividedSocieties.Washington,

DC:UnitedStatesInstituteofPeacePress,1997.5) Matyók,Thomas,JessicaSenehi,andSeanByrne,eds.CriticalIssuesinPeaceandConflictStudies:

Theory,Practice,andPedagogy.Toronto:Rowman&Littlefield,2011.6) Rosenberg,Marshall.SpeakPeaceinaWorldofConflict:WhatYouSayNextWillChangeYour

World.Encinitas,CA:PuddleDancerPress,2005.7) Sutherland,Jessie.WorldviewSkills:TransformingConflictfromtheInsideOut.Sooke,BC:

WorldviewStrategies,2005.

NOTES:• AlloftheabovetextsareavailableattheuWaterlooCampusStoreandatLibraryReservesin

MiltonGoodLibrary,ConradGrebelUniversityCollege.• AdditionalreadingswillbemadeavailablethroughLEARNand/oreReserves,andaremarked

withan“*”inthecourseschedulebelow(seep.4).

Web Page:ThiscoursewillmakeuseofaWATERLOOLEARNwebsite.Importantcourseannouncementswillappearherefromtimetotime.ToaccesstheseannouncementsandmakeuseofadditionalcourseresourcespostedinLEARN.EnteryourWatIAMusernameandpassword.Ifyouencounterdifficulties,youarewelcometocontactlearnhelp.uwaterloo.ca.Afteryouhavesuccessfullyloggedin,clickonthePACS605linkintheyellow“MyCoursesandCommunities”menu.BesurethattheemailaddresslistedunderyournameinLEARNisanaddressthatyoucheckonaregularbasis.

AssignmentswillalsobehandedinonLEARNviatheappropriatedropboxes.Clickon“Assessments”,thenon“Dropbox”,andthenonthespecificdropboxfortheassignment.Uploadyourassignment.Expecttoreceiveyourassignmentbackwithfeedbackalsoviathesamedropbox.

Course Requirements & Evaluation Criteria: Assignment Weighting DueDateClassDiscussionLeadership 20% Twice-asassignedingroupsWeeklyReflectionResponse 30% Weekly-SaturdaybymidnightPeacebuildingStrategyPaper 30% ThursdayApril4th-byclassTake-HomeFinalExam 20% April18th-midnight

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20%ClassDiscussionLeadership(10%foreachoftwoclasses):Eachofyouwillbeassignedtoagroupof3or4.Fortwospecifiedclasses,yourgroupwillberesponsibletoleadtheclassdiscussionontheassignedreadingsforthoseweeks.Eachofyouwillsynthesizeandhighlightimportantpointsfromthereadings,providingsomeintellectualanalysisandpersonalcommentaryorinterpretationofthem.Asagroup,youwillprovideashortlistofquestions(2-4)forfurtherdiscussion.Handoutssummarizingbothkeypointsanddiscussionquestionsareexpected.Inthisway,yourgroupwill“re-introduce”otherstudentstothereadingsearlyintheclasssessionandsetthestageforfurtherdiscussion.Eachpresenterwilltakeabout5minutesfortheirinitial“re-introduction”section(20minutestotal).Presentersshouldconsultcarefullytoensurethatthegroupasawholefullycoverstheassignedmaterial.Prof.Ballmaythenexplorekeytopicsinfurtherdetail,afterwhich,timewillbesetasideforclassdiscussion,basedasmuchaspossibleonsomeofthequestionsyourgrouphasprepared.Inthesecondhalfoftheterm,yourgroupwillberesponsiblefortheOpeningandClosingoftheCircle,aswellasthecheck-inround.Yourgroupwillbeevaluatedonthefollowingcriteria:clarityofdelivery,coverageofreadings,valuefordiscussion,originalinsightorcreativity,valueofhandout,timemanagement.30%WeeklyReflectiveResponse:Asignificantaspectoflearninginthiscoursewilltakeplacethroughclassdiscussions,manyofwhichwillhappeninaCircleformat.Asameansofevaluatingbothyourparticipationinthecourse,yourunderstandingsofthereadings,andyourlearningprocess,youwillwriteaweeklyreflectiveresponse.Followingeachclass,submita200-300wordresponsetothequestion,“Howhavetheclassdiscussionschangedyourinitialunderstandingofthereadings?Makedirectreferencestothereadings.”ThistemplateispostedonLEARNandshouldbesubmittedtotheappropriatedropboxeachweekbymidnightonSaturday.30%PeacebuildingStrategyProject(25%forapaper+5%forapresentation):Thisprojectincludesa2500-3000wordpaper(doublespaced,11or12ptfont)andashort,5-minutepresentation.Asapeacebuildingstrategyproject,itwillinvolve“prospectivethinking”toformulateanintegrativestrategyforsustainableconflicttransformationefforts,tailoredtofitaparticularcontextandmakeuseofavailableresourcesaseffectivelyaspossible.Thisstrategyshoulddrawuponapplicableconceptsfromthroughouttheterm(weeks1through11),andshouldproposeactivitiesthat1)areresponsivetothedeeperrootsofconflict,and2)contributetowardsacoherentvisionforchange.Studentsmaychoosefromawiderangeofconflictscenarios.

Eachstudentwillsubmittheirpaper(viadropboxonLEARN),dueatthebeginningofclassonApril4th(Week12),andgivethepresentationtotheclassonthesamedate.

20%Take-HomeFinalExam:Thisexamwillconsistofshortessayquestionsaskingyoutoapplyconceptsfromreadingsandpresentationstorealorhypotheticalpeacebuildingissuesandscenarios.Theexpectedlengthofsubmissionsis2000-2500words(doublespaced,11or12ptfont).TheduedateisThursday,April18thbymidnightviadropboxonLEARN.

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Course Schedule & Reading Assignments: Week 1 (January 10): Meeting One Another and Making Plans Whatareourgoalsandplansfortheterm?Whatdowealreadyknowaboutconflicttransformationandpeacebuilding,andwhatdowewanttolearn?Howwillweworktogether?

• *Ball,Jennifer,WayneCaldwell,andKayPranis.2010.“AnOverviewoftheCircleProcess.”InDoingDemocracywithCircles:EngagingCommunitiesinPublicPlanning.St.Paul,MN:LivingJusticePress,pp.32-48.

Week 2 (January 17): Goals of Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation Whataresomeofthechallengesandopportunitiesfacingcontemporarypeacebuilders,andwhatistherationaleforcomprehensiveor“systemic”peacebuildingstrategies?Whataresomeofthedistinguishingcharacteristicsofconflicttransformationandpeacebuildingasresponsestoconflict,withinthelargercontextofconflictresolutionpractice?

Required Readings: • Lederach,JohnPaul.BuildingPeace:SustainableReconciliationinDividedSocieties.

Washington,DC:UnitedStatesInstituteofPeacePress,1997.o Introduction(pp.xv-xvii),Chapter1(“GlobalOverview,”pp.2-10),Chapter2

(“CharacteristicsofDeeplyDividedSocieties,”pp.11-18),Chapter3(“Reconciliation:TheBuildingofRelationship,”pp.23-35)

• *Kraybill,RonaldS.PeaceSkills:ManualforCommunityMediators.SanFrancisco:Jossey-Bass,2001.

o Introduction(pp.xv-xviii),Chapter1(“AssumptionsaboutConflict,”pp.3-11)• *Zehr,Howard.“RestorativeJustice.”InPeacebuilding:AFieldGuide,ed.LucReychlerand

ThaniaPaffenholz,pp.330-335.Boulder,CO:LynneRiennerPublishers,2001.• Hart,Barry,ed.PeacebuildinginTraumatizedSocieties.Toronto:UniversityPressof

America,2008.o Introduction(pp.vii-xi),Chapter1(“CriticalLinksBetweenPeacebuildingand

TraumaHealing,”pp.4-26)

Recommended Readings: • Matyók,Thomas,JessicaSenehi,andSeanByrne,eds.CriticalIssuesinPeaceandConflict

Studies:Theory,Practice,andPedagogy.Toronto:Rowman&Littlefield,2011.o “DesigningaWayForward”(pp.xxiii-xxviii),Chapter1(“PeaceandConflict

Studies…,”pp.3-18)

Week 3 (January 24): Complex Conflict Systems Howcanpeacebuilderscometotermswiththecomplexityof“conflict-habituated”socialsystems,andwiththemulti-dimensionalchallengesthatconfrontpopulationsexperiencingprotractedconflict?Whataresomeconstructivewaysofmovingfromanalysistoengagement?

Required Readings: • Matyók,Thomas,etal.,eds.CriticalIssuesinPeaceandConflictStudies:Theory,Practice,

andPedagogy.

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o Chapter4(“TheSocialCubeAnalyticalModel,”pp.61-80),Chapter7(“EmancipatoryPeacebuilding,”pp.115-140),Chapter8(“Ripeness,Readiness,andGriefinConflictAnalysis,”pp.143-157),Chapter14(“TheProblemfromHell,”pp.271-289)

• Hart,Barry,ed.PeacebuildinginTraumatizedSocieties.o Chapter2(“ManagingMemory:LookingtoTransitionalJusticetoAddressTrauma,”

pp.27-47),Chapter3(“Humiliation,Trauma,andTraumaRecoveryinaGlobalizedWorld,”pp.49-64)

• *Smith,Jackie.“EconomicGlobalizationandStrategicPeacebuilding.”InStrategiesofPeace:TransformingConflictinaViolentWorld,ed.DanielPhilpottandGerardF.Powers,pp.247-269.Toronto:OxfordUniversityPress,2010.

• *Neufeldt,Reina.“ConflictAnalysisasIntervention.”Chapterfortheforthcomingbook,PeaceParadigms,ed.NathanC.Funk,etal.

Week 4 (January 31): Strategic Peacebuilding Howcanpeacebuildingstrategicallyincludeandconnectdiverseactorsinsociety?Whatistherationaleforintegratedpeacebuildingframeworks,andwhatarekeycriteriaforeffectivepractice?Whataresomewaysinwhichcommunitieshavedrawnupontheirownresourcestonavigatedangeroussocio-politicalcontexts,creatinglocalizedpeaceinthemidstofdestructiveconflict?

Required Readings: • Lederach,JohnPaul.BuildingPeace:SustainableReconciliationinDividedSocieties.

Washington,DC:UnitedStatesInstituteofPeacePress,1997.o Chapters4-11(pp.37-152)

• Anderson,MaryB.andMarshallWallace.OptingOutofWar:StrategiestoPreventViolentConflict.Boulder,CO:LynneRiennerPublishers,2012.

o Chapter1(“PreventingViolentConflict,”pp.1-14),Chapter2(“StepsonthePathtoPreventingViolentConflict,”pp.17-31).

CambodianPeaceMarch

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Week 5 (February 7): Local Contexts and Resources Howcanattentionto“thelocal”contributetosustainablepeacebuildingpractices?Whyhavediverseactors,includinginternationalorganizationsaswellasNGOs,placedincreasingemphasisonlocalownershipandempowerment?Whatcanwelearnfromconcreteexamplesoflocalpeacebuilding(orwaravoidance)?

Required Readings: • Anderson,MaryB.andMarshallWallace.OptingOutofWar:StrategiestoPreventViolent

Conflict.Boulder,CO:LynneRiennerPublishers,2012.o Chapter3(“MaintainingCommunityCohesion,”pp.33-46),Chapter4(“Leadership,

Consultation,andCommunication,”pp.47-66),andChapter5(“EngagingwithArmedGroups,”pp.67-79)

o Read3outof5:Chapter8(“Afghanistan:StrategiesofResistance,”pp.103-115),Chapter9(“Bosnia:Cross-EthnicSolidarity,”pp.117-128),Chapter10(“Colombia:AStoryofCommunityRefusal,”pp.129-142),Chapter11(“Mozambique:TheSpiritofMungoi,”pp.143-155),Chapter12(“MuslimsRejectGenocide,”pp.157-168)

o Chapter13(“TheRelevanceofNonwarCommunities,”pp.171-176).• *Funk,NathanC.“BuildingonWhat’sAlreadyThere:ValuingtheLocalinInternational

Peacebuilding.”InternationalJournal,Vol.67,No.2(Spring2012):391-408.• *Pinnington,Rosie.LocalFirstinAction:UnlockingthePowertoGetThingsDone.London,

England:PeaceDirect,2014.Skim.

Week 6 (February 14): Nonviolent Civil Resistance as a Basis for Conflict Transformation Howdointentionallynonviolentconflictstrategiesshapeintergroupdynamics?Howcanescalationprocessesbemanagedinwaysthatsupportequitablenegotiations,particularlyindangerousand/oroppressivesituations?Whathasbeenlearnedaboutnonviolentconflict,andhowcanthisknowledgeadvanceconflicttransformationandpeacebuilding?

Required Readings:

• *MariaJ.StephanandEricaChenoweth,"WhyCivilResistanceWorks,"InternationalSecurityJournal.(Readentirearticle.Afrequentlycitedstudyofnonviolentresistancestrategiesincomparisontoviolentstrategiesofsocialandpoliticalchange.)

• *VeroniqueDudouet,"NonviolentResistanceinPowerAsymmetries,"inAdvancingConflictTransformation:TheBerghofHandbookII.(Readentirechapter;forfullcitationseeendofchapter.Ausefuloverviewofnonviolentresistanceanditsrelevancetoconflicttransformation.)

• *RobertC.Johansen,"RadicalIslamandNonviolence:ACaseStudyofReligiousEmpowermentandConstraintAmongPashtuns,"JournalofPeaceResearch.(Readentirearticle.Thisisasubstantivecasestudyofafrequentlyoverlookednonviolentmovement,authoredbyaprominentpeaceresearchscholar.)

• *RobertL.Helvey,OnStrategicNonviolentConflict:ThinkingabouttheFundamentals(Boston,MA:TheAlbertEinsteinInstitute,2004).(ReadChapter1.Skimchapters2,3,and4.Examineappendicesandfiguresattheendofthebook.Helvey'sworkprovidesavery

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clearillustrationofthe"pragmaticnonviolence"schoolofthought,asexpoundedbyGeneSharpandtheInternationalCentreonNonviolentConflict.)

PeaceVigilinColombia–Sourceonline

Reading Week (February 21): No Class

Week 7 (February 28): Multiple Peacebuilding Tracks

Whatcanagenderlensaddtoourunderstandingofpeaceresourcesandprocesses?Whyisitimportantforpeacebuilderstothinkaboutreligion?Howcandiversecivilsocietyactorscontributetoa“multi-track”peacebuildingprocess?

Required Readings: • Matyók,etal.,eds.CriticalIssuesinPeaceandConflictStudies.

o Read2outof4:Chapter6(“DisabilityandConflict,”pp.97-113),Chapter9(“Children,Youth,andPeacebuilding,”pp.159-176),Chapter10(“DevelopingRefugeePeacebuildingCapacity,”pp.177-198),Chapter18(“ReligionandPeaceandConflictStudies,”pp.349-369)

• Hart,Barry,ed.PeacebuildinginTraumatizedSocieties.Toronto:UniversityPressofAmerica,2008.

o Chapter6(“PeacebuildingLeadershipinTraumatizedSocieties,”pp.107-128)• *Korac,Maja.“Gender,Conflict,andSocialCapital:BondingandBridginginWarinthe

FormerYugoslavia.”InPeaceandConflictStudies:AReader,ed.CharlesP.WebelandJørgenJohansen,pp.409-421.London:Routledge,2012.

• *Barnes,Catherine.AgentsforChange:CivilSocietyRolesinPreventingWarandBuildingPeace,pp.32-76.TheHaag,Netherlands:EuropeanCentreforConflictPrevention,2006.Availableonlineathttp://www.gppac.net/documents/130221585/130430888/Agents+for+Change.pdf/8a4027ab-3194-

42e1-8281-d08353cbdbfd.o II(“CivilSociety,Conflict,andChange,”pp.19-24)andIV(“MakingPeaceby

PeacefulMeans:CivilSocietyRolesandFunctions,”skimpp.32-76)

Week 8 (March 7): Peace Skills Whataresomeofthemostessentialcommunicationskillsforpeacemakerstomaster?Whataresomepotentialbenefitsofsustaineddialogueandrelationshipbuilding?

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Required Readings: • Rosenberg,Marshall.SpeakPeaceinaWorldofConflict.Encinitas,CA:PuddleDuckPress,

2005,(pp.9-173).

Recommended Readings: • Matyók,etal.,eds.CriticalIssuesinPeaceandConflictStudies.

o Chapter19(“MilestonesonaJourneyinPeaceandConflictStudies,”pp.371-393),Chapter20(“WhereDoWeGofromHere?”pp.397-403)

Week 9 (March 14): Mediation and Other Third-party Roles HowdoNorthAmericanmediationpracticesconventionallyoperate?Howcanfamiliaritywithmediationprocessesbeusedtoadvanceconflicttransformationwithincommunitiesaswellasinlarger-scalesocialandpoliticalsettings?

Required Readings: • Kraybill,RonaldS.PeaceSkills:ManualforCommunityMediators.SanFrancisco:Jossey-

Bass,2001.o Chapter2(“UnderstandingConflictandtheRoleofMediation,”pp.12-21)o Section2:IntroductiontoMediation(Chapters3-10,pp.25-84)o Section4:BuildingPeaceinCommunities(Chapter14,pp.107-117)

Recommended Readings: • Kraybill,RonaldS.PeaceSkills:ManualforCommunityMediators.

o Section3:CommunicationSkillsandTools(Chapters11-13,pp.87-104)

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Week 10 (March 21): Cross-Cultural Engagement Howcanpeacemakingbestproceedamidstsignificantdifferencesinculturesandworldviews?Howcanpeacebuildersacquiregreatercompetenceatworkingwithculturaldifferences?

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Required Readings: • Sutherland,Jessie.WorldviewSkills:TransformingConflictfromtheInsideOut.Sooke,BC:

WorldviewStrategies,2005.(libraryreserve)o pp.11-49[thenskimpp.49-74];pp.74-111;pp.119-143

• *Walker,PollyO.“DecolonizingConflictResolution:AddressingtheOntologicalViolenceofWesternization,”TheAmericanIndianQuarterly,Vol.28,No.3&4(Summery/Fall2004):527-549.

Recommended Readings: • Matyók,etal.,eds.CriticalIssuesinPeaceandConflictStudies.

o Chapter13(“IndigenousProcessesofConflictResolution,”pp.245-270)

Week 11 (March 28): Arts-based and Environmental Approaches to Peacebuilding Whataresomeareasofcreativityandinnovationinthepeacebuildingfield?Howaretheartsshapingsomeapproachestoconflicttransformation?Howcanpeacebuildingprocessesintegrateorleverageecologicalconsiderations?

Required Readings: • Hart,Barry,ed.PeacebuildinginTraumatizedSocieties.

o Chapter9(“ArtsApproachestoPeace,”pp.185-203)• *Shank,Michael,andLisaSchirch.“ArtsandPeace:StrategicArts-BasedPeacebuilding.”

ECP:EscoladeCulturadePau,2008.Availableonlineat:http://escolapau.uab.cat/img/programas/musica/strategic_arts.pdf.

• *Conca,Ken.“TheCaseforEnvironmentalPeacemaking.”InEnvironmentalPeacemaking,ed.KenConcaandGeoffreyD.Dabelko,pp.1-22.Baltimore,MD:TheJohnsHopkinsUniversityPress,2002.

• Matyók,etal.,eds.CriticalIssuesinPeaceandConflictStudies.o Chapter12(“WaronEarth?”pp.217-244),Chapter16(“Narrative…,”pp.311-328)

Week 12 (April 4): Presentations -PeacebuildingStrategyPaperdueatthebeginningofclass.

-Take-HomeExamdueMonday,April18thatmidnightviadropboxonLEARN.

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• Inacademicsasinlifemoregenerally,whatwegetfromanexperiencedependsonwhatweputintoit.Preparationforclass(completingreadingandwritingassignmentsontime,trackingworldevents)isthebasisforeffectivelearning.

• Whenwecometoclasspreparedtoparticipateandposequestions,wetransformtheclassroomenvironment,makingactiveandcollaborativelearningpossible.Wediscoverthatlearningisacommunalratherthanasolitaryendeavour,andthateachoneofusisaresourceforeveryoneelseinthelearningprocess.

• ThesubjectmattercoveredbyPeaceandConflictStudiescoursesisinevitablyopentomultipleinterpretations.Thismeansthatyouwillnotalwaysagreewithideaspresentedincoursereadings,lectures,anddiscussions.Insuchcases,disagreementisoftenagoodthing,solongasitenablesyoutodevelopanenhancedcapacitytoexpresswhereyoustandinrelationtoothers.Whatmattersmostisnotwhetherornotweallagree,butwhetherornotwearewillingtoengageoneanotherwithrespectandintegrity.

• Collaborativelearningrequiresnotonlypreparationandself-expression,butalsoacommitmenttoactivelistening.Activelisteningisacommunicationskillthatwedevelopaswebegintohearnotonlywords,opinions,andideas,butalsotheexperiencesandtheawarenessbehindthem.Whenwepracticeactivelistening,weceasetomerelydebateandbegintosharpenthefocusofourdeliberations.Weclarifydivergentperceptionsanddevelopdeeperunderstandingofcontrastingperspectives.Webecomeaclearmirror,reflectingbackwhatwehaveheardandaskingquestionstolearnratherthantoscorerhetoricalpoints.Intheprocess,wetestandrefineourownideasandthoseheldbyothers.

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Resource List – For Research and Further Reading Austin,Beatrix,MartinaFischer,HansJ.Giessmann,eds.AdvancingConflictTransformation:TheBerghofHandbookII.Opladen&FarmingtonHills,MI:BarbaraBudrichPublishers,2011.

Bercovitch,JacobandRichardJackson.ConflictResolutionintheTwenty-firstCentury:Principles,Methods,andApproaches.AnnArbor,Michigan:TheUniversityofMichiganPress,2009.

Byrne,SeanandCynthiaL.Irvin,eds.ReconcilableDifferences:TurningPointsinEthnopoliticalConflict.WestHartford,CT:KumarianPress,2000.

Dayton,BruceandLouisKriesberg,eds.ConflictTransformationandPeacebuilding:MovingfromViolencetoSustainablePeace.NewYork:Routledge,2009.

Darweish,MarwanandCarolRank,eds.PeacebuildingandReconciliation:ContemporaryChallengesandThemes.London:PlutoBooks,2012.

Fisas,Vicenç.2012YearbookonPeaceProcesses.London:PlutoBooks,2012.

Fisher,RonaldJ.,ed.PavingtheWay:ContributionsofInteractiveConflictResolutiontoPeacemaking.Lanham,MD:LexingtonBooks,2005.

Hadley,MichaelL.,ed.TheSpiritualRootsofRestorativeJustice.Albany,NY:StateUniversityofNewYorkPress,2001.

Hancock,LandonandChristopherMitchell,eds.ZonesofPeace.WestHartford,CT:KumarianPress,2007.

Jeong,Ho-Won.PeacebuildinginPostconflictSocieties:StrategyandProcess.Boulder,CO:LynneRiennerPublishers,2005.

KrocInstituteforInternationalPeaceStudies.PeaceAccordsMatrix.NotreDame,Indiana:NotreDameUniversity,2012.Availableonline.

LeBaron,Michelle.BridgingCulturalConflicts:ANewApproachforaChangingWorld.SanFrancisco:Jossey-Bass,2003.

Matyók,Thomas,MaureenFlaherty,HamdesaTuso,JessicaSenehi,andSeanByrne,eds.PeaceonEarth:TheRoleofReligioninPeaceandConflictStudies.Toronto:LexingtonBooks,2014.

Nan,SusanAllen,ZachariahCherianMampilly,andAndreaBartoli,eds.Peacemaking:FromPracticetoTheory,Vol.1andVol.2.SantaBarbara,CA:Praeger,2012.

Ramsbotham,Oliver,TomWoodhouse,andHughMiall.ContemporaryConflictResolution,3rded.Cambridge,UK:PolityPress,2011.

Richmond,OliverP.,ed.PalgraveAdvancesinPeacebuilding:CriticalDevelopmentsandApproaches.NewYork:PalgraveMacmillan,2010.

Reychler,LucandThaniaPaffenholz,eds.Peacebuilding:AFieldGuide.Boulder,CO:LynneRiennerPublishers,2001.

Sandole,DennisJ.D.Peacebuilding.Cambridge,UK:Polity,2010.

Schirch,Lisa.RitualandSymbolinPeacebuilding.WestHartford,CT:KumarianPress,2005.

Zartman,I.WilliamandJ.LewisRasmussen,eds.PeacemakinginInternationalConflict:MethodsandApplications.Washington,DC:UnitedStatesInstituteofPeacePress,1997.

Zelizer,Craig,andRichardRubinstein,eds.BuildingPeace:PracticalReflectionsfromtheField.WestHartford,CT:KumarianPress,2009.

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