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Monday December 6 2010Lecture 14: Conclusions and Continuations

PS 2A03: Conflict Transformation

Dr Colin Salter, Centre for Peace Studies, McMaster University

Critical IssuesConclusions and Continuations

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Outline

Conflict Transformation

Structural and cultural

violence

Epistemologies ofIgnorance

Respect andrecognition

Identity

Dialogue

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Conflict transformation is... a process of engaging with

and transforming the relationships, interests, discoursesand, if necessary, the very constitution of society thatsupports the continuation of violent conflict.

What is Conflict Transformation?

Hugh Miall (2004)

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[Conflict] transforms events, the relationships in whichconflict occurs, and indeed its very creators. It is a

necessary element in transformative humanconstruction and reconstruction of social organizationand realities.

John Paul Lederach (2003)

Conflict Transforms

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A new language, new concepts and new relationshipsare needed to foster a global culture of peace.

Cultures of Peace

Sue McGregor (2005), on Gail Stewart (2000)

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The first and often overlooked step on any inquiry into

justice is to investigate if the language in which theenquiry proceeds is in itself just: that is, capable ofrendering the speakers their due.

James Tully (1995)

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Violence with a clear-subject-object relation is manifestbecause it is visible in action. It is personal becausethere are persons committing the violence.

Violence without subject-object relations is structural,built into structure.

Johan Galtung (1969)

Structural violence

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Cultural violence means those aspects of culture, the

symbolic fear of our existence that can be used tojustify or legitimise direct or structural violence.


Cultural violence

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http://minorjive.typepad.com/hungryblues/2005/09/in_new_orleans_.html

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...it is useful to reflect on our epistemologicalassumptions of cultural conventions concerning ways of

knowing may actually influence not only the theorieswe formulate to explain what is, but also ouranticipations or images of what might be.

Francis P. Hutchinson (1996)

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Sustained is dialogue defined as an interactive processdesigned to change conflictual relationships over time.

Harold Saunders (1999)

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Exam

12:30pm Thursday,

December 9 Two different rooms in

Building T29

Short, medium and

long answer questions Open-book

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Those who think they can resolve all contradictions,thereby producing a contradiction-free, surprise-free,society, are in for the greatest surprises.


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Citations & further reading

Simon Fisher, Dekha Ibrahim Abdi, Jawed Ludin, Richard Smith, Steve Williams andSue Williams (2000) Working With Conflict: Skills and Strategies for Action, New York:Zed Books

Johan Galtung (1969) VIolence, peace and peace research,Journal of Peace Research,Vol. 6, No. 3: 167-91.

Johan Galtung (1990) Cultural violence,Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 27, No. 3:291-305.

Johan Galtung (1996) Peace by peaceful means: peace and conflict, development and

civilization, Sage Publications, London.

Donna Haraway (1990) Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World ofModern Science, Routledge.

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Francis P. Hutchinson (1996) Educating beyond violent futures, Routledge.

Thomas S Khun (1962) The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, University of ChicagoPress.

John Paul Lederach (1995) Preparing for Peace: Conflict Transformation Across Cultures,Syracuse university Press: New York.

John Paul Lederach (2003) The Little Book of Conflict Transformation, Good BooksPublishers.

Sue McGregor (2005) Transdisciplinarity and a Culture of Peace, Culture of Peace

Online Journal, 1 (1), 1-12.

Kate McGuinness (1993) 'Gene Sharp's Theory of Power: A Feminist Critique ofConsent',Journal of Peace Research, 30(1): 101-115 Marc Howard Ross (1993) TheCulture of Conflict, New Haven and London: Yale University Press.

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Hugh Miall (2004) Conflict Transformation: a multi-dimensional task, Berghoff ResearchCentre for Constructive Conflict Management. PDF available online at http://www.berghof-handbook.net/uploads/download/miall_handbook.pdf

Jay Rothman (1996) Reflexive Dialogue as Transformation, Mediation Quarterly, Vo

13, No 4: 345-352.

Gene Sharp (1973) The Politics of Nonviolent Action: Part One - Power and Struggle ,Boston: Porter Sargent.

Gail Stewart (2000) Rethinking peace, Retrieved August 17, 2010 from http://

www.peace.ca/rethinkingpeace.htm

Tully, J. 1995. Strange multiplicity: Constitutionalism in an age of diversity, Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.

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Image sourcesDave Boldingers Cartoons & Stuff

http://www.dbaldinger.com/opinion_cartoons/second_page/dear_world.html

ames Garvin Ellis. Rodney Powell (standing) talks with other sit-in participants at Walgreens drugstore in Nashville,Tennessee, Friday March 25, 1960 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville_sit-ins

Marc Riboud.Jan Rose Kasmir, protest against the Vietnam War outside the Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, Saturday,

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Shaney Komulainen. Canadian soldier Patrick Cloutier and Saskatchewan Native Brad Laroque alias 'Freddy Kruger'come face to face in a tense standoff at the Kahnesatake reserve in Oka, Quebec, Saturday September 1, 1990 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oka_Crisis

Iceberg from Media for Peacebuilding http://mediaforpeacebuilding.com/peace-media-2/1-peace-conflict-

theory/

Hank Porter (1945) available online: Paul F. Anderson (2010) HAPPY THANKSGIVING From Walt, Mickey,

Minnie, Mortie, Ferdie, & DHI, November 25, Disney History Institute.http://www.disneyhistoryinstitute.com/2010/11/happy-thanksgiving-from-walt-mickey.htmlThe Disney Chick (2010) Meet the New Minnie Mouse. Then Back Away Slowly. July 13, http://

www.thedisneychick.com/2010/07/meet-new-minnie-mouse-then-back-away.html

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