Conflict & Peace Studies: Contending or Diverging Approaches?
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OutlineI. INTRODUCTION
A. PROBLEM
B. QUESTION
C. OBJECTIVE
II. METHODS
III. FINDINGS
IV. CONCLUSION
A. SUMMARY
B. REFLECTION
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Introduction
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ProblemPEOPLE TALK ABOUT
CONFLICT STUDIES &
PEACE STUDIES BUT
THEY MEAN
DIFFERENT THINGS.
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ProblemCONFUSION.
PEOPLE DON’T
EXPLAIN WHAT THEY
MEAN BY CONFLICT
OR PEACE STUDIES.
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QuestionWHAT ARE THE
DIFFERENT
APPROACHES TO
CONFLICT &
PEACE STUDIES?
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ObjectiveTO FIND OUT WHAT
ARE THE DIFFERENT
APPROACHES TO
CONFLICT & PEACE
STUDIES
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To stop armed
conflict
between
warring groups
Assumption
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MethodSURVEY OF
EXISTING
PRACTICES
AND VIEWS
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Findings
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First Approach
FEEL-GOOD
APPROACHNOTE: Please do not over-read a non-existing subtext. The label is not meant to be pejorative.
If you have a better label, please send me your proposed label. Thank you.
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Feel-Good Approach
WARM
FUZZY
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Feel-Good Approach
TEAM-
BUILDING
ACTIVITIES
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Feel-Good Approach
MEDITATION
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Feel-Good ApproachPEACE =
DO FUN
THINGS
TOGETHER
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Feel-Good Approach-PEACE = ART CONTEST,
PHOTO CONTEST, ESSAY
CONTEST, POSTER
CONTEST, VIDEO
CONTEST, TRAINING,
CONFERENCE,
WORKSHOPS, LECTURES,
SEMINARS, SUMMER
COURSE , “I DECLARE
WORLD PEACE”
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Feel-Good Approach-PEACE = CHARITY, RELIEF
WORK, TALK ABOUT
LEADERSHIP, CULTURES,
SOCIAL MEDIA,
PLANNING,
COMMUNICATION,
DEVELOPMENT, NON-
VIOLENCE, ACTIVE
LEARNING WORKSHOPS
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Feel-Good Approach-PEACE = RESPECT, TOLERANCE,
DIALOGUE, INTERCULTURAL
UNDERSTANDING, GENDER
SENSITIVITY, COMPASSION,
CRITICAL THINKING, WORKSHOPS,
DEBATES, ACTIVE LISTENING, NO
BULLYING, NO LET DOWNS,
ACTIVE CITIZEN, VOLUNTEER
WORK, COMMUNITY SERVICE
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Feel-Good Approach
PLAY
GAMES
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ReflectionHow does the
Feel-Good
Approach
solve the
violence?
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Feel-Good Approach1. WHAT ARE THE STRENGTHS
OF THIS APPROACH?
2. WEAKNESSES?
3. DOES THIS APPROACH
PROMOTE LASTING
PEACE? EXPLAIN.
4. YOUR
RECOMMENDATIONS?
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Feel-Good ApproachHere you are. There the warring groups are.How do your feel-good activities here stop the armed conflict there?
Apples & Oranges
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Feel-Good ApproachYou are having fun here, while the
armed conflict continues there.
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Second ApproachCONFLICT
STUDIES
APPROACH
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Conflict Studies ApproachPEACE =
EXTINGUISH
THE FIRE
(ARMED
CONFLICT)
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Conflict Studies ApproachNEGOTIATE,
ENQUIRE,
MEDIATE,
CONCILIATE,
ARBITRATE…
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Conflict Studies ApproachCONFLICT
MANAGEMENT
& CONFLICT
RESOLUTION
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Conflict Studies ApproachTECHNICIAN
STOPS THE
FIGHT ACT
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The Hand
Shake
Approach
Conflict Studies Approach
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ReflectionHow does the
Conflict Studies
Approach
solve the
violence?
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Conflict Studies Approach1. WHAT ARE THE STRENGTHS
OF THIS APPROACH?
2. WEAKNESSES?
3. DOES THIS APPROACH
PROMOTE LASTING PEACE?
EXPLAIN.
4. YOUR
RECOMMENDATIONS?
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Conflict Studies ApproachStop the fight between government & rebels.
Majority Poor
Inequality
Mass Poverty
But structural problems remain.Few
Rich
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Third Approach
PEACE STUDIES
APPROACH
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Peace Studies Approach
ASK WHY
ARMED
CONFLICT
STARTED
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Peace Studies Approach
PEACE =
GET RID OF
STRUCTURAL
VIOLENCE
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Peace Studies ApproachPHILOSOPHER
DIGS
DEEP
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Peace Studies ApproachFacebook Blogger & Author Tim Wise (Accessed Nov. 27, 2014)
“If your concerns about violence are limited to property damage and
looting, and you have never shed two tears for the history of
institutional violence, murder, colonialism, segregation, lynching,
genocide and police brutality against peoples of color, your words
mean nothing; they mean less than nothing. Your outrage, in such a
case is grotesque, an inversion of morality so putrescent as to call
into question your capacity for real feeling at all. So long as violence
from below is condemned while violence from above is ignored, you
can bet that the former will continue--and however unfortunate that
may be, it is surely predictable. If you'd like the former to cease, put
an end to the latter, and then I promise you, it will.”
Tim Wise November 25, 2014 at 11:45pm · https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tim-
Wise/140254320968https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10152458148770969&id=140254320968
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ReflectionHow does the
Peace Studies
Approach
solve the
violence?
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Peace Studies ApproachStop the fight between government & rebels.Priority to deal with structural problems.
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Peace Studies Approach1. WHAT ARE THE STRENGTHS
OF THIS APPROACH?
2. WEAKNESSES?
3. DOES THIS APPROACH
PROMOTE LASTING
PEACE? EXPLAIN.
4. YOUR
RECOMMENDATIONS?
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Conclusion
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Summary
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Summary
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Summary
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Summary
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1. How does the Feel-Good Approach
end (a) the physical violence between
the warring groups & (b) the structural
violence that affects the people?
2. Conflict Studies approach?
3. Peace Studies approach?
Reflection
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What promotes
lasting peace:
fun, handshake,
or structural
changes?
Reflection
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Reflection1. WHAT IS THE APPROACH
THAT YOU & YOUR
ORGANIZATION USE?
EXPLAIN.
2. DO YOU PLAN TO CHANGE
YOUR APPROACH?
EXPLAIN.
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What
approach
is shown in
this photo?
Explain.
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Authors to Read1. Feel-Good Approach
• Most teambuilding (& peace) materials!
2. Conflict Studies Approacha. Kenneth Boulding
b. Anatol Rapoport
3. Peace Studies Approacha. Johann Galtung
b. John Paul Lederach
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