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Abstract
This article describes the theory and practice of narrative mediation as a primary resource in the engagement and resolution of communal cultural violence by military and development advisors operating in under-governed conflict zone. The praxis adopts the narrative therapy practice of Michael White and the narrative mediation model of Winslade & Monk to create an approach to engage rural, tribal communities caught in cycles of violence as perpetrators, victims and bystanders. Because the praxis is employed cross-culturally in sociocentric communities, I have added elements of conflict story discovery and joint mediation therapy to the existing model of deconstruction, externalization and restorying – thus creating a reformulated model. The employment of this narrative therapy and mediation approach was done through my practical field application during 20 years of violent, intra-state conflict in Sudan, Niger, Iraq and Colombia. The implications of continuing narrative mediation as a primary resource would serve to advance the larger praxis of conflict resolution in cultural and ethnic violence.
International Journal of Conflict Engagement and Resolution |
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Article | A Reformulated Model of Narrative Mediation of Emerging Culture Conflict |
Keywords | narrative mediation, ethnic and cultural conflict, psychoanalysis of communal violence, peacekeeping |
Authors | Patrick J Christian |
DOI | 10.5553/IJCER/221199652014002002002 |
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