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Re-centering culture and knowledge in conflict resolution practice / edited by Mary Adams Trujillo ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Syracuse studies on peace and conflict resolutionPublication details: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2008Edition: 1st edDescription: xxxi, 370 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780815631873 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0815631871 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780815631620 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0815631626 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Re-centering [Other title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.6/9 22
LOC classification:
  • HM716 .R43 2008
Contents:
Preface. Introducing PRASI -- Introduction. Conflict, culture, and knowledge -- Pt. 1. Re-centering culture -- 1. Wilderness : scared of the sacred / Marlon Sherman -- 2. Toward fuller knowledge in peace management and conflict resolution : the importance of cultural worldview / Linda James Myers -- 3. Beyond mediation - reconciling an intercultural world : a new role for conflict resolution / Roberto M. Chene -- 4. The shirt on my back : the daily continuum of violence / Mariah Breeding -- 5. The rape of black girls / Onaje Mu'id -- 5. Appellate recourse to the supernatural : Kithitu among the Akamba / Jelvas Musau -- Pt. 2. Re-centering knowledge -- 7. Why research matters : the reciprocal nature of knowledge / Mary Adams Trujillo -- 8. Whither neutrality? : mediation in the twenty-first century / Leah Wing -- 9. Race, (in)justice, and conflict resolution : injustice in the African American community, effects on community, and the relevance of conflict resolution / Andrew Chang, Damien Basey, Valerie Carey, Angel Coleman and Katt Hoban -- 10. Experience from the environmental dispute resolution field : adjusting the process for maximum inclusion of interests and knowledge / Lucy Moore -- 11. 'Ike Ho'oponopono : the journey / Anona Napoleon -- 12. Reflections on "African Americans in mediation literature : a neglected population" / Cherise D. Hairston -- 13. The language of culture and the new practice of conflict resolution / Phillip M. Richards -- Pt. 3. Re-centering practice -- 14. Power, culture, conflict / Beth Roy -- 15. Outside interests, inside needs : tensions in conflict resolution workshop practices based on Sri Lankan experience / Dileepa Witharana -- 16. A conversation with Hasshan Batts -- 17. The Porvida approach : for multicultural respect and organizational success / Roberto Vargas -- 18. Mediating Filipino culture / Ted Coronel -- 19. Tres culturas : a case study of school peer mediation with three cultures in a Texas Middle School / Ray Leal -- 20. From volunteerism to vocation : challenges in breaking into professional mediation / Selina C. Low -- 21. Is reconciliation possible? : lessons from combating "modern racism" / Valerie Batts -- 22. What is justice in conflict resolution practice? / S. Y. Bowland.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-352) and index.

Preface. Introducing PRASI -- Introduction. Conflict, culture, and knowledge -- Pt. 1. Re-centering culture -- 1. Wilderness : scared of the sacred / Marlon Sherman -- 2. Toward fuller knowledge in peace management and conflict resolution : the importance of cultural worldview / Linda James Myers -- 3. Beyond mediation - reconciling an intercultural world : a new role for conflict resolution / Roberto M. Chene -- 4. The shirt on my back : the daily continuum of violence / Mariah Breeding -- 5. The rape of black girls / Onaje Mu'id -- 5. Appellate recourse to the supernatural : Kithitu among the Akamba / Jelvas Musau -- Pt. 2. Re-centering knowledge -- 7. Why research matters : the reciprocal nature of knowledge / Mary Adams Trujillo -- 8. Whither neutrality? : mediation in the twenty-first century / Leah Wing -- 9. Race, (in)justice, and conflict resolution : injustice in the African American community, effects on community, and the relevance of conflict resolution / Andrew Chang, Damien Basey, Valerie Carey, Angel Coleman and Katt Hoban -- 10. Experience from the environmental dispute resolution field : adjusting the process for maximum inclusion of interests and knowledge / Lucy Moore -- 11. 'Ike Ho'oponopono : the journey / Anona Napoleon -- 12. Reflections on "African Americans in mediation literature : a neglected population" / Cherise D. Hairston -- 13. The language of culture and the new practice of conflict resolution / Phillip M. Richards -- Pt. 3. Re-centering practice -- 14. Power, culture, conflict / Beth Roy -- 15. Outside interests, inside needs : tensions in conflict resolution workshop practices based on Sri Lankan experience / Dileepa Witharana -- 16. A conversation with Hasshan Batts -- 17. The Porvida approach : for multicultural respect and organizational success / Roberto Vargas -- 18. Mediating Filipino culture / Ted Coronel -- 19. Tres culturas : a case study of school peer mediation with three cultures in a Texas Middle School / Ray Leal -- 20. From volunteerism to vocation : challenges in breaking into professional mediation / Selina C. Low -- 21. Is reconciliation possible? : lessons from combating "modern racism" / Valerie Batts -- 22. What is justice in conflict resolution practice? / S. Y. Bowland.

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