Thu, Jul 29, 2004
Gaza Strip High Resolution Map - Circa 1999 and Region Histories
The Rafah Kid Rambles blog, self-described as the “Diary of an ISM’er - Israel Palestine conflict & slightly Rafah-centric Blog” has posted two versions of a satellite image map of the Gaza strip. There is a medium and a high resolution version. It provides more detail than most that I’ve seen. He also provides a few different views of the history in the region.
Region History (Islamic)
Region History (UK)
Region History III (US)
Wed, Jul 28, 2004
USDA ADR video - “A Better Way”
The United States Department of Agriculture has produced a 18-minute video exploring the use of ADR, primarily mediation, for workplace disputes. The video is entitled “A Better Way” and it is available online as a streaming RealPlayer videoclip. The example conflict mediation involves differences of opinion about performance reviews between a male staff member and his female supervisor. Produced by the USDA Conflict Prevention and Resolution Center.
TRANSCEND Method Manuals on Conflict Transformation
The downloadable Conflict Transformation by Peaceful Means manual provides a lot of information on how one should approach conflict using an analytic mindset. The manual is an outgrowth of Johan Galtung’s work over the years and the resulting TRANSCEND philosophy explained in detail at the TRANSCEND website that hosts this manual.
Also available online, with lots of case studies, is Peaceful Conflict Transformation: A Work Book based on the first TRANSCEND Peace University (TPU) on-line course taught by Professor Johan Galtung, February - May, 2003 The manual was edited by Montserrat Sanz and Michael Kuur Sorensen, completed in February 17, 2004.
Tue, Jul 27, 2004
ConflictResolver.net gets new Platform
ConflictResolver.net is a non-commercial site to promote collaboration and networking among conflict resolution academics and practitioners. In March of this year the site’s manager, John Windmueller, a PhD candidate at George Mason’s Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution moved his online presence into a new platform. The toolset provided by the opensource TikiWiki platform he chose is impressive (click on the little pdf symbol found top center and check out the automatic creation of pdf documents for instance) and John is just the kind of webmaster needed to show how these tools can help further the conflict resolution field. Best wishes to John as he builds the site (and finishes his PhD!).
Constructing a Lasting Peace in India and Pakistan - a Webquest with Wiki
Constructing a Lasting Peace in India and Pakistan: A WebQuest for 10th Grade World History was designed by Dan McDowell. It provides a nice example of a conflict related webquest that requires students to draft a shared document after multiple rounds of negotiation on core ideas and drafts of their texts. It uses a “Wiki” online text editor to permit students to do their shared editing from wherever they are, with a history of changes made available at all times. The simulation’s use of a wiki requires students to learn a new technology, but the learning curve is not too steep.
Sun, Jul 18, 2004
Flag Dispute - Brief Case Example
This two and a half minute CNN report describes a dispute involving the use of American flags along Amherst, MA’s main street. Members of the community were looking to reduced the flag display to holidays, rather than continuously, and a UMass Amherst faculty member testified before the town council the night before the September 11 attacks on this issue. Her testimony became the center of an expanded controversy after the attacks.
Quicktime version
Windows Media Player version
RealPlayer version
Helping Young Children Resolve Conflicts - Video
This twenty-five minute video program shows teachers assisting preschool children in resolving classroom conflicts and disputes. Based on the High/Scope approach to preschool education. Requires RealPlayer to view.
CONTENTS
Introduction to resolving conflicts. (0:40-3:47)
Example of using 6 steps to resolve a conflict. (3:47-5:54)
Step 1: Approach quickly and calmly, stopping any hurtful behavior. (5:54-6:38)
Step 2: Acknowledge feelings by making simple statements. (6:39-7:02)
Step 3: Gather information. (7:02-8:08)
Step 4: Restate the problem. (8:08-9:11)
Step 5: Ask for solutions and choose one together. (9:11-10:10)
Step 6: Be prepared to give follow-up support. (10:10-10:25)
Another example of teachers resolving conflict. (10:25-14:04)
Adult-child interaction strategies during conflict resolution. (14:04-19:40)
How conflict resolution affects childrenÌs thinking and language skills. (19:40-22:05)
Summary, conclusion, and credits. (22:05-24:58)
Stream provided by Rice University Edu5355 course.
William Ury on International Dispute Resolution - NPR Weekend Edition Interview
In August of 2001, with regions in the Balkans and the Middle East edging toward war, the role of the mediator was becoming increasingly more difficult, not to mention more important. Weekend Edition Host Liane spoke with Bill Ury, director of the Project on Preventing War at the Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation in this brief 7 minute interview on Dispute Resolution. Requires RealPlayer.
Fri, Jul 16, 2004
Appreciative Inquiry Approach to Reframing Conflict - PPT Slides
Appreciative Inquiry focuses on finding the strengths within a group or organization and supporting positive change using this information. This link is to a slide presentation in a PDF format. The training design focuses on An Appreciative Approach to ReFraming Conflict. Conflict Resolution has long been about dealing with the problem of the conflict. Here is another way of looking at conflict and dealing with it constructively to gain a win-win outcome.
Thu, Jul 15, 2004
Conflict Lab Rotunda wins Apple Design Award
Apple Computer hosted their awards ceremony June 29 at Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco as part of the World Wide Developers Conference. They awarded the 2004 Apple Design Award for Best QuickTime Content for Education to Conflict Lab, Inc. for their Conflict Lab Rotunda, an optional module in their newly release Elysia Negotiation Simulation. The Rotunda is an interactive 3D building on 4 floors with music and animations about the Elysia conflict and the characters.
Key Features:
360? QTVR navigation
Interactive map with fly-ins from an aerial view to 5 sites
Panoramas
QuickTime video along Pacific Coast Highway
Elevator animation transitions
Personality Type Indicator
Immersive music
Higher Education Conflict Resolution - Special Issue of The Fourth R
The Education Section of the Association for Conflict Resolution publishes The Fourth R for its members. The current issue (Spring-Summer) has a special focus on Conflict Resolution in Higher Education.
Featured articles include:
Practicum: The Bridge Between Academics and Practice: The Nova Southeastern University Experience by Judith McKay
ADR in Law Schools: The Times, They are aÌChanging by Paula Young
A Higher Education Story by Marsha Blakeway
Restorative Justice in Higher Education: Potentials and Applications by Bob Hosea and De Palazzo
Beyond Mediation: The Syracuse University Experience by Neil H. Katz
Standing on the Shoulders of Good Ideas: The Salisbury University Experiment by Brian Polkinghorn
A pdf copy is available from the online archive.
Intervening in Intractable Disputes - Online Audio Interviews and Transcripts
The Intractable Conflicts Knowledge Base has posted their audio interviews on addressing difficult conflicts. The interviews can be listened to as streamed mp3 files and the transcripts of the interviews are available as well. The list of about 75 different practitioners who were interviewed is quite impressive. The volume on some is low…
Interviewees include:
- Pamela Aall - Director of the Education Program at the United States Institute of Peace
- Mohammed Abu-Nimer - Professor of Peace and Conflict Resolution at the School of International Service, American University
- Mary Anderson - President of CDA (Collaborative for Development Action), Inc.
- Leopoldo Artiles - Analyst and academic coordinator of the Centro para el Estudio, Prevenci€n y Resoluci€n de Conflictos-CEPREC (Center for Conflict Study, Prevention and Resolution), at the Pontificia Universidad Cat€lica Madre y Maestra, Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicÜÜ[entrevista en espa“ol]
- Kevin Avruch - Professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
- Eileen Babbitt - Assistant Professor of International Politics, Fletcher School of Law, Tufts University
- Jock Baker - Senior Advisor in the Emergency and Humanitarian Assistance Unit of CARE
- Olympio Barbanti, Jr. - Faculty in the Department of International Relations at the Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Minas Gerais, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Andrea Bartoli - Director of the International Conflict Resolution Program of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and Chair of the Columbia University Conflict Resolution Network
- Frank Blechman - Private Consultant. Formerly at the Institute of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
- Jannie Botes - Assistant Professor, Program on Negotiations and Conflict Management, University of Baltimore
- Elise Boulding - Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Dartmouth College and Former Secretary General of the International Peace Research Association
- S.Y. Bowland - Director of The Practitioners Research and Scholarship Institute (PRASI) and mediator, based in Atlanta, Georgia
- Greg Brown - Program Officer, Balkans and Caucasus Programs, International Rescue Committee (IRC)
- Marcia Caton Campbell - Assistant Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Julia Chaitin - Professor, Peace Research Institute in the Middle East (PRIME), The Israeli Center for Qualitative Methodologies, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
- Laura Chasin - Director of the Public Conversations Project, Watertown, Massachusetts
- Helen Chauncey - The Coexistence Initiative
- Mark Chupp - Program Manager, Center for Neighborhood Development, Cleveland State University
- Kristin Clay - Senior Program Officer in the East Asia Program, World Wildlife Fund
- Sarah Cobb - Institute of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
- Peter Coleman - Assistant Professor of Psychology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, and Director of the International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution at Columbia
- Pat Coy - Professor of Political Science at Kent State University
- Chester Crocker - Research Professor of Diplomacy at the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
- Susan Dearborn - Director of the Pacific Family Mediation Institute
- Tamra D’Estree - Conflict Resolution Program, University of Denver
- Morton Deutsch - E.L. Thorndike Professor and Director Emeritus of the International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution at Teachers College, Columbia University
- Louise Diamond - President and Founder of Peace-Tech
- Jayne Docherty - Eastern Mennonite University
- M?ire Dugan - Director, Race Relations 2020, Columbia, South Carolina
- Frank Dukes - Director, Institute for Environmental Negotiation, University of Virginia
- Lowell Ewert - Director of PACS Program at the University of Waterloo
- Nancy Ferrell - Private mediator and trainer
- Ron Fisher - Professor of International Peace and Conflict Resolution, School of International Service, American University
- Mari Fitzduff - Executive Director of INCORE - The Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity, Northern Ireland
- Howard Gadlin - Ombudsman, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Mark Gerzon - Private facilitator, mediator, trainer, author and key organizer of the Congressional civility retreats
- Suzanne Ghais - Program manager at CDR Associates, Boulder, Colorado
- Juan Gutierrez - Director of Gernika Gogoratuz, SpainÜÜ[entrevista en espa“ol]
- Silke Hansen - Senior Conciliation Specialist, Community Relations Service
- Barry Hart - Eastern Mennonite University
- Brad Hayes - Research Professor at the Naval War College
- Wendell Jones - Ombudsman, Sandia National Lab
- Indira Kajosevic - Co-director and project coordinator of the Reconciliation and Culture Cooperative Network, Inc., New York
- John Katunga - Nairobi Peace Initiative (NPI). Also serves on the advisory board of Partners for Democratic Change
- Sanda Kaufman - Professor of Planning and Public Administration at the Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University
- Herbert Kelman - Professor Emeritus, Program on Negotiation, Harvard University
- Angela Khaminwa (with Sarah Peterson) - Program Officer for Outreach and Communication, The Coexistence Initiative
- Deborah Kolb - Co-Director of the Program on Negotiations in the Workplace, Program on Negotiation, Harvard University
- Louis Kriesberg - Professor Emeritus, Sociology, University of Syracuse. Also author of numerous books on intractable conflict
- Roy Lewicki - Professor of Management and Human Resources at Ohio State University
- Terrence Lyons - Professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
- John McDonald - Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy
- Susan Allen Nan - Director of the Alliance for Conflict Transformation (ACT)
- Sarah Peterson (with Angela Khaminwa) - Program Officer for Dialogue and Mainstreaming Coexistence, The Coexistence Initiative
- Steve Power - Country Director, Mercy Corps
- Sallyann Roth - Family Therapist, Trainer, and Co-Founder of the Public Conversations Project, in Watertown, Massachusetts
- Jay Rothman - President of the ARIA Group, Inc
- Richard Rubenstein - Professor of Conflict Resolution and Public Affairs at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
- Richard Salem - Private Mediator, President of Conflict Management Initiatives
- Dennis Sandole - Institute of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
- Ray Shonholtz - Director, Partners for Democratic Change
- Leo Smyth - Professor of Management, National University of Ireland
- Robert Stains - Program Director, Public Conversations Project, Watertown, Massachusetts
- Carolyn Stephenson - Professor of Population Studies, College of Social Sciences, University of Hawai’i
- William Steubner - Executive Director, Alliance for International Conflict Prevention and Resolution
- Andrea Strimling - Commissioner, International ADR, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. Also a founder of ACRON (the Applied Conflict Resolution Organizations Network)
- Larry Susskind - Co-Director of the Public Disputes Program, Inter-University Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
- Gachi Tapia - Partners in ArgentinaÜÜ[entrevista en espa“ol]
- Paul van Tongeren - Executive Director of the European Centre for Conflict Prevention
- Maria Volpe - Professor of Dispute Resolution, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
- Wallace Warfield - Associate Professor at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
- Paul Wehr - Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Colorado
- Joshua Weiss - Associate Director, Global Negotiation Project, Program on Negotiation, Harvard University
- Peter Woodrow - Partner and Program Manager, CDR Associates
- William Zartman - Jacob Blaustein Professor of International Organizations and Conflict Resolution and Director of Conflict Management at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
The Farrakhan Negotiation - A University Controversy Negotiation Simulation Script
The Program on Negotiation at Harvard University has a well-known collection of negotiation simulations that can be purchased from their online store. One that caught my eye given my interest in higher education conflict resolution is the one entitled The Farrakhan Negotiation.
The case is loosely based on a series of events which occurred at Princeton University in January and February, 1989, but reflects a number of similar situations that have taken place on various college campuses. In this exercise, the Black Students Union (BSU)—one component of the parent Minority Peoples’ Center (MPC) at fictional Garden University—has invited the well-known Minister Louis Farrakhan, an outspoken and controversial African-American speaker, to give a speech at the University. When the student organizers learn that the costs of this speech will exceed their initial estimates, they are forced to seek additional sources for funding. It would seem that without additional financial support from somewhere in the University, the BSU will not be able to afford the speech.
At the same time, the University administration finds itself in a position to rethink their decision to support Farrakhan’s speech. The speaker is contentious; racial tensions at the University are already high; the money needed to make up the BSU’s shortfall seems to be in short supply. In addition, there is dissent both inside and outside the administration as to the true benefit of having someone as controversial as Farrakhan give a speech. This case centers around an upcoming meeting between three students and two administrators where these and additional matters will be discussed.
Wed, Jul 14, 2004
Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2004 - view them online
The Living Room Candidate online exhibition is hosted by the American Museum of the Moving Image. The site presents more than 250 television commercials from every election year beginning in 1952, when the first campaign ads aired, and including ads from this yearÌs campaign. Users can watch nearly four hours of TV commercials and explore the expanding world of Web-based political advertising. The site includes a searchable database and features commentary, historical background, election results, and navigation organized by both year and theme.
Each commercial selected is accompanied by a list of related commercials in order to help guide the viewer through the collection.
The exhibition also features a sidebar section, ÏThe Desktop Candidate,Ó about the growing role of the Internet in presidential campaigns.
Tue, Jul 13, 2004
Anger and Conflict Management - NIH Workshop Videos
The National Institutes for Health Work and Family Life Center hosts a broad range of workshops, most of which are videotaped. The three listed here focus on managing anger and conflict. To view them you’ll need Real Player.
Anger and Conflict Management Part 1: Spinning Out of Control - The Cycle of Anger
Tuesday, March 12, 2002
Author/Sponsor: NIH Work and Family Life Center (WFLC)
Total Running Time: 00:59:44
Anger and Conflict Management Part 2: Pulling Yourself Together - 10 Principles of Anger Reduction
Tuesday, March 19, 2002
Author/Sponsor: NIH Work and Family Life Center (WFLC)
Total Running Time: 00:49:23
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Anger and Conflict Management Part 3: Keeping Yourself Together - Core Coping Strategies
Wednesday, March 27, 2002
Author/Sponsor: NIH Work and Family Life Center (WFLC)
Total Running Time: 00:42:52
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