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Understanding Conflict and Transformation

This document discusses concepts related to peace building and conflict transformation. It defines conflict and outlines different levels and types of conflict. It also discusses tools for analyzing conflicts such as mapping the parties and identifying root causes. The document differentiates between approaches to dealing with conflicts such as conflict management, conflict resolution, conflict settlement, and conflict transformation. It notes that conflict transformation aims to transform unjust social relationships and the negative energy of conflict into positive change.

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Understanding Conflict and Transformation

This document discusses concepts related to peace building and conflict transformation. It defines conflict and outlines different levels and types of conflict. It also discusses tools for analyzing conflicts such as mapping the parties and identifying root causes. The document differentiates between approaches to dealing with conflicts such as conflict management, conflict resolution, conflict settlement, and conflict transformation. It notes that conflict transformation aims to transform unjust social relationships and the negative energy of conflict into positive change.

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Peace building

and
conflict transformation

Durga Nidhi Sharma


2072 shrawan 20, Wednesday
durganidhi@yahoo.com
Exercise
Think of as many words as possible
associated with the term
‘CONFLICT’.
Three Categories: ‘CONFLICT’

Positive connotation
e.g. excitement, creativity, opportunity

Negative connotation
e.g. death, aggression, destruction, hatred
Neutral connotation
e.g. tension, balance, inevitable
What is Conflict?
Conflict
is any situation in which two or more
parties (individuals or groups) perceive
that they have mutually incompatible
goals:
Perceptions,
Relationships,
Incompatibility
Levels of Conflict
 Intra-personal
 Inter-personal
 Inter-role
 Intra-group/inter-organizational
 Inter-community
 Inter-national
If conflict was removed, the
cosmos itself would disappear.

Heraclitus
Various Types of Conflict

Surface Conflict Open Conflict


Behavior

No Conflict Latent Conflict

Goals
Action
Behavior

Perceptions
Beliefs
Goals
Conflict Triangle Ideas
Needs
Values
Interests

Context/Situation Attitudes
Conflict Analysis
Actors
 Mapping is a technique used to
represent a conflict graphically, placing
the parties in relation both to the
problem and each other.
 Mapping shows different view points
from which people learn about each
others perceptions.
Party C

Party B

Party D

ISSUE

Party A

Party F
Party E
Root-causes - Of conflict
 Objective Aspect
Finding ‘Incompatibilities’
- Interests
- Underlying needs
- Claims by parties (positions)
 Subjective Aspect

Perceptions
- History
- Events
- Opponent’s needs/interests
 Conflict Management
an approach that aims to limit and/or avoid violence
by promoting positive attitudes and behaviors
between the parties in conflict
 Conflict Resolution
various attempts to deal with conflict that aim
at providing a solution (accepted by both
conflict parties) – it requires addressing the
root-causes of conflict.
CONFLIT ESCALATION & DE-
ESCALATIOIN
Conflict Transformation:
 the most thorough and far-reaching
strategy. It needs the longest and most
wide-ranging commitment.
It concerns the wider social and political
sources of a conflict and seeks to
transform the negative energy of conflict
into positive social and political change.
Conflict transform
Conflict escalation & De-escalation

WAR

Ceasefire

Violence Agreement

Polarization
Normalization

Contradiction
Reconciliation
Difference
THE HOUR-GLASS MODEL: A SPECTRUM OF RESPONSES
Cultural
peace building
Conflict
Initiation Structural
peace building
Peacemaking
Conflict settlement
Peacekeeping
War limitation
Conflict containment
Peacekeeping
Peacemaking
Conflict settlement
Structural
peace building

Conflict Cultural
transformation peace building
Dealing with Conflicts

 Conflict management
 Conflict Resolution
- Mediation, Conciliation, Problem-solving,
Facilitated Dialogue, Negotiation
 Conflict Settlement
- Legal Settlement, Arbitration, Bargaining
Conflict transformation is a term which is a
significant step beyond conflict resolution.
It has particular absence of asymmetric conflicts,
where the aim is to transform unjust social
relationships.
It is also used in the understanding of peace
processes, where transformation denotes a sequence
of necessary transitional steps.
Conflict Transformation
Zero-sum & Non zero-sum Outcomes

Win-lose 1 4 Win-win

Other’s
Satisfaction 3

0 2
Lose-lose Lose-win

Your satisfaction
APPROACHES TO CONFLICT

Yielding Problem-solving

Compromising

Withdrawal Contending

CONCERN FOR SELF


Questions
Queries
Suggestions
remarks

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