Conflict Resolution: Peace & Violence Susantha Rasnayake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wdVSerKGW0 What is a conflict?...... “Pursuit of incompatible goals by two or more parties” Conflicts are based on differences, but differences do not necessarily cause conflicts. Differences are natural and fundamental to our existence Conflict Triangle: ABC • Behaviour • • • • • • • • • •Attitudes Contradiction • •https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHsKqktOjhk • Johan Galtung, 2012 (cropped).JPG Juan Galtung ABC of conflict analysis • • • * A (Attitudes) How we relate to the other Thoughts, interpretations, feelings, wishes * B (Behaviour) Our observable actions and behaviour Verbal, symbolic, physical etc. * C (contradiction) What incompatibility is about and what type of conflict. E.g. Distributional, Positional, Order, or Value Three types of violence •According to Juan Galtung • •Direct violence •Structural (indirect) violence •Cultural violence • •Negative peace Vs Positive peace •https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPugNKYwAAc Conflict Resolution •Conflict resolution can be defined as the informal or formal process that two or more parties use to find a peaceful solution to their dispute. Conflict Management & Resolution - Michael Lipiner Stages of conflict management •Avoid conflict before it arises •Identify the signs of future conflict •Negotiate with relevant parties •Resolving conflict when it arises •Accommodating •Avoiding •Compromising •Facilitation •Confrontation •Collaboration • Accommodating > Service team struggling with conflict management in a meeting •You allow them to ‘win’ and get their way. •Forsakes your own needs or desires in exchange for those of others. •You would be putting the concerns of others before your own. •This style could be appropriate when others care more about the issue than you do, you want to keep the peace •You feel as though you are in the wrong, or you have no choice but to agree with the other person’s point of view. • Withdrawing/Avoidance > 1,157 Conflict Avoidance Stock Photos, Pictures & Royalty ... •Avoidance: abandonment of the conflict, physically or psychologically. •Conflict avoidance is a personality trait in which one would prefer to avoid confrontation or arguments with other people •May practice various methods such as changing the subject or simply agreeing with the argumentative person as a way of avoiding these conflicts. •A psychologist or therapist may be able to help an individual learn better methods of dealing with conflicts in a healthy way, rather than practicing conflict avoidance. •Advantages: diminishes sense of frustration, forces us to find better alternatives, buys time for cooling off and reminds other party they have a stake in the relationship. •Disadvantages: conflict is not resolved, low joint benefits, high frustration level is possible, harms future cooperation. •Compromise- bargaining •Occurs when – balance minders are in positions, high concern for others •all parties give up something they want in order to move forward to a mutually agreed-upon solution. •Advantages- temporary solved, possibility with agreements •Disadvantage- conflict can be raised, agreement violation by both party Compromise Conflict High Res Stock Images | Shutterstock •Facilitation •Giving it to the other person •Select a time and place suited to working out problems •Work together toward a solution •Keep an open mind •Be flexible •Take responsibility for your role in the conflict •Peace keeping •Peace making •Peace building •https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2xOe22dwi4&t=17s • > Conflict resolution Stock Photos and Images. 2,471 Conflict resolution pictures and royalty free photography available to search from thousands of stock photographers. Confrontation •Arguing for your way, believing only one person can win and it should be you, comes from a scarcity mentality. Conflict Confrontation Stock Vector (Royalty Free) 767803132 But this is not a civilized method of conflict resolving Collaboration •It involves talking, listening •Considering the other person’s point of view •Compromising, if necessary •Devising a plan for working jointly to resolve the conflict How many squares do you see in this figure - Part 3 Difference Between Collaboration and Compromise •NOT JUST STOPPING VIOLENCE, WE MUST CREATE LONG-LASTING PEACE • •Thank you