Beyond Intractability: A Free Knowledge Base on More Constructive Approaches to Destructive Conflict
Joint Projects
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Greg Brown, Program Officer for the International Rescue Committee (IRC), describes the Bosnia and Kosovo's Women's Initiatives, which provided funding for cross-cultural projects. Rather than directly confronting tensions, the projects gave the women common goals.
Sarah Peterson describes a negotiation process in South Africa involving land reform that has, with effort, led to longer-term coexistence.
Greg Brown, Program Officer for the International Rescue Committee (IRC), reflects on how to deal with spoilers who sought to hamper the Bosnia and Kosovo's Women's Initiatives.
Robert Stains talks about the dialogue groups he facilitated with the the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.
Greg Brown, Program Officer for the International Rescue Committee (IRC), with reference to the Bosnia and Kosovo's Women's Initiatives, discusses how one manages the desire to keep a low profile on joint projects while also facilitating large-scale structural change.
Julia Chaitin talks about a Palestinian-Israeli joint history textbook.
Greg Brown uses his experience in the Balkans to reflect on whether bringing discussions of the conflict into joint projects risks shattering what little trust has been built.
Greg Brown describes how the success and visibility of the Bosnia and Kosovo's Women's Initiatives actually jeopardized them by making participation more risky.
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The people who burned witches at the stake never for one moment thought of their act as violence; rather they though of it as an act of divinely mandated righteousness. The same can be said of most of the violence we humans have ever committed. -- Gil Bailie
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