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Elise Boulding talks about history of differences. |
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Julia Chaitin talks about a Palestinian-Israeli joint history textbook. |
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Barry Hart of Eastern Mennonite University explains how trauma can contribute to perpetuating the cycle of violence. He draws examples from the Balkans. |
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Determining when events happened is important to understanding a situation, says mediator Silke Hansen. |
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It is easy to learn the history of the community if you listen more than talk, observes CRS Mediator Renaldo Rivera. |
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ICRS Mediator Stephen Thom describes collecting information about a conflict by becoming a "sponge." |
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ICRS Mediator Stephen Thom describes how some parties can help the mediator more than others. |
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It is easy to learn the history of the community if you listen more than talk, observes CRS Mediator Renaldo Rivera. |
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