The document discusses narrative mediation and the power of narratives. It explores how people's experiences of the world are influenced by the stories and values of their culture. The goal of narrative mediation is to recognize self and empower self and others by (1) creating alternative stories, (2) destroying the dominance of conflict stories, and (3) opening space for discursive shifts in others. It aims to help people recognize their own stories and identify which ones they want to rewrite, recreate, or relive.
1. Jamaican born
American citizen
Maroon
Scottish
Incest
Culture
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mom
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Liberty and justice for all
Priesthood of all believer
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Religion
Mangoes
immigrant
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TheIandI
Marcus Garvey
folly
Nigga
preacher
Master of International
Relations Mysticism
daughter
Nature
Slavery
Liberation theology
W H A T A R E T H E W O R D S T H A T M A K E U S W H O W E A R E ?
There is a process
in being free. And
that process in not
written in any
book, or can be
understood from
any wise sage or
successful man or
woman. Freedom
must be felt and it
is in that feeling
you start to
understand the
importance of its
utterance. Those
words, I am free. It
is in the words and
their release that
you really begin to
grasps, freedom. It
is now, in that
release, the entire
universe, is at your
beck and call, to
ensure you will not
ever again, be in
bondage.
There is so
much power
involved in the
words we use
to describe
ourselves and
the world
around us.
Often times
we forget how
powerful our
narrative can
be in shaping
our daily lives.
What I hope
to remind you
of today is
that your
words have
the ability to
create, not
just the life
you dream of,
but the world
you envision
for yourself
and those that
you love.
Conflicttransformation
Narrative
Mediation:
Transforming
Conflict narratives
into life
giving
Opportunities by
Camille
Townsend
2. Jamaican born
American citizen
Maroon
Scottish
Incest
Culture
shock
HS
Educated
Hip hop
EducatedAshanti
inferior
sexism
mom
wife
military
fibromyalgia
Inferior invisible
lesbian
church
Liberty and justice for all
Priesthoodof all believer
voodoo
Religion
Mangoes
Speaking in tongues
immigrant
God
Marcus Garvey
folly
Nigga
preacher
Master of International
Relations Mysticism
daughter
Nature
Slavery
Liberation theology
5/2/2011
THE POWER OF A
NARRATIVE
“Superiority?
Inferiority?
Why not simply
try to touch the
other, feel the
other, discover
each other?”
FRANZ FANON
THE MASTERS
TOOLS WILL
NEVER
DISMANTLE THE
MASTERS HOUST.
AUDRE LORDE
IF WE ARE
EQUAL IN THE
EYES OF GOD,
HOW COME WE
ARE NOT EQUAL
IN THE EYES OF
MAN?
ZAINAH ANWAR
MYTHOLOGY IS
NOT A LIE.
MYTHOLOGY IS
POETRY..IT IS
BEYOND WORDS,
IMAGES,
BOUNDARIES.
JOSEPH
CAMPBELL
NARRATIVE MEDIATION: RE-AUTHORING CONFLICT STORIES
3. Jamaican born
American citizen
Maroon
Scottish
Incest
Culture
shock
HS
Educated
Hip hop
EducatedAshanti
inferior
sexism
mom
wife
military
fibromyalgia
Inferior
invisible
lesbian
church
Liberty and justice for all
Priesthood of all believer
voodoo
Religion
Mangoes
Speaking in tongues
immigrant
God
Marcus Garvey
folly
Nigga
preacher
Master of International
Relations Mysticism
daughter
Nature
Slavery
Liberation theology
5/2/2011 HOW DO WE RECOGNIZE OUR STORIES AND
EMPOWER OTHERS TO DO THE SAME?
If the biblical
text can be
trusted, She who
was at the
beginning,
women, affirms
the cosmic and
eternal presence
of God, revealing
to humanity, its
creator through
divine wisdom,
affirming her
preeminent
status as
woman,
GOAL 1.
CREATION OF
ALTERNATIVE
STORY
Sexual,
Feminine,
Powerful,
Gifted,
Innovated,
Compassionate,
Global leader,
Embodied,
Mysterious,
Lover,
Creative,
God incarnate
and engendered
female
As chief artisan,
she participates in
the world, who
forms, molds, and
colors the world.
Its mystery,
orderliness and
beauty flows from
her touch
CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION: is to envision and respond to the ebb and flow
Of social conflict as life giving opportunities for creating constructive changes processes
That reduces violence, and increase justice in direct interactions and social structures and to
Respond to real life problems in human relationships
4. Jamaican born
American citizen
Maroon
Scottish
Incest
Culture
shock
HS
Educated
Hip hop
Educated
Ashanti
inferior
sexism
mom
wife
military
fibromyalgia
Inf erior
invisible
lesbian
church
Liberty and justice for all
Priesthood of all believer
voodoo
Religion
Mangoes
Speaking in tongues
immigrant
God
Marcus Garvey
folly
Nigga
preacher
Master of International
Relations Mysticism
daughter
Nature
Slavery
Liberation theology
5/2/2011 HOW DO WE RECOGNIZE OUR STORIES AND
EMPOWER OTHERS TO DO THE SAME?
1ST
STRENGHTENING
SELF
CONFLICT IS 1ST
AND FOREMOST
A POTENTIAL
OCCASION FOR
GROWTH IN
TWO CRITICAL
AND
INTERRALATED
DIMENSION OF
HUMAN
MORALITY
2ND
REACHING
BEYOND SELF TO
REALTE TO
OTHERS
TRANSFORMATIVE MEDIATION: is premise upon a transformative orientation of conflict
That suggest that disputes can be view not as problems but opportunities for moral growth and
Transformation.
5. Jamaican born
American citizen
Maroon
Scottish
Incest
Culture
shock
HS
Educated
Hip hop
Educated
Ashanti
inferior
sexism
mom
wife
military
fibromyalgia
Inf erior
invisible
lesbian
church
Liberty and justice for all
Priesthood of all believer
voodoo
Religion
Mangoes
Speaking in tongues
immigrant
God
Marcus Garvey
folly
Nigga
preacher
Master of International
Relations Mysticism
daughter
Nature
Slavery
Liberation theology
5/2/2011 HOW DO WE RECOGNIZE OUR STORIES AND
EMPOWER OTHERS TO DO THE SAME?
GOAL 3.
OPEN SPACE OF
OTHER TO MAKE
DISCURSIVE
SHIFTS.
GOAL 1.
CREATION OF
ALTERNATIVE
STORY
GOAL 2.
DESTRUCTION OF
THE DOMINANCE
OF CONFLICT
STORY
NARRATIVE MEDIATION: REAUTHORING CONFLICT STORIES
A POST MODERN THEORY OF CULTURAL CONSTURCTIVISM IN WHICH PEOPLE EXPERIENCE OF THE WORLD ARE
DIRECTLY INFLUENCED BY THE STORIES AND VALUES OF THEIR CULTURE. IN WHICH THREE BROAD GOALS ARE
SOUGHT AFTER IN HOPES OF RECOGNITION OF SELF, AND EMPOWERMENT OF SELF AND OTHERS.
6. Jamaican born
American citizen
Maroon
Scottish
Incest
Culture
shock
HS
Educated
Hip hop
Educated
Ashanti
inferior
sexism
mom
wife
military
fibromyalgia
Inf erior
invisible
lesbian
church
Liberty and justice for all
Priesthood of all believer
voodoo
Religion
Mangoes
Speaking in tongues
immigrant
God
Marcus Garvey
folly
Nigga
preacher
Master of International
Relations Mysticism
daughter
Nature
Slavery
Liberation theology
5/2/2011 HOW DO WE RECOGNIZE OUR STORIES AND
EMPOWER OTHERS TO DO THE SAME
Sister Outsider
and I amyour
Sister by
Audre Lorde
Pedagogy of the
oppressed by
Paulo Freire
The Hero with a
thousand faces
and The Power
of Myth by
Joseph Campbell
Black skin white
mask and
Wretched of the
Earth by
Franz Fanon
WHAT ARE THE STORIES OF YOUR LIFE EXPERIENCES AND
DO YOU KNOW WHERE THEY ORIGINATE? WHICH ONES DO YOU
WANT TO REWRITE, RECREATE, OR RELIVE?
7. Jamaican born
American citizen
Maroon
Scottish
Incest
Culture
shock
HS
Educated
Educated
Ashanti
inferior
sexism
mom
wife
military
fibromyalgia
Inf erior
invisible
lesbian
church
Liberty and justice for all
Priesthood of all believer
voodoo
Religion
Mangoes
Speaking in tongues
immigrant
God
Marcus Garvey
folly
Nigga
preacher
Master of International
Relations Mysticism
daughter
Nature
Slavery
Liberation theology
5/2/2011 HOW DO WE RECOGNIZE OUR STORIES AND
EMPOWER OTHERS TO DO THE SAME
John Paul
Lederaqh
The little book of
conflict
Transformation,
Good Book,
2003
John Winslade
and Gerald Monk.
Narrative
Mediation: A New
Approach to
Conflict
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Francisco, CA:
Jossey-Bass, 200
The promise of
Mediation:
Resonding to
conflict throught
empowerment
and recognition
Robert A. Baruch
Bush and Joseph
P Folger. San.
Franciso, CA 1994
WHAT ARE THE STORIES OF YOUR LIFE EXPERIENCES AND
DO YOU KNOW WHERE THEY ORIGINATE? WHICH ONES DO YOU
WANT TO REWRITE, RECREATE, OR RELIVE?
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