Re-Centering Culture and Knowledge in Conflict Resolution Practice (Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution)

Class book - easy to read and found relatable materials and stories to bring the content together.Didn't suck as far as textbooks go.

used for a graduate school class

As a mediator, mediation trainer, adjunct professor, and conflict resolution professional with 32 years experience, I have come to believe that we have adopted a Euro-centric approach to conflict resolution and hailed what we created as a universal process. It isn't. This book details both why persons and communities of color do not generally avail themselves of the predominant non-adversarial conflict resolution processes, but also offers suggestions and hope for change in creating a multi-cultural understanding of conflict that then leads to a more contextual and culturally sensitive approach to conflict resolution. I highly recommend this book to anyone who seeks to understand the deeper cultural context of conflict and how it can be resolved at a wider level.

I love the kind of comedic scenes in movies that parody self-absorption, the running into walls because of staring at one's own image, for example. If the field of conflict resolution were represented by the walker in such a comedic instance, Re-Centering is the wise, necessary tap on the shoulder that brings the walker's attention back to the world around, back to a broader, healthier view.I've been looking forward to the publication of this book since I first heard about the work of PRASI. Editors Trujillo, Bowland, Myers, Richards, and Roy have given all of us a great gift; I hope we as students read and re-read. Readers will see what I did, that the discussions of power, myth, cultural realities, organizational development, justice, the interrelation of practice and theory, and improving our practice have always been present in the field but have been at times hard to find or hard to hear in larger dialogues. It is good to have at least this many contributors in one volume. These strong and great voices have been with us for decades, contributing to the field in many ways, contributing to the world their knowledge, perspective, scholarship, and practice. They call us to greater involvement in the future of conflict resolution, learning more, seeing and understanding more. Conflict resolution of all kinds is gaining greater prominence in all arenas as the alternative to violence and isolation. Re-Centering will help prepare the field for that future.And while the book can't of its own power melt walls, it does offer its readers' the education, knowledge, and tools that may keep us walking through this field with more wholeness, breadth and balance.

This book, Re-Centering Culture and Knowledge in Conflict Resolution Practice, arrived in the mail today, a gift from an anonymous donor. I am tempted to push away all the day's tasks and sink into the wonders I see peeking out from the covers. With contributors from a delightful variety of backgrounds and chapter titles such as "Wilderness: Scared of the Sacred"; "Is Reconciliation Possible? Lessons from Combating 'Modern Racism'"; to "What is Justice in Conflict Resolution Practice?" this book will set me on the path to answer questions I've long pondered about the cultural context for conflict resolution.

This is one of the amazing book that I have gone through on Peace Studies. It has touched on the key issues which impact the functioning of the society. The most impressive part of this book is to include the understanding of Conflict Resolution from cross-cultural perspective. I highly recommend all of you to read it.