conflict resolution
Order and Harmony: Conflict Resolution in Ladakh [book review]
One day in 1999, a group of Buddhist monks beat up a magazine vendor on a street in Leh and destroyed the current issues of a magazine he was selling. The monks were offended by an article that was critical of Ladakhi Buddhist monasteries. The organization that published the magazine was quite angry about the […]
The Peaceful Moral Order in a Ladakhi Village [journal article review]
In at least one Ladakhi community, the villagers are convinced that the basic order of life is harmony, unity, and peacefulness. A recent journal article by Fernanda Pirie—her third major piece published in the past year—discusses the strategies people in the remote village of Photoksar have for managing conflicts. Nearly a year ago a book […]
Human Rights of the Zapotec: Collective or Individual [journal article review]
A small group of Protestants in the Zapotec town of Teotitlán, members of the Church of God, had been living quietly with the Catholic majority for several decades before trouble started brewing. Lynne Stephen describes the conflict and its resolution in a recent journal article about the collision of individual rights and collective rights. In […]
Journal Article on Conflict Resolution Added to Website
“Conflict resolution in the peaceful societies … is based on assumptions about human relations and social patterns that are quite different from those of modem societies. For instance, people in the peaceful societies strongly believe they should avoid, and if they can’t avoid then they should quickly resolve, all conflicts. They view nonviolence as absolutely […]
Effective Conflict Resolution Fosters Semai Peacefulness
The headman of a Semai hamlet built a temporary shelter near his durian grove so he could spend the night there and perhaps catch the person who was stealing his fruit. But as he built the shelter, he made sure that everyone knew his plans. He wanted to be certain that the thief wouldn’t come, […]
Zapotec Godmothers Keep the Peace [anthology chapter review]
Zapotec villagers may anticipate occasional violence from men who are drinking, but when fights do break out everyone expects the women, particularly the godmothers, to restore order. Nicole Sault, in a recent paper, describes the Zapotec style of peacemaking as part of a broader system of beliefs in respect, cooperation, and responsibility. Respect, she indicates, […]
