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No community speaks for all
Oral History – creating safe spaces
Bridging Ages ConferenceDundalk 2- 5 June 2015Michelle Moloney
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Conflict transformation incorporates elements of reconciliation, such as; truth-telling, restorative justice, collective healing, and relationship-building.
John Paul Lederach, ‘Conflict Transformation’ in Beyond Intractability, Available at: http://www.beyondintractability.org/bi-essay/transformation , accessed 23.01.2013
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Adopt the concept of “paradoxical curiosity” in order to hold the contradictions that lie within, to explore beyond what initially appears obvious and propel inquiry beyond “accepted meaning.”
J.P. Lederach, The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace, Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, 2005, p36
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“the belief in a particular version of a historical fact is as significant as the actual fact, in that it is what individuals believe to be true is what, “operates in peoples’ memories.” Paul Thompson, ‘Believe It Or Not: Rethinking the Historical Interpretation of Memory’ in Memory and History, J. Jeffrey & G. Edwall (Eds), University Press of America, Lanham, MD, 1994, p.8
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Process is “[…] both responsively adaptive to the context and the evolution of events, yet must have a vision, direction, purpose, infrastructure of support, and a shape that helps sustain its movement towards the desired change.”J. P. Lederach, The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace, Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York, 2005, p.182
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The construction of a safe space is conceptualised
through “rules of engagement that scaffold the
creation of new work and, somewhat paradoxically, invite a greater degree of
[…] risk”.
M. A. Hunter, 'Cultivating the art of safe space',
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• Ethics • Breaking silence• Relationship building• Trust• Paradoxical curiosity
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Representatives from Diversity Challenges, International Police Association (IPA)Ret. members of Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)Ret. members of An Garda Síochána
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The project became a place of engagement with “other” subjectivities which hold pieces of the puzzle of the past, and the present, pieces which encourage critical reflection and in appropriately structured spaces offered opportunities for discussion
and engagement.
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Resonance with Bridging Ages goals
Understanding not just knowledge Critical reflection on the conflict and
the legacy of the conflict Meaningful engagement Confidence in visiting Northern
Ireland Witness to the embodiment of the
work of conflict transformation Emphasis on process and participation