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This book uses case studies from around the world to analyze the peacemaking processes of indigenous communities. Critical themes examined in the volume include change and continuity, the role of indigenous women, tools of peacemakers, common features of peacemaking processes, and the over-arching goals of peacemaking.
List of contents
CHAPTER 1: Indigenous Processes of Conflict Resolution: Neglected Methods of Peacemaking by the New Field of Conflict Resolution
CHAPTER 2: "The Best of Judgments": Rituals of Settlement (Sulh) and Reconciliation (Musalaha) in the Middle East
CHAPTER 3: Araraa: The Oromo Indigenous Processes of Peacemaking
CHAPTER 4: Respecting Identity, Creating Justice, and Building Peaceful Relationships in Laos through Traditional Conflict Resolution Processes
CHAPTER 5: Indigenous Peacemaking in Northern Ireland
CHAPTER 6: Traditional Systems of Conflict Mediation: Exploration of Mukhiya or Jimmuwal, and Bhadra-Bhaladmis Peacemaking Mechanisms in the Himalayas
CHAPTER 7: Case Study: Peacemaking as Ceremony: The Mediation Model of the Navajo Nation
CHAPTER 8: Indigenous Elders as the Mbasoron Tar (Repairers of the World) and Inukshuks (Waypointers) of Peace
CHAPTER 9: Traditional Peacemaking Processes among Indigenous Populations in the Northern and Southern Philippines
CHAPTER 10: Kinoo'Amaadawaad Megwaa Doodamawaad ¿ 'They are learning with each other while they are doing': The Opaaganasining (Pipestone) Living Peace Framework
CHAPTER 11: Conflict Avoidance among the Sateré-Mawé of Manaus, Brazil and Peacemaking Behaviours among Amazonian Amerindians
CHAPTER 12: Indigenous Processes of Conflict Management in Contemporary Somalia
CHPATER 13: Indigenous Guard in Cauca, Colombia: Peaceful Resistance in a Region of Conflict
CHPATER 14: Maori Disputes and their Resolution
CHAPTER 15: Women's Indigenous Processes of Peacebuilding and Peacemaking in Uzbekistan: Sacred Places of Homes and Community for Health and Well-being
CHAPTER 16: Reconstructing Communities - A Case Study: Indigenous Grandmothers Searching for Peace
CHAPTER 17: Changing Gender Roles: Challenging Ethno-Historical Depictions of African Women's Roles in Conflict
CHAPTER 18: BinSyowi: "The Woman Who Loves" Women as Guardians of Life and Weavers of Peace in Biak, Papua
CHAPTER 19: Indigenous Storytelling as a Peacebuilding Process
CHAPTER 20: Ritual and Symbol in Justice and Peace-building: Lessons from Pukhtoon Tribes on the Jirga
CHPATER 21: Indigenous Mechanisms of Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking: The Role of Ng'ado Guok Ritual and Process among the Luo People of Kenya
CHAPTER 22: Linguistic Form in Calypso: Employing Reframing as a Multidimensional Tool in Peace Building
CHAPTER 23: Creating The Third Force: Some Common Features in Indigenous Processes of Peacemaking, and Some Preliminary Observations
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Edited by Hamdesa Tuso and Maureen P. Flaherty - Contributions by Lobar Azizova; Nodira Azizova; Bruce Barnes; Paul Cormier; Maureen P. Flaherty; Ali Gohar; George Emile Irani; Marianne Kamp; Marion J. Kiprop; Sandra Krahn; Grace Kyoon-Achan; J. P. Linstr
Summary
This book uses case studies from around the world to analyze the peacemaking processes of indigenous communities. Critical themes examined in the volume include change and continuity, the role of indigenous women, tools of peacemakers, common features of peacemaking processes, and the over-arching goals of peacemaking.
