CONFLICT

TRANSFORMATION
 CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION

•envisions and responds to the

ebb and flow of social conflict
as life-giving opportunities for
creating constructive change
processes that reduce
violence, increase justice in
direct interaction and social
structures, and respond to real-
life problems in human
relationships.
 A way of looking as well as seeing
Lenses of CT

The immediate
Here and now
(What is visible)

Beyond the present

problems -
Deeper patterns
Conceptual framework of relationship
That enables us to connect – and the context
Provide an over-all understanding
and platform for responding
Dimensions of Transformation

1.Personal dimension

•Refers to change effected in and

desired for the individual
•This involves emotional,
perceptual, and spiritual
aspects of conflict
2. Relational dimension

•Depicts the changes effected in, and

desired for the relationship
•Here we take into consideration the areas
of relational affectivity and
interdependence, and the expressive
communicative and interactive aspects of
conflict.
3. Structural Dimension

•It highlights underlying causes of conflict, and the

patterns and changes it brings about in the
social structures.
•At times understood as the “content” or
“substance”
•Focus attention on the areas related to basic
human needs, access to resources, and
institutional patterns of decision-making
4. Cultural Dimension

Refers to the changes produced by

conflict in the cultural patterns of a
group, and the ways culture affects the
development and handling conflict.
 PROCESS OF CHANGE

Capacity to Think Ahead and Design

current vision
crisis
NOW HOPE

reality future

Personal
Relational
Structural
Cultural

Capacity to Respond to the Immediate Change

Process
PEACEBUILDING WHERE
System
 Conflict Transformation Framework
What are we going to do
Context? Strategic Responses?

Cultur
al
The Problem (Conflict
CONFLICT ANALYSIS:

CONFLICT ANALYSIS:

CONFLICT ANALYSIS:
The Parties (Map)

The Dividers and

Structu
ral
Connectors
tree)

Relatio
nal

Persona Strategy
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CrisisTraining And Vision
Structure

NarrativeRemembered Lived Rece

nt
History HistoryEven
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