Storytelling as a Way to Work Through Intractable Conflicts: The German-Jewish Experience and Its Relevance to the Palestinian-Israeli Context

The storytelling method can be used to work through intractable conflicts. Working‐through enables people who have suffered traumatic social experiences to learn to live with these painful events while developing an ability to listen to the pain of the “other.” The storytelling approach focuses on t...

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Published in:Journal of social issues 2004-01, Vol.60 (2), p.289-306
Main Authors: Bar-On, Dan, Kassem, Fatma
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arab-Israeli conflict
Conflict
Conflict resolution
Germany
History
Holocaust
Human behaviour
Interethnic conflict
Israel
Jewish people
Peace process
Peaceful co-existence
Post traumatic stress disorder
Psychology
Social identity
Sociology
Story telling
Storytelling
Territorial disputes
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Summary:The storytelling method can be used to work through intractable conflicts. Working‐through enables people who have suffered traumatic social experiences to learn to live with these painful events while developing an ability to listen to the pain of the “other.” The storytelling approach focuses on the way personal storytelling facilitates the working‐through processes in intractable conflicts. The storytelling approach was used in To Reflect and Trust (TRT), a dialogue group that began in 1992 and involved descendants of Nazi perpetrators and Jewish descendants of Holocaust survivors. The storytelling method was applied to a year‐long Jewish‐Palestinian student workshop held at Ben Gurion University in 2000–2001.
ISSN:0022-4537
1540-4560
DOI:10.1111/j.0022-4537.2004.00112.x