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Pathways to Reconciliation: Between Theory and Practice
Pathways to Reconciliation: Between Theory and Practice, edited by Philipa Rothfield, La Trobe University, Australia, Cleo Fleming, Monash University, Australia, Paul Komesaroff, Monash University, Australia.
Published by Ashgate Publishing, London. November 2008.
Reconciliation: what makes it possible, what impedes it, how to foster and promote it and how to build the social conditions in which it can flourish. These are pressing questions for an increasingly significant concept in community and international relations.
This book is a creative engagement with the central terms of reconciliation - forgiveness, nationhood, conflict-resolution, justice and memory - and with approaches to questions of listening and understanding the "other". It is premised on the view that an essential pathway to the achievement of reconciliation lies in developing and disseminating critical concepts that capture the nuances of practice.
Drawing on fields in the humanities and social sciences, including poststructuralism, hermeneutics, subaltern studies and social theory, and elaborated in relation to contemporary sites of conflict and peace-making, this collection brings together a unique range of perspectives on the complex issue of reconciliation, while offering responses to the key questions being asked of it today.
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The production and publication of the book would not be possible without the generous support of the Monash Centre for the Study of Global Movements, Monash University.
The Institute's work supports a range of research and generates discussion and advice on matters relevant to the study of global movements.
Contributors & Chapter Titles:
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Foreword
Paul Komesaroff, Introduction
Part 1: Pathways Toward and Away From Reconciliation
Philipa Rothfiled, Evaluating Reconciliaton
Damian Grenfell, Truth, Reconciliation and Nation Formation in Our Land of Timor L'Este
Julian Jonker, Reconciliation with the Dead, and Other Unfamiliar Pathways
Alfonso Lingis, Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation of Peoples
David Pettigrew, The Task of Justice
Modjtaba Sadria, In Quest of an Ethic of Reconciliation
Kay Schaffer, Testimony, Nation Building and the Ethics of Witnessing: After the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa
Geraldine Smyth, Telling a Different Story: Hopes for Forgiveness and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland
Part 2: Sites of Reconciliation
Paul James, Reconciliation: From the Usually Unspoken to the Almost Unimaginable
Helena Cobban, Accountability, Remorse and Reconciliation: Lessons from South Africa, Mozambique and Rwanda
Patrick Burgess, Community Reconciliation in East Timor: A Personal Perspective
Vince Gamberale, The Role of Economic Development in Reconciliation: An Experience from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Daphna Golan-Agnon, Between Denial and Reconciliation: Lessons from South Africa to Israel and Palestine
Derick Wilson, Stepping Forward: Reconciliation and the Good Relations Agenda in Organizational Practice in Northern Ireland
Andrew Gunstone, The Australian Reconciliation Process: An Analysis
Conferences and Forums
'After September 11: The Ethical Consequences',
Melbourne, Australia, 2000
The premise of this public forum was that many ethical issues and questions arose from the events of September 11 and their aftermath, ranging from the spectacle of individuals and governments on all sides claiming moral justification for acts of terror and murder of civilians, to the enactment of legislation to restrict personal liberties and limit human rights, to the development of new, less caring, policies towards refugees, asylum seekers and illegal immigrants, to a widespread personal sense of crisis and disruption in everyday life, at least in developed countries, to a resurgence of nationalism around the world and increased hostility and diminished communication between cultures, both within and between nation states. Many of these issues have direct and profound implications for human health and well-being.
'Thinking Through a Collapsing World', London,
United Kingdom, 2003
This was the inaugural meeting of the Global Reconciliation Network. It was held to discuss the network's basic concepts and to develop practical strategies, processes and proposals. The meeting was attended by participants from thirty five countries from a variety of cultural, national, philosophical and religious traditions. Outcomes emerging from this meeting included the dissemination of the conference proceedings, the establishment of the network as a loose organisation of groups and individuals prepared to share resources and ideas, and specific ongoing projects and plans. The latter include a follow-up meeting in India in 2004, a youth reconciliation project, an HIV/AIDS project, and projects in the United States, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the U.K., Canada, and the Middle East.
'Towards Harmony: Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation',
Delhi, India, 2004
This meeting was a continuation of the conversations initiated in London, with special emphasis on the cultural and ideological roots of conflict and their successful resolution. Discussions addressed the sources of conflict in the structures of geography, language, politics, religion, gender and culture with a view to foster ongoing relationships within civil society that may facilitate continuing processes of reconciliation. Participants discussed the sources of conflict that arise from global processes, such the operation of the World Economic Forum and the World Social Forum. They also examined the forces that operate at the local level, such as conflicts of values between sedentary society and nomadic groups, and those involving indigenous, migrant, refugee and other communities.
'Pathways to Reconciliation', Sarajevo,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2005
Pathways to Reconciliation and Global Human Rights brought together practitioners and thinkers from around the world to reflect upon, evaluate and advance the global human-rights agenda. It was also an opportunity to engage the specific locale of Bosnia and Herzegovina in a global context. The conference drew on shared experiences and unique insights to explore why the impact and role of processes of reconciliation continue to be weak in a world convulsed by warfare and terrorism and division remains over how best to secure and prioritise fundamental human rights. Speakers considered how international institutions, the state and non-government organisations can co-ordinate their efforts to develop structures that favour human rights is a crucial step in the advancement of existing and future processes of reconciliation.
For papers and audio files from the conference click here.
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