ANNOUNCEMENTS
World Café: Braiding Narratives from Syria and Iraq
May 5, 2016 – 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
George Mason University’s School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution’s
Center for Narrative and Conflict Resolution
GMU Arlington Campus – Metropolitan Building Room 5183
Please join the Narrative Center's Project on Narrative Braiding at this innovative event where participants share and reflect on stories from the ongoing conflicts in Syria and Iraq in order to determine the policy or intervention implications for development, defense, and diplomacy. This is not your average “National Capital Region” event. It is a highly participatory chance to interact with a cross section of academics, policymakers, and students interested in practical, narrative approaches to conflict.
For more about the World Café model
For more about the Narrative Braiding Project
Power Shifters: Changing the Narrative on Violent Extremism
Narrative Strategies Conference
Friday, 6 May 9:00-5:00
George Mason University
Founders Hall Auditorium 134
Arlington, Virginia 22201
While CVE is fashionable, “countering” violent extremism puts us in a reactive posture that responds to extremist agendas. We need to get out ahead of those agendas, be active instead of re-active, and set our own agenda. At Narrative Strategies, we question the proposition that we can “counter” violent extremism without creating second and third order repercussions. So, we are not focused on countering extremism, we are focused on eradicating violent extremism by making it obsolete.
This conference is different. It mirrors our strategic position: Narrative Changes the way power works.
Register for the NS Conference
Narrative Strategies Conference
Friday, 6 May 9:00-5:00
George Mason University
Founders Hall Auditorium 134
Arlington, Virginia 22201
While CVE is fashionable, “countering” violent extremism puts us in a reactive posture that responds to extremist agendas. We need to get out ahead of those agendas, be active instead of re-active, and set our own agenda. At Narrative Strategies, we question the proposition that we can “counter” violent extremism without creating second and third order repercussions. So, we are not focused on countering extremism, we are focused on eradicating violent extremism by making it obsolete.
This conference is different. It mirrors our strategic position: Narrative Changes the way power works.
Register for the NS Conference
The Open Discourse Project
The Open Discourse Project is creating a space for public deliberation untangled from the master narratives currently constraining the political sphere. By moving away from political speak and simplistic storylines, we are modeling a new kind of civic engagement- one that is not only at the heart of a democracy, but contributes to quality of our society and governance.
The Open Discourse Project is hosted by the Center for Narrative and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University’s School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution.
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The Open Discourse Project is creating a space for public deliberation untangled from the master narratives currently constraining the political sphere. By moving away from political speak and simplistic storylines, we are modeling a new kind of civic engagement- one that is not only at the heart of a democracy, but contributes to quality of our society and governance.
The Open Discourse Project is hosted by the Center for Narrative and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University’s School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution.
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Introducing the Blog: Narrative Explorations
Join the Center for Narrative and Conflict Resolution on our new blog as we engage with narrative scholars, practitioners, and students.
If you are interested in becoming a contributor for Narrative Exploration. We are dedicated to helping you find your voice and contribute to the discussion in a meaningful way. Please join us!
Join the Center for Narrative and Conflict Resolution on our new blog as we engage with narrative scholars, practitioners, and students.
If you are interested in becoming a contributor for Narrative Exploration. We are dedicated to helping you find your voice and contribute to the discussion in a meaningful way. Please join us!
Narrative Practices for Conflict Resolution
Externalization & Circular Questioning
This 90 minute seminar will introduce Conflict Resolution practitioners with some powerful approaches that can be integrated into any practice of mediation, facilitation, negotiation, or other form of practice. Hope you can join us.
If not, come in 2015, where we will provide a full-day seminar at the conference.
Radio Interview on our Narrative Practice Presentation
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/acrprofessional/2014/08/27/acr-conference-2014-preview-sarah-federman-and-narrative-approachpractice
