Nonviolent Conflict Transformation

The Manual provides different chapters with concepts and mirroring exercises that are crucial for understanding and applying conflict transformation. The Manual is based upon the comprehension of Diana Francis’ conflict transformation theory and focuses upon transformation of social conflicts. The Manual purposely does not supply the reader with “fixed schedules”. It is our true believe that every schedule would give the underlying message that reality can be copied. In that sense all the exercises function as suggestions that can be changes due to the chosen objective. The last chapter of the Manual presents an essay written by Hagen Berndt. The essay gives an overview and deeper understanding of the roots of nonviolence, an idea that we are committed to. The following persons contributed to the Manual: Ueli Wildberger, Dirk Sprenger, Beatrix Schmelze, Ján Mihálik, Hagen Berndt, Peter Siebenhühner, Jochen Neumann, Mike Dobbie, Ruth Mischnick Ph.D. and Winnie the Pooh. With kind permission, some information was taken from the resource pack of International Alert. Some quotations mirror the experience of the website www.beyondintractability.com, also with kind permission.

Ruth Mischnick Ph.D.
(Author and editor)