Mediation

Mediación intercultural natural. Reflexiones a partir de una experiencia en Orriols (Valencia)

by Albert Moncusí

Este texto es una reflexión sobre la mediación intercultural “natural”, su diferenciación respecto a la mediación... more Este texto es una reflexión sobre la mediación intercultural “natural”, su diferenciación respecto a la mediación intercultural profesional y sus limitaciones en contextos de políticas de exclusión social. Los argumentos se basan en información recogida en dos investigaciones efectuadas en Valencia, una con financiación europea y bajo la responsabilidad de tres ONG que colaboraron muy activamente en el trabajo de campo, y la otra, con financiación del Ministerio de Trabajo de España. Las reflexiones tienen como punto de partida el caso del barrio valenciano de Orriols. En un primer apartado, se describe el mismo, luego se abordan distintos discursos de vecinos autóctonos y extranjeros y se caracterizan sus relaciones. Finalmente, se define la mediación intercultural “natural”, con especial atención a sus fortalezas y debilidades en casos como el descrito. Se concluye que las potencialidades de la mediación se pueden desarrollar con una correcta articulación entre Administración y Sociedad Civil y en combinación con políticas sociales de prevención y erradicación de la exclusión social.

Médiation et énigme dans la pensée musicale d'Adorno

by João Pedro Cachopo

Published in in Présents musicaux, ed. Jean-Paul Olive (Paris, L’Harmattan – Collection Arts 8, 2009), pp. 171-192 [in French].

E. Sullivan and A. Solomou, "Alternative Dispute Resolution in Land Use Disputes - Two Continents and Two Approaches", 43(4) Urban Lawyer (2011) 1035-1059.

by Alexia Solomou

Together in the middle: Back-channel negotiation in the Irish peace process

by Niall O Dochartaigh

The role of an intermediary in back-channel negotiation: evidence from the Brendan Duddy papers

by Niall O Dochartaigh

Negotiated deradicalization in the Irish peace process

by Niall O Dochartaigh

`Truly We Have a Good Heritage': Musical Mediations in a Yoruba Christian Diaspora

by Vicki Brennan

Source: Journal of Religion in Africa, Volume 42, Number 1, 2012 , pp. 3-25.

This essay discusses the Asaphs of Seraph, a Yoruba Christian organization based in the United States whose primary... more This essay discusses the Asaphs of Seraph, a Yoruba Christian organization based in the United States whose primary activity consists of holding an annual convention for current and former members of Cherubim and Seraphim churches in Nigeria. I examine how the Asaphs of Seraph use musical performances and media to circulate Yoruba Christian forms of practice and subjectivity. Through an analytic focus on processes of mediation and circulation, I explore how the Asaphs of Seraph produce and maintain diasporic consciousness and community through the use of religious music.

O homem nas teias da comunicação midiática: uma análise de O Show de Truman

by Vander Casaqui

This article’s object is constituted by the film The Truman Show (1998), directed by Peter Weir and starring Jim... more This article’s object is constituted by the film The Truman Show (1998), directed by Peter Weir and starring Jim Carrey. This text analyzes the cinematographic representation to discuss relative questions to the communication, the media and the consumption. Based on authors as Mikhail Bakhtin, Guy Debord, Michel de Certeau and Wolfgang Fritz Haug, the author develops a reflection about the relation between the man and the media, the language as mediation, the society of the spectacle and the everyday life.

ODR: The Next Green Giant

by Noam Ebner

Co-authored with Colleen Getz, Published in Conflict Resolution Quarterly, 2012

The worlds of government and business, as well as individual preferences, are moving towards incorporating... more The worlds of government and business, as well as individual preferences, are moving towards incorporating environmentally friendly practices. Dispute resolution, as with every other human endeavor, has environmental impact. Some practice modes leave a large environmental footprint while others incur less environmental cost. Online dispute resolution (ODR) enjoys clear environmental advantages over any other form of dispute resolution, yet this has not been discussed in the literature or spotlighted in the commercial practices of the field. This article describes the various environmental advantages ODR offers and suggests a framework for taking these into account in dispute resolution ventures and projects.

Interactive Framing in Divorce Mediation

by Patrick Idzik

The purpose of this paper is to reexamine the Drake and Donohue (1996) study and propose an alternative strategy for... more The purpose of this paper is to reexamine the Drake and Donohue (1996) study and propose an alternative strategy for examining frame convergence or synchrony more in line with Relational Order Theory (Donohue & Roberto, 1993).  To accomplish this goal, this paper examined the conceptual issue of frame synchrony as articulated in this theory, then tested two hypotheses related to frame synchrony and outcome in fifteen divorce mediation transcripts.  The results revealed an overall correlation of .49 between synchrony and outcome.  The greater the level of synchrony, the more likely disputants were to settle their issues.  In addition, as the issues became more intense, synchrony played an even more significant role.  Specifically, when issues focused on the question of custody and visitation, the correlation was .66, but when the issues focused on money the correlation was .18.  The discussion section explored the extent to which other kinds of subtextual issue frames are also likely to serve as an important resource for disputants to constructively address their conflicts.   

News as a looking glass: Shame and the symbolic power of mediation

by Mirca Madianou

Published in 'International Journal of Cultural Studies' (2012), vol. 15(1): 3- 16. DOI: 10.1177/1367877911411795

This article brings together the literatures on shame and mediation in order to consider whether shame is generated,... more This article brings together the literatures on shame and mediation in order to consider whether shame is generated, or amplified, in situations of mediation such as those when people find themselves exposed in the news media. Acknowledging the social nature of shame that presupposes the other’s regard for oneself, and drawing on a revision of Cooley’s concept of the ‘looking-glass self’ to describe the monitoring of the self from the point of view of the others in the context of mediation, the article argues that news can be a looking-glass through which viewers mirror themselves. Apart from heightening the awareness of the other’s gaze and expectations, news becomes a looking-glass in a more literal way. This occurs in the instances of mediated exposure when people find themselves unwillingly in the news. After an initial theoretical discussion of the emotion of shame and how such theories need to be revised in order to capture the structural transformations pertaining to mediated interaction, the article concentrates on a personal narrative of unwanted mediated exposure and observes how shame can be generated and amplified in the context of mediation, thus revealing the symbolic power of the media with potential consequences for social monitoring and conformity.

Using Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue As a Social Transformation Tool: the Case of Fiji

by Graham Hassall

La mediazione obbligatoria in materia di contratti bancari (Seconda parte)

by Valerio Sangiovanni

Published in "Studium Iuris", 2012, 272-278

Robots as social mediators: coding for engineers

by Stephen J. Cowley

This appeared as:
Nabe, S., Cowley, S.J., Kanda, T. Ishiguro, H. Iraki, K. & Nargita, N. (2006). Robots and social mediators: coding for engineers. Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication. University of Hertfordshire, September, 6-8 2006, pp. 384-390.

Coding can contribute to robot design by suggesting behavioural benchmarks. These, however, depend on the level of... more Coding can contribute to robot design by suggesting behavioural benchmarks. These, however, depend on the level of analysis. In illustration, semi-formalised rules are used to investigate child-robot encounters. By using behaviour-level codes, we extract information about how children use the robot. This leads to findings about longditudinal changes in how children evaluate its behaviours. Children, we find, use the robot as a social mediator– to prompt synchronized social events. By focusing on a behavioural level, coding can benefit designers of robots, software and sensors.

Mediating "The Voice of the Spirit": Musical and religious transformations in Nigeria's oil boom

by Vicki Brennan

Emerging Culture Conflict Mediation: A Field Manual for Mediating Tribal Conflict

by Patrick James Christian

Nova Southeastern University Graduate School of Humanities & Social Science, Department of Conflict Analysis & Resolution

Table of Contents
Introduction: a new approach to engaging intrastate conflict 3
Mediating Emerging Culture Conflict: Process & Technique 4
Stage one – discovering the conflict story 5
Stage two – externalizing the story and mapping its effects 9
Stage three – evaluating the stories and identifying possibilities for restorying 12
Stage four – reimagining identity-meaning and restorying the conflict narrative 16
The Joint Mediation Session – Theater & Stagecraft 19
Theater 20
Stagecraft 21
Appendix A Tribal Engagement Model – Relations with the Political State 23
Appendix B – Group Identity Placement Model 24
References 25

Introduction: a new approach to engaging intrastate conflict
Emerging culture mediation is a relatively recent... more Introduction: a new approach to engaging intrastate conflict
Emerging culture mediation is a relatively recent approach to resolving intra-state cultural conflict in sociocentric societies in regions where governance is problematic, failing or non-existent. For the purposes of this publication, we define emerging cultures as communities bounded by blood, marriage, and/or ethnic ties that share a common language, group identity and who commonly express their identity through a shared culture. The ‘emerging’ part of the name refers to the community’s requirement to eventually adapt to a shrinking and changing world, often with insufficient guidance or support from the political state which is in the process of adapting itself to the demands of modernity. This mediation model adapts the narrative mediation approach of Winslade & Monk  to the types of conflict that these emerging cultures are now confronting due to the demands of modernity as well as political, social and environmental change. Such change creates barriers to the unobstructed or uncontested continuance of the cultures’ historical narrative, large group identity and possibly even their physical survival  (Geertz, 1975).  Often, the conflict disputes that emerging cultures find themselves embroiled in can appear intractable because the conflict pits a culture’s historical narrative and group identity against non-negotiable forces of external change.  These non-negotiable forces may place two or more cultural groups in opposition, but it is most often external change that ultimately drives the conflict. Examples of external changes that drive emerging cultures into conflict include environmental changes such as deforestation or desertification; diminishing common pool resources such as water, pasture or wildlife; national and regional political and social evolution; or finally, the loss of group membership due to the lure of modernity and associated ego-centric models of social being that entice younger generations into urban centers.  Such change is dreaded (Beisser, 2006) and resisted by cultures in conflict because it heralds the possibility of a break in their historical narrative; the same narrative that encapsulates their psychological identity, cultural expression, generational memory of their origin and existential purpose of the present.

Interactions do not only tell us 'when', but can also tell us 'how': Testing process hypotheses by interaction

by Kai Sassenberg

Jacoby, J., & Sassenberg, K. (2011). Interactions do not only tell us 'when', but can also tell us 'how': Testing process hypotheses by interaction: Testing process hypotheses by interaction. European Journal of Social Psychology, 41, 180-190.

Hypotheses about psychological processes are often tested using traditional mediation analysis. This analysis relies... more Hypotheses about psychological processes are often tested using traditional mediation analysis. This analysis relies on measurement of a transmitting variable. Conducting this analysis has become almost synonymous with examining process hypotheses. An alternative strategy to mediation analysis (the Testing-a-Process-hypothesis-by-an-Interaction Strategy, TPIS) is illustrated here. TPIS is based on a fully experimental design whereby a hypothesized process is tested by an interaction between the hypothesized cause of an effect and a contextual variable. In the interaction term, the contextual variable allows comparison of the causal effect observed when the process is uninterrupted to the effect observed when the process is interrupted. Thus, TPIS translates a theoretical process hypothesis into a statistical interaction hypothesis that uses a fully experimental design to directly examine the hypothesized process.

Lección número 1: ‘Aprender a Convivir’

by Estefanía Almenta

Autora: Estefanía Almenta, Universidad de Málaga.

ALMENTA, E. (2009): “Lección número 1: Aprender a convivir”, en CASTILLA MESA, M.T. y otros (coord.): Convivencia y Resolución de Conflictos en Contextos Socioeducativos. Sevilla: Editorial ECOEM. ISBN: 978-84-92411-84-9.

El IES Nuevo Teatinos, como cualquier otro instituto de nuestro país, no es ajeno a los problemas de convivencia que... more El IES Nuevo Teatinos, como cualquier otro instituto de nuestro país, no es ajeno a los problemas de convivencia que actualmente afectan a nuestra sociedad, y que se reflejan en el día a día de los centros educativos. Estos problemas se ven agravados además por el hecho de que el centro acoge a alumnado de distintos niveles socio-económicos y culturales. De ahí que el Departamento de Orientación de este instituto, en colaboración con toda la comunidad educativa, decidiera coordinar una serie de iniciativas bajo el lema “Lección número 1: Aprender a convivir”, encaminadas a la mejora de la convivencia no sólo entre el propio alumnado, sino en toda la comunidad educativa.

Entre las actividades que mejor resultado están dando, se encuentra la mediación de conflictos llevada a cabo por los propios alumnos del centro, y el apadrinamiento. Para poner en marcha la primera medida, tres alumnos voluntarios del centro fueron formados como mediadores gracias a un curso específico destinado a tal fin impartido por el ayuntamiento. Posteriormente se dispuso un espacio en el centro para que estos alumnos pudieran atender las demandas de mediación que surgieran. Por su parte, el apadrinamiento lo realizan determinados profesores y profesoras del centro que, voluntariamente, prestan especial atención a alumnos y alumnas con problemas de convivencia significativos. Cada “padrino” mantiene un contacto diario y directo con su “apadrinado”, y al mismo tiempo un contacto telefónico diario con la familia, y de forma presencial cada cierto tiempo, según el caso. Todos los sectores de la comunidad valoran positivamente ambas iniciativas y se muestran satisfechos con los resultados que se están obteniendo.

Taller de Mediación: Experiencia de cooperación entre la Universidad de Málaga (España) y el CEIP Huertas Viejas de Coín

by Estefanía Almenta

Autoras:
Ana Moreno Núñez, Estefanía Almenta López, Ligia I. Estrada Vidal
Universidad de Málaga, España

MORENO, A., ALMENTA, E. y ESTRADA, L.I. (2009). “Taller de Mediación: Experiencia de Cooperación entre la Universidad de Málaga y el CEIP Huertas Viejas de Coín”, en CASTILLA MESA, M.T. y otros (coord.): Convivencia y Resolución de Conflictos en Contextos Socioeducativos. Sevilla: Editorial ECOEM. ISBN: 978-84-92411-84-9.

Como desarrollo de los Planes de Convivencia que se están llevando a cabo en los centros educativos de la Comunidad... more Como desarrollo de los Planes de Convivencia que se están llevando a cabo en los centros educativos de la Comunidad Andaluza, surgió la idea de realizar talleres impartidos por el alumnado de Psicopedagogía (Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de Málaga) en los distintos cursos del C.E.I.P. Huertas Viejas (Coín, Málaga). En la presente comunicación se expone la experiencia de tres alumnas de tercer ciclo, que desarrollaron varios talleres durante los cursos 2006-2007 y 2007-2008.

Los objetivos de los talleres fueron: a) cooperar en el desarrollo del Plan de Convivencia del centro a través de la intervención externa, y b) acercar al alumnado universitario a la realidad socioeducativa. Para ello, se realizaron sucesivos seminarios para formar al alumnado de Psicopedagogía en Cultura de Paz, que en Andalucía ha tenido su desarrollo en los ya nombrados Planes de Convivencia. A partir de estos seminarios el alumnado planificó las unidades didácticas, que posteriormente se llevaron a la práctica en el centro. Entre las conclusiones, destacamos que el Plan de Convivencia suele enfocarse excesivamente hacia el alumnado, obviando otros sectores de la comunidad educativa como profesorado y familias.

Bovine Mobilities and Vital Movements: Flows of Milk, Mediation and Animal Agency.

by Richie Nimmo

Chapter in Jacob Bull (ed) 'Animal Movements, Moving Animals: Direction, Velocity and Agency in Humanimal Encounters', Crossroads of Knowledge Series, Centre for Gender Research, Uppsala University, February 2011.

Dairy milk is an intriguing hybrid substance. A supremely mundane artefact, routinely and unreflexively consumed on an... more Dairy milk is an intriguing hybrid substance. A supremely mundane artefact, routinely and unreflexively consumed on an everyday basis by millions of humans, it also embodies and mediates a complex ensemble of human-animal-technological-economic relations. As a mass-produced and mass-marketed modern commodity, milk is the product of a highly systematic and rationalised 'humanimal' encounter, in which the cow often seems reduced to a disciplined unit of production. Yet in its irreducible materiality milk still retains the power to disrupt such rationalised systems, to transgress disciplinary boundaries, and to testify corporeally to the vital existence of the animal, as mediated through the milk itself.

This paper explores these tensions through a focus upon the complex and contradictory mobilities of milk – as a commodity, as a material substance, and as a dimension of bovine corporeality – in the historical and geographical context of the modernising British milk industry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. It proceeds from the vitalist assumption that the milk is the cow, that the animal is ontologically present in milk, which does not become fully humanised and separated from the cow in the process of milking, but retains an irreducible ‘cowness’. The multiple forms of expression of this vital ‘cowness’ and its tendency to subvert and disorder rationalised schemes of production and marketing are then examined and conceptualised as distinctive bovine mobilities, spaces and flows.