Everybody had a great story! And No need to "prepare the folks." Just open space for the issue they care about. They will do the rest. So how about 50 Palestinians and Israelis? -- all operational sorts (well mostly), and the focus was "Ending the cycle of violence." A hot one to be sure. As to the approach... no pre-work, no advance training, no mediation, no anger management, no ...
They just sat in a circle, created a bulletin board, opened a market place, and went to work. Seriously! 2 1/2 days later they were standing at the end of the closing circle with tears in their eyes, hugging and kissing. It happened. And they did it all by themselves. Harrison Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Dr. Potomac, MD 20854 USA 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) Camden, Maine 20854 Phone 301-365-2093 (summer) 207-763-3261 www.openspaceworld.com www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST Go to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marie Ann Östlund Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 4:36 PM To: World wide Open Space Technology email list Subject: [OSList] Dealing with conflicts Dear all, I just spent a week in a community in France that is divided by quite a large conflict. Have anyone of you used OS with a group of people where the conflict is at its hight and emotions are still strong? I can see that OS can be used in complex conflictual situations, but wonder whether you would first spend time bringing down their emotions to a 'manageable' level before attempting to bring them together into an OS. Do you have any experiences in this regard? I'd be very interested in your reflections! Thank you, Marie Ann _______________________________________________ OSList mailing list To post send emails to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org _______________________________________________ OSList mailing list To post send emails to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
