conflict resolution_first master yourself
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“Let him who would move the world first move himself.”
course introduction
welcome to conflict (class)
prof. alberto contardo-sfeir m.sc.
“swimology”
do we learn how to swim?
“ the relationship between the student and professor mainly focuses on the power dynamics – pass, fail, authority. the university experience and the relation with the professor should be focused on learning and growing instead.” - enrique toussaint
“courses at every level follow a strict agenda from the onset with very little room to manoeuvre. what this leads to in my opinion is a dictated educational system
which doesn't adjust itself to the people it caters; the students.“ - dor barak, university of edhinburg
“i think the biggest problems I discovered in the educational system at fudan are the compulsory classes includind philosophy, literature, history and politics. they are too superficial to introduce
the core spirits of these subjects, so they didn't reach their original goal of letting the students get real knowledge while tasting the magic of this human wisdom.”
- tianxin li, fudan university
“we only learn the methods and how to apply them. we don’t learn about the ideas behind them and how to reason or think them out.” - diane lu, uc irvine
w h e r e i s o u r s t a r t i n g p o i n t ? ?
know yourself know yourself know yourself
why? what for?
(why not?)
Ecology
Economy
SocialStructure
A2en3on
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Cogni3veProcesses
*Holis(cschema(cmodelofinfluencesoncogni(veprocesses–RichardNisbe;
POV
40 20.000.000
“the earlier subconscious mind is our ‘autopilot’: the conscious mind is our manual control.. ..yet the subconscious mind, which processes some 20.000.000 environmental stimuli per second
versus 40 environmental stimuli interpreted by the conscious mind in the same second (norretrander 1998)..” - bruce lipton, molecular biologist
conscious mind unconscious mind
an evolutionary challenge
Johan Galtung – ‘Theories of Conflict’
transform your habit-patterns of the mind
examples some patterns
how many animal species did Moses carry on his ark?
*The Asch experiment
mastering yourself is an ability
how to observe (me)?
meditation
attention exercise
mindfulness
in class/at work/at home
each class
personal choice
log book / journal
active listeningx2
active speakingx1
be present
be engaged
focus exercise
coaching circle mentors
‘out of the building’ outside / open / vulnerable
in class/at work/at home
each class
mindfulness is a state of active open attention on the present moment
when you are mindful, you observe your thoughts and feelings, without judging them good or bad
active open attention
you observe your thoughts and feelings without judgment
emotions ^@! communication :(
stress +
too much + too fast + choice +
too little - too slow – disengaged+
awareness+
creativity + connection+
joy + value +
time +
space + health + balance + potentiality +
b a l a n c e
rest relax recover
i n c u b a t i o n p r o c e s s
mastering yourself is an ability
h o w i s a l l t h i s r e l a t e d t o c o n f l i c t ? ! ? ! ?
what is
conflict
?
conflict /definition
what is
conflict
?
conflict /definition
contradiction resistance incompatibility dissonance
conflict /levels
multilevel multidisciplinary multicultural theoretical and practical
intra-personal, interpersonal, intra/intergroup, interstate, international..
politics, international relations, strategic studies, individual/social psychology, etc.
interdependence, globalization, immigration, information, and more
only when theory and experience connect, we can develop properly informed experience
context
perception
behavior
conflict /every conflict
disconnect
ideal
reality what it is
what I would like it to be
gap
change habit-patterns unconscious reaction
this is an opportunity
mastery control your reactions
“ l e a r n t h e r u l e s l i k e a p r o a n d b e n d t h e m l i k e a n a r t i s t ”
learn intellect+ information
pro effort + attitude
bend transform + improve
artist authentic + self-realized
how
alberto contardo-sfeir
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