Defending dignity. Fighting poverty.
Introduction to Participatory Conflict Analysis
Oliver Chevreau
Conflict Advisor - CIUK
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Today we are going to…• Explore some key concepts
around Peace, Conflict &
Violence.
• Consider why a Conflict Analysis
might be helpful.
• Learn step-by-step how to
complete three participatory
methods; Peace & Conflict
Timeline, Actor Mapping and
Underlying Causes of Conflict
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What is Conflict?
“A relationship between two or more interdependent parties in which at least one of the parties perceives the relationship to be negative or detects and pursues opposing interests and needs.”
GTZ
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What isViolence?
Direct Violence - the use or threat of physical force or verbal attacks
Cultural Violence – deeply ingrained attitudes and beliefs that justify the necessity of violence.
Structural violence – how certain groups are discriminated against through social, political and economic systems.
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What isPeace?
Negative Peace is the absence of the direct violence.
Positive Peace is the absence of direct and structural violence with mechanisms to allow individuals and groups to resolve their conflicts.
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Why do a Conflict Analysis?
• Conflict analysis helps thinking about
how programmes are going to work in
conflict-affected contexts.
• Participatory conflict analysis can help
CARE and parties to the conflict
articulate the issues more clearly.
• Understanding your context helps you
adopt a conflict sensitive practice to your
programming.
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Three participatory conflictanalysis models…
1. Peace & Conflict Timeline
2. Actor Mapping3. Underlying
causes of Conflict
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Participatory Conflict Analysis ExercisesYou will need:
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Conflict Timeline
Time
Co
nfl
ict
Ind
icat
or
Escalation
De-escalation
Crisis-point
Relative cessation
of hostilities
Levels of Conflict do not start at zero!
Any patterns in the data?
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Actor Mapping
Positive relationship
Very strong alliance
Direction of Influence
Unknown relationship
Broken relationship
Relationship in conflict
Divided Actor
Where’s CARE?
If this was drawn from the perspective of a different
actor group how would this mapping change?
How would other actors perceive CARE?
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The iceberg above the sea represents what you can see of the
conflict
The shoreline represents potential triggers to the conflict
The ice beneath the sea represents the
underlying drivers of conflict Proximate Causes of Conflict
Underlying drivers of conflict
Deep historical grievances
Long standing cultural norms
Bombing, Fighting, SGBV, Terrorist
Attacks
Elections, food price hikes, religious
festivals
Economic recession, migration
flows
Perceived persecution of one
ethnic group, corruption, elite resource capture
Colonialism, cultural norms regarding
patriarchal societies
Can you connect any of the levels
together?
At which Level is CARE best placed to
work?
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