Abstracts and Biographies:
Practice theory
When the Dispute’s not the Primary Problem:
Transforming conflict through conferencing
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David B. Moore
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| People in conflict often take part in some form of dispute
resolution. The process may be adversarial; it may be non-adversarial. Unfortunately, both
options are sometimes the wrong medicine. In many cases of conflict, people don’t
need so much to clarify the facts of any specific dispute as much as they need to
acknowledge and transform the general conflict. In their recent book, Transforming
Conflict, David Moore and fellow Transformative Justice Australia Director John
McDonald introduced a theory of conflict transformation and a very practical guide to
using “conferencing” to transform conflict in workplaces and other communities.
In this conversation, we will visit some of the first principles of conflict
transformation, and results from some of the very successful conferencing programs
internationally.
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| David Moore holds degrees in languages, political economy,
and social theory. He taught at Melbourne University and Charles Sturt, where he
coordinated Justice Studies and was centrally involved in the Australian pilot of
community conferencing. David later worked in the Queensland Premier’s Department,
before co-founding Transformative Justice Australia in 1995. David now lives with his
family in Sydney, and works internationally promoting transformative justice. |
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