Stories convey underlying cultural value systems and reflect the set priorities which guide actions and reactions in a conflict. The facilitator can detect undercurrents of the conflict and also speak about its historical context. This narrative analysis can be used for fictional stories, but also applied to the actual conflict narrative. This concept is about generating alternative stories. Encourage imagination and multiple possibilities.
Most stories tell about conflict.
In both factual and fictional writing, conflict is most often the driving narrative force. This concept helps create alternative perspectives on the conflict, including 'wearing the other's shoes' and building empathy. Let participants tell the story in the third person using different names. This is a creative way of telling the conflict story. At the same time, the creation of characters provides distance and allows the real role players to comment from 'the outside'.