Pathways to Relational Resilience, Taos Institute, 31 May-1 June, 2024, 12:00pm-2:30pm EDT each day (online).
A 2-part workshop featuring the use of the arts and reflective dialogue to create relational resilience in the midst of conflict. Hosted by Taos Institute Vice-President Sheila McNamee and Taos Institute Associate Deb Nathan.
Whether it’s conflict between nations, within families, between partners, or with colleagues, it is challenging to find ways to move beyond conflict towards greater understanding and an appreciation of difference. However, it is not impossible, and hope can be found even amid the deepest of divides. How do we hold on to our beliefs while making room for other perspectives? As the political and social aspects of the world in which we live become more polarized, how do we learn to tolerate difference and listen to viewpoints that differ dramatically from our own? How do we work together and learn to value difference?
This online workshop features relational alternatives to more traditional approaches to conflict resolution. Participants will explore a unique approach to engaging with conflict that encourages the development of relational resilience in participants by helping them learn to think critically and creatively, and to appreciate the value of difference.
Participants will engage in interactive experiences that incorporate the utilization of art and reflecting dialogue to illustrate how the two can work together to shift from conflict to curiosity and generate constructive understandings of difference.
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