Research
Gathering Food for Thought: First Nations peoples' approach to peacebuilding and peacemaking in Australia
Dr Helen Bishop, Dr Alysoun Boyle, Professor Tania Sourdin, Dr Bin Li, and Sally Prowse.
University of Newcastle, Australia
Report Accepted: February 2024
The aim of this research is to amplify and shed light on First Nations practices, purposes, and processes, beyond what might be assumed by Western principles or processes.
The primary objective is to locate significant materials and create digital records that are readily accessible to First Nations people. By cataloguing this culturally significant information, we aim to contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of First Nations practices, and to support the development of a national body of knowledge recognising and incorporating First Nations perspectives on the full scope of conflict and its management in this country.
The Research Team that prepared this report includes First Nations and non-First Nations people.
This comprehensive report, is divided into five parts as follows:
Part One – Overview
Part Two – Gathering Food for Thought: Terminology, language, and key concepts
Part Three – Gathering Food for Thought: First Nations peoples’ approaches to preventing and managing conflict
Part Four – Gathering Food for Thought: data and information
Part Five – Thought: First Nations peoples’ and Indigenous communities’ approaches to peacebuilding and peacemaking
‘Playing devil’s advocate’: Reality testing in the context of mediation in Australia
Lola Akin Ojelabi and Alysoun Boyle
RMIT University, Melbourne Australia
December 2022
Video Presentation
Presentation on the findings from the Reality Testing research conducted by Professor Lola Akin Ojelabi and Dr Alysoun Boyle.
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