Scientific article
English

The Orange of Discord? Collectively Transforming a Neighbor Dispute Through Participatory Theater

ContributorsNocheva, Nikolenaorcid
Published inPeace review, p. 1-16
First online date2025-01-14
Abstract

By pairing Galtung’s creative conflict transformation lens and Allen’s pedagogy for nonviolence with participatory theater, this work delves into analysis of the spontaneous nonviolent impulses that emerge from collaborative processes with a group of eight individuals in migration, from the Roseraie integration center, in Geneva, Switzerland. Notably, it assesses how conditions of nonviolence are collectively created and experimented. To do so, it discusses the spontaneous transformation of a fictional conflict over the fair distribution of orange fruits between two neighbors. By enacting the same discord differently, participants develop the confidence to contest, negotiate and embody their own suggestions, thereby experimenting with a social world that is susceptible to change. Ultimately, this work demonstrates that circumstances of nonviolence, understood as alternative interpretations and aspirations for harmonizing existing social structures, arise from processes that bind individuals to each other and the world, such as conscious embodiment, subversion and enchantment.

Keywords
  • Non-violence
  • Participatory theater
  • Creative conflict transformation
  • Embodiment
  • Enchantment
Affiliation entities Not a UNIGE publication
Funding
  • Cooperatio Program, Research Area POLS
Citation (ISO format)
NOCHEVA, Nikolena. The Orange of Discord? Collectively Transforming a Neighbor Dispute Through Participatory Theater. In: Peace review, 2025, p. 1–16. doi: 10.1080/10402659.2025.2449941
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Journal ISSN1040-2659
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