1st Edition
Tell Your Life Story Creating Dialogue among Jews and Germans, Israelis and Palestinians
By Dan Bar-On
Copyright 2006
258 Pages
by
Central European University Press
Describes Dan Bar-On's method of using storytelling as both a qualitative biographical research method and as an intervention, to bring people from opposite sides of an abyss to a dialogue. Such work needs slow pace and long-term commitment, with a special combination of a scientific rigorous analysis with a sensitive approach toward the people one approaches.
Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction: My Journey Through the Whirlwind, Chapter 1 Developing a Methodology: Narratives and Stories, Chapter 2 Reconstructing Narratives Out of Silence: Beginning a Dialogue Between Germans and Israelis, Chapter 3 PRIME: Peace-Building Efforts Under Fire, Chapter 4 Storytelling in the Israeli Jewish and Palestinian Context, Chapter 5 The Diverse Voices of Haifa In Conclusion: Life's Rivers, Whirlwinds, and Whirlpools, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Dan Bar-On was Professor of Psychology at the Department of Behavioral Sciences at Ben-Gurion University. He was also the co-director of PRIME (Peace Research Institute in the Middle East).
