Geat. There is more to come soon. I hope you find the content useful and entertaining.

Thanks for your comment. I am glad to hear that you find this video helpful.

Glad you like it!

Thank you so much. I am glad to hear that you find this little video informative and helpful!

Hey Monica, great to hear from you. I think you are doing the most wonderful work there in Kenya, and East Africa - showing us the way!

@@BrynHiggs1 Thank you for the complements

Feel free to send in requests for tools you would like us to illustrate. Maybe we will get to them...

I am glad to hear that you find this little video helpful.

I suggest you pick a few conflicts that you know something about, and consider firstly the direct violence that presents itself, and then the deeper types of violence that are more hidden, so that the conflict is better understood. You might then go on to consider who benefits when a shallow understanding of violence (principally just direct violence) is promoted; and who might benefit from a deeper understanding in each case, observing any common threads between your examples. Lastly you might consider how an approach founded upon (for example) basic human rights principles shared by all parites, might strengthen the case for a deeper understanding of the conflict, and form some common ground for those on the ground to start to consider ways out of the conflict.

Galtung's triangle is often called Galtung's Conflict Triangle, so no.

I'd suggest that Galtung's triangle is most useful for analysing events and dynamics where violence is central to the actions taking place. Whatever type of violence is involved, it most commonly concerns infringement of the rights of others, through an abuse of power, often by powerful actors. In the case of panic buying we are seeing a behaviour that does infringe the rights of others, and it does involve an abuse of power. But it is undertaken by individuals who are in the main not powerful in this context, and its primary purpose is not the violence inflicted. Most commonly it is an ordinary shopper adding one or two extra items to a trolley. So in response to your first question, I agree that it can be viewed as a violent act, but because the violence/harm is a secondary and unintended effect of the action. Galtung's triangle is less powerful a analytical tool in this instance than it would be if violence was the central dynamic. And so in response to your second question, the triangle is most useful where violence is most central to the actions taking place.

@@BrynHiggs1 gee i appreciate your answer a lot! my lecturer keeps saying that its better if you can see a violence triangle in every action, but I believe still that NOT every action is meant to be analyzed with this triangle

Thannicha Lermtong I am glad you find the information useful. Hope you can apply it to your work and interests.

Not quite. The argument is that violence can have three forms - the direct violence that we can see, and the underpinning violence that is often not seen, that is structural or cultural. So, for example, if a person who is hungry steals a loaf of bread, that is violence to the baker. But if the thief is outcast from the community by discrimination, their hunger is caused by another kind of violence. The violence then is not just the theft, but also the discrimination that leads to hunger. Try running through the video slowly to fully appreciate this point.

BrynHiggs1 qq

Hi Bryn, glad you like it. Yes, slowly but surely getting there. And as you know, there is more to come.

Hey Arpana, thanks for the comment. Glad to hear you like it. There is more to come. More on RPP - already in the making - as well as on other peacebuilding issues. If there is any topic you think we should tackle on The Peacebuilding Practitioner, let me know and I see what we can do. Until then, take care.

Bijay, you just made my day. Thank you so much for your kind words. And great to hear that you like these short introductory videos. I am still finding my way into sharing knowledge via video - as compared to facilitating a face-to-faxce learning process. But I think we are on the right track. There is more to come. And if you have any special requests about tools and approaches I should tackle here, please let me know.

Great! Let me know once you have more clarity and I will see what I can do.

@@thepeacebuildingpractition1748 this is a great video that brings clarity. I would like to download it for a lesson presentation but cannot get it downloaded. Help please

Thanks! I am glad you like it. We at The Peacebuilding Practitioner are currently working on more videos presenting some of the tools the we found helpful over the years, purring through a few case studies to show them in action and looking at some of the make it or break it issues around them. There is more to com soon. Also more on the RPP approach. So pop by again in over the coming weeks. Or subscribe to make sure you get a notification when new videos are up.

Thanks Bryn! Working on a general introduction video on the RPP matrix at the moment. Will be available soon.

oh yes BrynHiggs it takes me back in analysing some of the successful and unsuccesful campaigns we have had in North Rift Region. most importantly implementation of the strategies may not be easy but always possible only if you stick to your goal.

Hi Monicah, how good to hear from you. I miss the TTT work so much - you are doing things that are so exciting and important. I agree very much about sticking to your goal - it is easy to get sidetracked, but then ones energies can be pulled in all sorts of directions, and in the end be lost. I'd so much welcome any input you have on the peace practitioner web site - we imagine it could be somewhere where experiences like those of you and all of you in Kenya, Rwanda and Burundi could share what has worked for you. Do pass round the link and encourage others to chip in. We're going to post some free training things soon - maybe 5 minute clips. Much of it will be known to you already, but there's no harm in sharing skills as you know. Keep up the amazing work!

I hope you find this case study and how how the RPP approach was used to develop the respective strategy helpful for your work.

Strategic Nudge Good point and an important one when it comes to developing sound strategies. And regarding your point about linking the individual level to the needed changes at a wider level on the socio-political level, I am currently working on another video that tackles that very point! So stay tuned and watch this space (or subscribe and you will get a notification automatically).