elicitive approach

Inspired by Latin American practitioners like Paulo Freire and Orlando Fals Borda alongside critical reflection of his own training practices in diverse cultural settings, John Paul identified a continuum of approaches ranging between two ideal-type models: prescriptive and elicitive. Whereas the prescriptive model is based on transferring content from one setting to another, the elicitive approach explores cultural resources and expands local innovations in any given setting. This approach builds from participatory action research, which comprised a significant element of John Paul’s accompaniment of peacebuilding from early years in Central America to later iterations in Nepal. The writings featured in this section explore the emergence and application of an elicitive approach, primarily between the mid-1990s and mid-2000s.

Enredos, pleitos y problemas: Una guía práctica para ayudar a resolver conflictos
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Enredos, pleitos y problemas: Una guía práctica para ayudar a resolver conflictos

1992
El abecé de la paz y los conflictos: Educación para la paz
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El abecé de la paz y los conflictos: Educación para la paz

Este libro pretende ayudar a personas educadoras y educandos a comprender la complejidad del conflicto, la guerra, la violencia.

2001
Preparing for Peace: Conflict Transformation Across Cultures
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Preparing for Peace: Conflict Transformation Across Cultures

An exploration of prescriptive and elicitive methods of training and conflict work across cultures that places emphasis on the resources emergent from the context and setting of a given conflict. 

1996
Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies
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Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies

An exploration of the dynamics of contemporary conflict and presentation of an integrated framework for peacebuilding and the transformation of conflict.

1997
Peacebuilding: A Caritas Training Manual
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Peacebuilding: A Caritas Training Manual

A training of trainers manual to support NGO workers engaging in peacebuilding, conflict resolution, and reconciliation initiatives.

2002
Beyond Prescription: Perspectives on Conflict, Culture, and Training
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Beyond Prescription: Perspectives on Conflict, Culture, and Training

A manuscript written for the Inter-racial and Cross-cultural Conflict Resolution Project at Conrad Grebel College's Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies.

1994
Journey from Resolution to Transformative Peacebuilding
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Journey from Resolution to Transformative Peacebuilding

A chapter reflecting on three specific experiences that marked important evolutions in John Paul's thinking and practice.

2000
The Paradox of Popular Justice: A Practitioner’s View
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The Paradox of Popular Justice: A Practitioner’s View

A reflection highlighting the authors' tensions around the concepts of popular, justice, community, and empowerment and an inside view and assessment of the success and potential of the movement toward popular justice.

1993
Conflict Resolution in Cross Cultural Context
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Conflict Resolution in Cross Cultural Context

A chapter reflecting on the promises and pitfalls of conflict resolution in a cross-cultural setting.

1989
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