John Paul Lederach in Positive Approaches to Peacebuilding, Cynthia Sampson, Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Claudia Liebler and Diana Whitney, eds. (Washington D.C.: Pact Publications, 2003).

This book applies appreciative inquiry – a way to bring about change using elicitive questions – as a way to develop positive approaches to peacebuilding. In his chapter, Lederach explores use of the creative process, especially the use of storytelling and music in motivating action. The focus is not placed on solving a problem, but rather on addressing the relational spaces an environment that surround it. In the end, he contends, people and their environments are transformed.

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