Presented in collaboration with The Blue Castle

MUN doctoral student and Trudeau fellow, Leila Qashu will discuss Ateetee, a musical conflict resolution ritual undertaken by Arsi Oromo women in Ethiopia. Although these women are excluded from many male spaces, activities and political decisions, they secure and assert their power by creating their own social spaces and by interacting with the male social order through such media as musical conflict resolution rituals. Leila will explain the ritual through stories, musical, video and pictorial examples from her fieldwork.

Leila Qashu is a doctoral candidate in Ethnomusicology at MUN. She has studied and worked in Canada, Africa and Europe. Outside her studies, Leila plays viola in the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra.

Date and Time: Tuesday, November 15 at 8 pm
Location: The Ship (265 Duckworth Street)
Admission: Free

This may not be the most appropriate situation for mediaton.

Read the article in The Guardian:

William Ury, author of "Getting to Yes," offers an elegant, simple (but not easy) way to create agreement in even the most difficult situations -- from family conflict to, perhaps, the Middle East.

People often ask if it is worth trying to negotiate with people they perceive as being mean spirited or evil. This article from Foreign Policy attempts to answer this question.

"So if there is no absolute answer, how should one decide? There are five questions that I have found to help guide a particular case: What are the interests at stake? What are the alternatives to negotiation? What are the costs of negotiation? Is there a potential deal that both parties would agree to? Could such a deal be implemented?"

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