Abstract

CUNHA, Pedro  and  MONTEIRO, Ana Paula. Epistemology and practice of mediation: a culture of peace. Arq. bras. psicol. [online]. 2017, vol.69, n.3, pp. 199-207. ISSN 1809-5267.

We try to analyze, the close relationship established between the existence of conflict, the search for peace and mediation, understood in Portugal today, as a socio-professional activity with multiple forms of approach, applicable in different fields of activity and which can integrate different intervention models. Indeed, mediation can be part of a larger context of social peace, which may take such diverse forms as a simple alternative route to conflict resolution; an authentic environment, effective and constructive conflict management; an important mode of social regulation; or a real model of social intervention. Regardless of the circumstances that define, simultaneously, its epistemology and its pragmatic, mediation promotes, without exception, the empowerment of individuals who seek it and changing its initial conflicting premises for an agreement that is to be "co-built" by individuals. Many relevant questions can thus be asked and this is what we propose to discuss.

Keywords : Mediation; Conflict; Relationship conflict-mediation; Peace.

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