Feelings in conflict

• Emotions are exhausting – especially for Germans who always want to be right: The fact that emotions and feelings have cultural backgrounds and can certainly have their national borders is shown by the wonderful Interview with Michael Boiger, who works as a research assistant in Leuven, Belgium. Emotions and cultures, especially in the context of conflictsresearches.
• How we store emotions and feelings and use them as a template for later conflict management – unfortunately:This article shows how we store our feelings and what significance this has for stressful, conflict-laden situations in life.
• Whether we have the Dealing with your own emotions This article in ZEIT online deals with how we can learn to do this.

Social conflicts and satire

• What satire can achieve in social conflictsWhat can satire contribute to dealing with social conflicts? The detailed article in Perspective Daily is well worth reading.

News from the mediation scene

• The Bundesverband Mediation e.V. celebrates its 25th anniversary on 27.5.17 in Berlin. Congratulations!

• Traffic mediation Kluftern: The large-scale mediation on the traffic situation and bypass in Kluftern has been completed. The participants, mediated by the experienced Hütter&Partnerhave submitted a resolution recommendation to the responsible administrative bodies (city councils). You can find detailed mediations on the specially created website in addition.
• Ending international child abduction through mediation: This topic is highly topical in the context of mediation and is now also reflected in the general daily press. For example, – such as the WORLDThe parents of little Lara also wrote – to reach an agreement by way of mediation.
• Books on environmental mediation: Environmental mediation is in vogue and the issue of balancing interests in large environmental projects is becoming increasingly important. The challenges can no longer be overcome in a reasonable amount of time with court proceedings – but how can a commitment be found for large groups of people who change over time? An example can be found here in the newsletter on Traffic mediation Kluftern. In addition, there are several specialised books published by Springer.

Miscellaneous

• The Federal Court of Justice has ruled that the parent willing to vaccinate prevails and the joint child can also be immunised against the will of the other parent. Here is the Press release of the BGH on the vaccination decision.
• Populists in the political battle of opinion: In recent months, the outrage against populists has been particularly strong – after years, young people have become politicised again and the political battle of opinions has once again moved to the centre of the generations. Perspective Daily shows, How populists are dealt with journalistically abroad – instead of getting bogged down in fundamental questions about whether stages should be made available, and if so, to whom, for how long and for what reasons.
• British photographer Lalage Snow has been photographing faces before, during and after war for years. Her series We are not dead (click here to go to the Lalage Snow website)shows her work. Here is an article on ZETT.