A video demonstration of the “Actor, Content, Context, Process" (ACCP) interactive conflict analysis methodology developed for peace mediation. The video provides a holistic learning experience – cognitive, behavioral and motivational – and supports transfer of the methodology between academia and practice. It is a first in a series of tools to professionalise the field of peace mediation.
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Conflict Analysis for Mediation: The ACCP Framework (Part 1)www.youtube.com
A video demonstration of the “Actor, Content, Context, Process (ACCP)” interactive conflict analysis methodology, developed specifically for the field of peace mediation. The ACCP is an interactive methodology in which mediators and/or conflict parties analyse a conflict together, mapping it into key categories, seeing connections between elements, and ultimately creating a foundation for mediation process design (see Annex 1 for picture illustrations).
The video demonstration will include professional recording and illustrations of an actual ACCP analysis process with interjections of key messages. This way, the video will allow MAS ETH MPP students and other mediation practitioners to grasp the methodology’s intricacies and multitude of possibilities for analysis. It will introduce the students to key principles of the ACCP methodology and the various layers of analysis one can engage with as well as highlight best practices and key risks associated with the method. Such a video will also best exemplify the method’s participatory and interactive nature, which cannot be fully explained theoretically.
The video demonstration will be hosted on the program website and accessible to the MAS ETH MPP students, their respective practice communities, the strategic partners of the program, and the broader mediation community. It will serve as the first in a series of tools to professionalise the field of peace mediation.
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Conflict Analysis for Mediation: The ACCP Framework (Part 2)www.youtube.com
The video demonstration is widely accessible allowing for seamless implementation for teaching by current and future students, the program’s strategic partners, and the broader mediation community. This is for the following reasons:
• It is short, simple, clear, and engaging in style, with a 2-minute introductory video and a 6-minute longer explanatory video, both available on ETH Youtube.
• It complements self-study, and in-class exercises, providing a holistic pedagogy that includes audio and visual learning components, in addition to analytical learning through reading and kinaesthetic learning through practice.
• It illustrates a general methodology, rather than a particular case study, and is thus not bound to a specific time or context. It is also culturally sensitive, gender inclusive and available in six different languages (English, Spanish, French, Arabic, German, and Russian), thus making it relevant for a wide global audience.
Innovative elements
It showcases a conflict analysis methodology specific to peace mediation in video format, enabling learners to get an overall sense of a complex and time-consuming process in a quick, easy and engaging manner, as well as easily share it with others for further learning and work purposes.
Room for improvement
The translation process could have been better planned in advance, with more time allocated for it and more targeted resource people pre-identified.
Opinion of students
Students as well as other trainers and program partners have responded with enthusiasm to the video. They have noted specifically on its clarity, engagement, gender sensitivity, and practicality. They have mentioned sharing it with colleagues, as well as using it in various training capacities. In six months since the English version of the video has been online, the video gained almost 1000 views on YouTube.
Tips for lecturers
• If producing a video, invest in professional production companies.
• Using animation (rather than live-action film) provides advantageous flexibility when it comes to global accessibility, cultural sensitivity and gender inclusion, as well as possible adaptations in the process.
• When translating content into multiple languages that have specific sensitivities, make sure to have point persons per language and invest time and resources in order to get translations that are true to the essence of ideas rather than literal translations.
