Tell Your Life Story : Creating Dialogue Among Jews and Germans, Israelis and Palestinians

Describes Dan Bar-On's method of using storytelling as both a qualitative biographical research method and as an intervention, to bring people from opposite sides of an abyss to a dialogue. Such work needs slow pace and long-term commitment, with a special combination of a scientific rigorous analysis with a sensitive approach toward the people one approaches. Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgements INTRODUCTION. My Journey Through the Whirlwind CHAPTER 1. Developing a Methodology: Narratives and Stories CHAPTER 2. Reconstructing Narratives Out of Silence: Beginning a Dialogue Between Germans and Israelis CHAPTER 3. PRIME: Peace-Building Efforts Under Fire CHAPTER 4. Storytelling in the Israeli Jewish and Palestinian Context CHAPTER 5. The Diverse Voices of Haifa IN CONCLUSION. Life’s Rivers, Whirlwinds and Whirlpools BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX