You Can’t Kill a Louse with One Finger”
A Case Study of Interpersonal Conflict in Karamoja, Uganda
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11218671 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lorelle Jabs (corresponding author), Lorelle Beth Jabs |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 483-501 |
| Publication date | 2010-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Peace & Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0149-0508 • E-ISSN: 1468-0130 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0130.2010.00644.x |
| OpenAlex | W1897122247 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Among the Karimojong, a preliterate tribe residing in northeast Uganda, interpersonal conflict tends to be harsh, bloody, violent, and often results in serious injury. Intra‐group conflict resolution practices in this remote community were analyzed through interpersonal conflict stories. Virtually all of the thirty‐one stories of violent conflict described here achieve complete reconciliation and full restoration of relationships. The system of conflict resolution so effectively employed among the Karimojong illustrates the place of reconciliation described by Lederach where truth and mercy, justice and peace meet. While Lederach utilizes the concept of reconciliation to discuss intra‐ and inter‐state conflict, the current manuscript illustrates how the paradoxical qualities of truth and mercy, justice and peace are practically employed to effectively resolve situations of extremely difficult interpersonal conflict
Conflict resolution · Conflict resolution research · Criminology · Economic Justice · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal relationship · Interpersonal violence · Poison control · Political science · Sociology · State (computer science · Suicide prevention · Tribe · African history and culture analysis · Cambodian History and Society · Computer Science · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |