Documentary Analysis: Putting Ourselves In Their Shoes
Steps of Mediation
Introduction: In this essay I will be discussing the main steps in the process of mediation. I will be citing the 2011 documentary Putting Ourselves in Their Shoes: The Dialogue Table of Tintaya by the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. In this documentary the community members of Tintaya mine have their land taken through subsequent privatization from the government, which is then sold to a company called BHP Billiton. The two groups must negotiate a resolution in the form of mediation in order to insure the native community is treated fairly.
Thesis Statement: From this documentary I have noticed there are 6 steps in mediation: 1. designating a 3rd party mediator, 2. setting rules for communication, 3. bringing the parties together to discuss issues and their perspective, 4. creating groups of people from both parties to resolve issues, 5. coming back with some solutions, and 6. negotiating the resolution. Some of the qualities required in mediation are transparency, …show more content…
In this documentary the company sent their general manager to a class from Oxfam Australia to teach mine owners, where he came up with the idea for both groups to meet and talk to each other and participate in the roundtable process.I think this was necessary for both groups to understand each other better and make communication easier and that this demonstrated participatory and accountability as they both participated in meeting together and are now responsible for the outcome of the meeting. The facilitator made everyone make a list of main problems consisting of human rights, land, sustainable development, and the environment, which they divided into voluntary groups who were suppose to find a resolution to their assigned
Introduction: In this essay I will be discussing the main steps in the process of mediation. I will be citing the 2011 documentary Putting Ourselves in Their Shoes: The Dialogue Table of Tintaya by the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. In this documentary the community members of Tintaya mine have their land taken through subsequent privatization from the government, which is then sold to a company called BHP Billiton. The two groups must negotiate a resolution in the form of mediation in order to insure the native community is treated fairly.
Thesis Statement: From this documentary I have noticed there are 6 steps in mediation: 1. designating a 3rd party mediator, 2. setting rules for communication, 3. bringing the parties together to discuss issues and their perspective, 4. creating groups of people from both parties to resolve issues, 5. coming back with some solutions, and 6. negotiating the resolution. Some of the qualities required in mediation are transparency, …show more content…
In this documentary the company sent their general manager to a class from Oxfam Australia to teach mine owners, where he came up with the idea for both groups to meet and talk to each other and participate in the roundtable process.I think this was necessary for both groups to understand each other better and make communication easier and that this demonstrated participatory and accountability as they both participated in meeting together and are now responsible for the outcome of the meeting. The facilitator made everyone make a list of main problems consisting of human rights, land, sustainable development, and the environment, which they divided into voluntary groups who were suppose to find a resolution to their assigned