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.
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- 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
- back cover