Moving from Competitive Victimhood to Inclusive Victimhood in Conflicted Societies. The politicising of unhealthy victimhood in both post-conflict Northern Irish society and conflicted Israeli/Palestinian society fuels the belief that the lives of one section of the community are valued over another’s, creating division and dehumanising the other. This project aims to move people from this concept of competitive victimhood to inclusive victimhood through radical listening and dialogue. It will use the power of story to help those perceived as the ‘other’ to hear the story and pain of the other. The aim is to show that whatever one’s nationalistic identity, it can never supersede one’s common and shared humanity. Beneficiaries: The project will be located in the Irish/British context in Belfast, Dublin and the Israeli/Palestinian context in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, with a maximum of 20 people per meeting.
Emergence Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, no. 1050701.
