2018 International Conference Videos

Indigenous Conflict Resolution

Indigenous conflict resolution practices have been neglected for a long time in our conflict resolution training and curriculum design.

Due to the influence of the Western system of education, the legal systems in most countries that have a significant number of indigenous populations are unfortunately Western. 

At ICERMediation, we believe that relegating indigenous ways of resolving conflict to a state of inertia is not only morally wrong, but a naïve policy that encourages cultural genocide. 

Indigenous Conflict Resolution Systems and Processes

To start a global conversation on this phenomenon, we decided to make indigenous conflict resolution systems and processes the central theme for our 5th Annual International Conference on Ethnic and Religious Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding. 

The conference was held at Queens College, City University of New York, 65-30 Kissena Blvd, Queens, NY 11367.

Participants came from many countries around the world. 

In the edited volume, Traditional Systems and Practices of Conflict Resolution, you will find research findings that were presented at the conference. 

The conference also inspired the Virtual Indigenous Kingdoms project. 

Below, you can watch the video recordings of the conference sessions, including the keynote address, distinguished speeches, and panel discussions. 

Please subscribe to our channel to receive updates about future video productions. 

Day One - 2018 Conference

29 Videos

Day Two - 2018 Conference

40 Videos

Day Three - 2018 Conference

26 Videos
Share

Related Articles

Religions in Igboland: Diversification, Relevance and Belonging

Religion is one of the socioeconomic phenomena with undeniable impacts on humanity anywhere in the world. As sacrosanct as it seems, religion is not only important to the understanding of the existence of any indigenous population but also has policy relevance in the interethnic and developmental contexts. Historical and ethnographic evidence on different manifestations and nomenclatures of the phenomenon of religion abound. The Igbo nation in Southern Nigeria, on both sides of the Niger River, is one of the largest black entrepreneurial cultural groups in Africa, with unmistakable religious fervour that implicates sustainable development and interethnic interactions within its traditional borders. But the religious landscape of Igboland is constantly changing. Until 1840, the dominant religion(s) of the Igbo was indigenous or traditional. Less than two decades later, when Christian missionary activity commenced in the area, a new force was unleashed that would eventually reconfigure the indigenous religious landscape of the area. Christianity grew to dwarf the dominance of the latter. Before the centenary of Christianity in Igboland, Islam and other less hegemonic faiths arose to compete against indigenous Igbo religions and Christianity. This paper tracks the religious diversification and its functional relevance to harmonious development in Igboland. It draws its data from published works, interviews, and artefacts. It argues that as new religions emerge, the Igbo religious landscape will continue to diversify and/or adapt, either for inclusivity or exclusivity among the existing and emerging religions, for the survival of the Igbo.

Share