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The Art of Living Sideways

Skateboarding, Peace and Elicitive Conflict Transformation

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  • Master thesis in Peace, Security, Development and International Conflict Transformation
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Masters of Peace (MAPEAC)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

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About this book

Sophie Friedel explores the action of skateboarding in her book as a way to escape cycles of despair, not only in war torn environments and regions affected by poverty. The author critically reflects on her involvements of teaching skateboarding in Afghanistan within the context of youth empowerment and peace work. By way of personal experiences, Friedel illustrates how skateboarding can be understood as an elicitive approach to peace work and conflict transformation that unfolds the extraordinary human potential inherent to all of us. 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Vienna, Austria

    Sophie Friedel

About the author

Sophie Friedel is a peace and conflict researcher from the MA Program in Peace, Development, Security and International Conflict Transformation at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. She has travelled through Europe, Afghanistan and Costa Rica to teach skateboarding and is currently training to become a Psychotherapist. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Art of Living Sideways

  • Book Subtitle: Skateboarding, Peace and Elicitive Conflict Transformation

  • Authors: Sophie Friedel

  • Series Title: Masters of Peace

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-08955-9

  • Publisher: Springer Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Behavioral Science, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-08954-2Published: 20 March 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-08955-9Published: 11 March 2015

  • Series ISSN: 2364-463X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2364-4648

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 106

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Psychotherapy and Counseling, Personality and Social Psychology

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