TY - BOOK AU - Friedel,Sophie ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - The Art of Living Sideways: Skateboarding, Peace and Elicitive Conflict Transformation T2 - Masters of Peace SN - 9783658089559 AV - RC475-489.2 U1 - 616.8914 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Wiesbaden PB - Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, Imprint: Springer KW - psychology KW - Psychotherapy KW - Counseling KW - PERSONality KW - social psychology KW - Psychology KW - Psychotherapy and Counseling KW - Personality and Social Psychology N1 - Transrational Peace Research -- The Aesthetics of Transrational Peace Philosophy -- Kabul, Peace and Skateboarding -- Sport for Development & Peace: A Space for Peace Work? -- Humanistic Roots, Embodiment and Transformation -- Thoughts on Working with Peace in the Early 21st Century N2 - 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.   Contents   ·         Transrational Peace Research ·         The Aesthetics of Transrational Peace Philosophy ·         Kabul, Peace and Skateboarding ·         Sport for Development & Peace: A Space for Peace Work? ·         Humanistic Roots, Embodiment and Transformation ·         Thoughts on Working with Peace in the Early 21st Century   Target Groups ·         Lecturers and Students in Social Science and Physical Culture Studies, Peace Students and Conflict Transformation Researchers ·         Practitioners from the field of Sport for Development and Peace, Psychotherapists, Skateboarders   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 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-08955-9 ER -