Living together and peace in times of crisis: the role of mediation

Abstract

Society finds itself in these first two decades of the 21st century facing several challenges, resulting from crises that are installed in several domains. In general, citizens are deeply involved in questioning ways of living in society. The desire to live in peace is not new. However, human coexistence is imbued with problems (social, political, technological, etc.) that lead to revisiting concepts, models and practices. Crises, living together, peace and mediation are the central themes of analysis in this text, which aims to answer the following question: To what extent can mediation contribute to the construction of coexistence and peace? The argument developed advocates that mediation consists of a medium, supported by a centrifugal and amplifying dynamic of the effects of training and empowerment of individuals, capable of generating collaborative social spaces, where healthy coexistence is built and social peace is generated.