Beyond Conflict: Art, Mind, and Society

Grounded in neuroscience and the Beyond Conflict approach, this panel conversation will explore creative mindsets, the ways artists bridge conflict, and the role of arts organizations in that process. Expect to deepen your understanding of how neuroscience connects to human behavior while rooting the symposium’s first day firmly in the arts, and prepare for step-back perspectives.

About Beyond Conflict

For 30 years, Beyond Conflict has created powerful and innovative frameworks to open pathways for progress in peace talks, transitions to democracy, and national reconciliation in the aftermath of division and violence in over 75 countries. Their powerful methodology of shared experience is grounded in two core principles: that people can learn from each other and that people can change. They have partnered with cognitive and behavioral scientists to bring forward a new framework at the intersection of behavioral sciences and real-world experience. Their goal is to apply brain science to design and promote new tools that reduce conflict, increase tolerance, and facilitate positive social change in the United States and abroad.
 

This program is made possible with support from Google.org.