## Stap 1: Wat is een conflict?

Rohingya in een vluchtelingenkamp in Rakhine, een provincie in Myanmar.

Lees deze teksten:

1. Betekenis en definitie van ‘Conflict’.

2.

Conflict is thus not synonymous of war. Instead, it is a dimension of diversity and interculturality inherent in democracy and peace. Politics and political actors are defined through conflict processes which are driven by unequal power relations (both real and historical). Social conflict in itself is not negative. If conflict is managed through dialogue and negotiation—while addressing both structural and circumstantial causes—it can be a tool and an opportunity for making society more egalitarian. Bron: ‘Understanding social conflict in Latin America’