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Peer to Peer education – Boris Pavlović

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What was the topic of the discussion and how was organised?

Reconciliation as an imperative for moving on. After our introduction speech we saw the movie A Letter, and then we discussed some life situations the participants were in. It was organised as a discussion in which Sanida and I were the moderators. The discussion was planned to last for an hour and a half, but it lasted for two and a half hours instead due to the interest of the participants.

Explain the reaction of the participants on your speech.

Right after our introduction speech the participants didn’t start actively participating in the discussion, but after some encouragement the discussion was pretty intense.

Have you notice the impact of your lecture on the participants? Explain.

Some of the participants had a very strict attitude when it came to blaming Serbia and Serbs for the past events, but when we gave them an example how Bosniaks committed a crime they realized that they couldn’t identify themselves as a part of the same group, thus they realized that they cannot generalize an entire nation for a crime of a single person.

What were the questions posed by the participants and how did you react?

We planned our peer to peer education as a discussion. Most of the things we discussed were events from the participants lives, meaning that participants didn’t ask us many questions.

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