Nonviolent Communication
Marshall Rosenberg
| Nonviolent Communication link (technology, non-violence) | |
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| File:Nonviolent Communication.jpg Marshall Rosenberg uses hand puppets to explain NVC | |
| Start | 1960s |
| Founder(s) | Marshall Rosenberg |
| Abbreviation | NVC |
| A system of negotiation that was conceived by US psychologist Marshall Rosenberg, used on this website to try to facilitate clear thinking about who did what when. | |
Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is a system of negotiation that was conceived by US psychologist Marshall Rosenberg.
Emphasising the positive
NVC stresses the importance of clear, positive statements, such as expressing what you desire, rather than what you seek to avoid.
Avoiding labels
NVC encourages people to avoid labelling others or imputing motives or feelings to them. Instead it recommends that people explore their own feelings and learn to express them without use of enemy images or judgments about others. Important at any time, this approach is particularly salutary as an antidote to the smoke and mirrors associated with deep politics.
Avoiding criticism
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“When people's full attention is on our needs, they hear no criticism, no demands, it is natural to enjoy giving. But if we hear any criticism or demand, we lose connection with that natural desire to give and now we want to defend and attack.”
Marshall Rosenberg [1]
Importance on Wikispooks
Wikispooks' main aim is to dispel the illusions of the deep political world by presenting as simple a record as possile of what happened, who said what when and where. This is why we use the NVC approach, seeking to minimize the use of loaded language, including hero images, but especially enemy images.[2]