Change chairs

A fun, physical and thought-provoking game in which participants swap chairs if they agree with a statement read out.

About the exercise

  • Plenary exercise
  • Time required : 20 minutes
  • Target audience : Best suited to grassroots-level groups/faith communities, civil society organisations and human rights defenders.

Purpose

To enable participants to explore their attitudes towards conflict.

Description

A fun, physical and thought-provoking game in which participants swap chairs if they agree with a statement read out. A good opening exercise for a session on conflict analysis as the statements given relate to understandings of conflict.

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