Lauren Duncan
Bisociation-Displacement Model Applied To My Personal Life
Marianella Sclavi states, “I suggest
the theoretical underpinnings of a model for approaching conflict in which
displacements and surprise, playfulness, humor and “punch lines” can serve to
reframe issues and open up avenues for consensus building and resolution.” The bisociation-displacement model can be applied
to the conflicts that take place in our personal lives today. This model serves
as a way to determine others views and opinions that arise in conflicts found
between you and the other party. It also aids as a way to find humor in even
the hardest of circumstances. In fact, Gregory Bateson states, “Establishing a
play frame promotes a congenial atmosphere of happiness, lightness, even
laughter.” An example of a conflict that has taken place in my own life that is
a replication of this is a fight that took place between my best friend and I.
She went to college at Texas Tech and recently graduated this past December.
Time flew by and I never made it to Tech to visit her, this obviously making
her very upset as she’d been to College Station twice to see me. Long story
short, we experienced adversarial and collaborative frames throughout the
process. I took the collaborating stand and wanted Megan to eventually adopt to
that idea as well. It took time and consideration, but she finally agreed to
look past it and move on with our friendship. When adopting this model in the
conflict we experienced, we found that all emotions are good, even those that
may appear to be negative at first glance. Whether it was anger or agreeing on
something, we found that emotions on both spectrums aided in the evaluation of
our conflict. In addition, accepting displacement in this instance (for me this
was accepting that I’d made a mistake by never visiting her, and for her it was
learning to forgive me) actually helped us each see eye to eye and come to a
resolution. As you can see, the bisociation-displacement model is truly
something we can learn a lot from and utilize in our personal lives.
Reference:
Sclavi, M. (2008), The Role of Play and Humor in Creative Conflict Management. Negotiation Journal, 24: 157–180.
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