{"id":1479,"date":"2014-05-12T14:41:56","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T18:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/?page_id=1479"},"modified":"2025-05-05T16:08:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T20:08:51","slug":"assumptions-about-dividers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/from-principle-to-practice\/assumptions-about-dividers\/","title":{"rendered":"Assumptions about Dividers"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>People who use Do No Harm continually analyze their situations according to the issues and factors that divide individuals and groups from each other and the issues and factors that connect individuals and groups. These two basic categories of Dividers and Connectors provide them with a depth of understanding of the contexts where they work and of the impacts of their work on those contexts. Using these two categories for the basis of their program designs makes a significant difference in understanding, insight, and effectiveness.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Assumptions about Dividers<\/em><\/p>\n<p>How does it divide people? Don\u2019t assume!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReligion\u201d is often named as a divider. Yet religion itself, while perhaps different for the different groups (e.g. Christians and Muslims), is often not itself the source of tension. How is the religion, its concepts and scripture and values, being used <i>by people<\/i>?<\/p>\n<p class=\"box\">Previous Page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/from-principle-to-practice\/common-misunderstandings-about-dividers-and-connectors\/\" title=\"Common Misunderstandings about Dividers and Connectors\">Common Misunderstandings about Dividers and Connectors<\/a><br \/>\nNext Page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/from-principle-to-practice\/assumptions-about-connectors\/\" title=\"Assumptions about Connectors\">Assumptions about Connectors<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related Topics<br \/>\n<a title=\"\u201cOur organization is a Connector\/Divider\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/our-organization-is-a-connectordivider\/\">\u201cOur organization is a Connector\/Divider\u201d<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"\u201cWe can create Connectors to bring people together\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/we-can-create-connectors-to-bring-people-together\/\">\u201cWe can create Connectors to bring people together\u201d<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"\u201cThat person or group is a Divider\/Connector\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/that-person-or-group-is-a-dividerconnector\/\">\u201cThat person or group is a Divider\/Connector\u201d<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Weak Connectors are not Dividers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/weak-connectors-are-not-dividers\/\">Weak Connectors are not Dividers<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Understanding Dividers and Connectors\" href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/understanding-dividers-and-connectors\/\">Understanding Dividers and Connectors<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Do No Harm SAVES: Categories for Disaggregating a Context\" href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/do-no-harm-saves-categories\/\">Do No Harm SAVES: Categories for Disaggregating a Context<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People who use Do No Harm continually analyze their situations according to the issues and factors that divide individuals and groups from each other and the issues and factors that connect individuals and groups. 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