Abstract
ABSTRACTAdopting an approach which espouses recent theorization in Intercultural Communication Studies and influenced by discursive psychology, in this article, the author examines data from two contexts of conflict resolution practice: family mediation and workplace mediation (a university mediation service). It is found that in the family mediation data, parties construct a case discursively through ascribing oppositional cultural categories to themselves and the other party, and that the mediator does not interrogate this narrative. In contrast, university mediators use the ascribed oppositional cultural categories as a starting point for encouraging parties’ deep reflection on themselves and the other, and thus act as cultural brokers.
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