Arts and Culture in Global Development Practice: Expression, Identity and Empowerment Maguire Cindy
Arts and Culture in Global Development Practice: Expression, Identity and Empowerment Maguire Cindy This book explores the role that arts and culture can play in supporting global international…
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Arts and Culture in Global Development Practice: Expression, Identity and Empowerment Maguire Cindy
This book explores the role that arts and culture can play in supporting global international development.The book argues that arts and culture are fundamental to human development, and can bring considerable positive results for helping to empower communities and provide new ways of looking at social transformation. The book draws on case studies from around the world, investigating the different ways practitioners are imagining or defining the role of arts and culture in Belize, Canada, China, Ethiopia, Guatemala, India, Kosovo, Malawi, Mexico, Peru, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, USA, and Western Sahara refugee camps in Algeria. Whilst most literature addresses culture in abstract terms, this book focuses on practice-based, collective, community-focused, sustainability-minded, and capacity-building examples of arts and development.
The book highlights the