1st Edition
Arts-Based Interventions and Social Change in Europe
This book presents 23 successful arts-based efforts to respond to social problems experienced by disadvantaged communities.
The arts are a powerful means of fighting discrimination, marginalisation, neglect and even poverty. The educational programmes described in these chapters help stakeholders find solutions which are research-based, adaptable, repeatable and sustainable. Social problems that are addressed in this book include children living with physical challenges; suffering from financial and educational poverty; elderly women suffering from solitude; migrants facing a strange and not always welcoming cultural context; Roma youth fighting negative stereotypes and many more. Revealing the interconnectedness between social, economic and cultural exclusion, contributors planned interventions to develop skills, strengthen identities and build communities.
This book will be of interest to scholars working in the visual arts, art education, design education, drama and theatre education and museum pedagogy.
The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.
Introduction: Arts-based social interventions: policy-oriented results of the AMASS project: Introduction to the case studies
Andrea Kárpáti and Raphael Vella
Part I. Visual arts for social inclusion
1. Dialogical correspondence of socially engaged participatory arts research project
Paul Wilson, Tang Tang and Ki Woong Nam
2. Dialogue as social sculpture: a visual method of graphic-ethnography for storytelling. Exploring Participation and Collaboration in Research and Socially Engaged Arts
Paul Wilson, Tang Tang and Ki Woong Nam
3. Building relationships through arts: Two case studies in Portugal
Teresa Eca and Ângela Saldanha
4. Mathematics through art: Developing spatial skills and digital literacy of children with learning challenges through visual arts education
Erika Kugler and Andrea Kárpáti
5. Engaging youth through visuals
Amna Qureshi
6. Searching for beauty: Art at a distance
Magdalena Novotná and Marie Fulková
7. Cut for New Times: Emancipatory effects of artistic open form
Magdalena Novotná and Marie Fulková
8. Studying the impact of a collaborative art workshop on social inclusion
Raphael Vella and Milosh Raykov
Part II. Drama-based interventions for social inclusion
9. Developing and evaluating a theatre project for youth with intellectual disabilities
Raphael Vella et al.
10. Combatting ageism through participation in a theatre-making process and performance
Isabelle Gatt
Part III. Environmental and design education projects to promote social integration and environmental appropriation
11. SoftPowerArt: Tackling environmental and societal conflicts
Maria Huhmarniemi, Satu Miettinen and Melanie Sarantou
12. Telling the truth: Guerilla art and community engagement in Malta
Margerita Pulè et al.
13. Crossing bridges and being together
Ângela Saldanha and Teresa Eca
14. Spatial skills development for socially challenged children: An in-service art teacher training programme
Anna Eplényi et al.
15. AMASS-AMAS-WEIRD: Community-based art education project in the Sápmi area, Finland
Mirja Hiltunen
Part IV. Media-based social interventions: Film, photography, and social media for empowerment and inclusion
16. #daimieiocchi: Participatory photography workshops for marginalised young people in Italy: Theoretical foundations and methods
Carolina Gutiérrez Novoa and Silvia Remotti
17. #daimieiocchi: Participatory Photography Workshops for marginalised young people in Italy: Collaborative creation and results
Carolina Gutiérrez Novoa and Silvia Remotti
18. Cultural empowerment through social media: The Roma Cultural Influencer Project
Andrea Kárpáti et al.
Part V. Social interventions in nonformal settings
19. Is money a dirty word? The entrepreneurial worlds of art and sculpting
Melanie Sarantou and Niina Karvinen
20. Museum: the bridge between art and society: Museum education program and teacher training at the Ludwig Museum
Zsófia Somogyi-Rohonczy
21. Glass is a treasure! Teaching art and culture at a primary school with Roma pupils
Marie Fulková and Magdalena Novotná
22. Cut for New Times: A collaborative project at the School for the Deaf and the Museum of Decorative Art in Prague
Marie Fulková and Magdalena Novotná
23. SENsational art: An educational program for children with behavioural issues and Special Educational Needs (SEN) and an in-service training program for their teachers at the Hungarian National Gallery
Zsófia Albrecht
Conclusion
Biography
Andrea Kárpáti is a Professor at the Institute of Marketing and Communication Science and the Head of the Visual Culture Research Group at Corvinus University of Budapest.
