1st Edition

Arts-Based Interventions and Social Change in Europe

Edited By Andrea Kárpáti Copyright 2024
254 Pages 20 Color & 50 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

254 Pages 20 Color & 50 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

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.