Description
Book SynopsisThis edited collection examines the important and multi-varied role that art plays in today's diverse society. Art is linked to the worldviews and mind-sets from which it results and, as a complex and ambiguous product of culture and perception, it can only be truly understood from multiple perspectives.
Recognising this,
Art in Diverse Social Settings brings together contributions from a diverse range of authors - including scholars and artists from different countries, artistic languages and art statements - to give fresh perspectives on central questions such as: What purpose(s) do the arts serve in contemporary diverse and pluralistic societies? What are the links between art and citizenship in a 'glocal' perspective? Can aesthetics be compared to faith, therapy or civic resistance? Is art a feasible tool to prevent and contest social injustice, raise social consciousness and resistance in the political arena? Can art promote social inclusion? How can artistic practices contribute to community development?
The book contains three parts including Part 1 with theoretical chapters, and Parts 2 and 3 that present exemplary case studies illustrating art as a medium for communication and intervention in professional organizations, public spaces and/or the community.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Art In diverse social settings;
Susana Goncalves and Suzanne Majhanovich Part 1: The art of today and its meaning Chapter 1: The purpose of contemporary art: Social and economic drivers;
Susana Goncalves Chapter 2: Is there a future for conceptual art?;
Antonio Cabrita Chapter 3: Art and Citizenship in Education: A Conceptual Framework;
Andri Savva Chapter 4: Art and spirituality: Two sides of the same human coin;
Mark Carpenter Part 2: Art, power and resistance Chapter 5: Activist art and political philosophy;
Ilya Falkovsky Chapter 6: Theater, Resistance and Democratic Rupture;
Zeca Carvalho and Marina Dias de Faria Chapter 7: Art and Resistance: How a small national minority struggles to defend its cultural identity;
Ilya Falkovsky Chapter 8: "I rap therefore I am": Second generation rappers and Italian citizenship;
Morena Cuconato Chapter 9: German rap - a changing cultural field from a gender studies perspective;
Heidi Süß and Beatrix Kreß Part 3: Art, community and dialogue Chapter 10: Art and the community;
Susana Goncalves Chapter 11: Crafting beauty together;
Christian Campagnaro Chapter 12: Participatory arts-based research: Insights from a project with migrant women; Concepción
Maiztegui-Oñate Chapter 13: Teaching art and design to crafts people in the Amazon/Brazil and Mozambique;
Ana Mae Barbosa Chapter 14: A Framework for Community Development through Street Art Culture;
Luisa Fonseca Silva Chapter 15: Qualities of Art in Citizenship Education;
Andri Savva Chapter 16: Diversity and cultural heritage in the Finnish pre-primary curriculum;
Riitta Korhonen
