The Aesthetics Of Development: Art, Culture And Social Transformation
by John Clammer /
2017 / English / PDF
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Through a unique range of theoretical and practical case studies,
this collection considers the relationship between the arts
(understood as the visual arts, crafts, theatre, dance, and
literature) and development, creating both a bridge between them
that is rarely explored and filling in concrete ways the content
of the “culture” part of the equation “culture and development”.
It includes manifestations of culture and the ways in which they
relate to development, and in turn contribute to such pressing
issues as poverty alleviation, concern for the environment,
health, empowerment, and identity formation. It shows how
the arts are an essential part of the concrete understanding of
culture, and as such a significant part of development thinking
- including the development
Through a unique range of theoretical and practical case studies,
this collection considers the relationship between the arts
(understood as the visual arts, crafts, theatre, dance, and
literature) and development, creating both a bridge between them
that is rarely explored and filling in concrete ways the content
of the “culture” part of the equation “culture and development”.
It includes manifestations of culture and the ways in which they
relate to development, and in turn contribute to such pressing
issues as poverty alleviation, concern for the environment,
health, empowerment, and identity formation. It shows how
the arts are an essential part of the concrete understanding of
culture, and as such a significant part of development thinking
- including the developmentof
ofculture,
and not only of culture as an instrumental means to promote other
development goals.
culture,
and not only of culture as an instrumental means to promote other
development goals.