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.

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.

Introduction Andrea Kárpáti and Raphael Vella 1. Visual arts for social inclusion 1. Paul Wilson, Tang Tang and Ki Woong Nam: Dialogical correspondence of Socially Engaged Participatory Arts Research Project 2. Tang Tang, Paul Wilson and Kiwoong Nam: Dialogue as social sculpture: a visual method of graphic-ethnography for storytelling. Exploring Participation and Collaboration in Research and Socially Engaged Arts 3. Teresa Eca and Ângela Saldanha: Building relationships through arts: Two Case Studies in Portugal 4. Erika Kugler and Andrea Kárpáti: Mathematics Through Art: developing spatial skills and digital literacy of children with learning challenges through visual arts education 5. Amna Qureshi: Engaging Youth through Visuals 6. Magdalena Novotná and Marie Fulková: Searching for Beauty: Art in a Distance 7. Marie Fulková and Magdalena Novotná: Cut for New Times: Emancipatory Effects of Artistic Open Form 8. Raphael Vella and Milosh Raykov: Studying the impact of a collaborative art workshop on social inclusion 2. Drama-based interventions for social inclusion 9. Raphael Vella, Milosh Raykov, Karsten Xuereb and Toni Attard: Developing and evaluating a theatre project for youth with intellectual disabilities 10. Isabelle Gatt: Combatting ageism through participation in a theatre-making process and performance 3. Environmental and design education projects to promote social integration and environmental appropriation 11. Maria Huhmarniemi, Satu Miettinen and Melanie Sarantou: SoftPowerArt: Tackling Environmental and Societal Conflicts 12. Margerita Pulè, Milosh Raykov, Raphael Vella, Karsten Xuereb and Kristina Borg: Telling the Truth: Guerilla art and community engagement in Malta 13. Teresa Eca and Ângela Saldanha: Crossing Bridges and Being Together 14. Anna Eplényi, Rita Terbe, Gertrúd Schmidt and Dóra Szentandrási: Spatial skills development for socially challenged children - an in-service art teacher training program 15. Mirja Hiltunen: AMASS-AMAS-WEIRD: Community-based art education project in the Sámi area, Finland 4. Media-based social interventions: film, photography and social media for empowerment and inclusion 16. Carolina Gutiérrez Novoa and Silvia Remotti: #daimieiocchi: Participatory Photography Workshops for Marginalised Young People in Italy - Theoretical foundations and methods 17. Carolina Gutiérrez Novoa and Silvia Remotti: #daimieiocchi Participatory Photography Workshops for Marginalised Young People in Italy: Collaborative creation and results 18. Andrea Kárpáti, Ágnes Veszelszki, Lajos Kovács, Márton Rétvári and Eszter Deli: Cultural empowerment through social media: the Roma Cultural Influencer Project 5. Social interventions in nonformal settings 19. Melanie Sarantou and Niina Karvinen: Is Money a Dirty Word? The entrepreneurial worlds of art and sculpting 20.. Zsófia Somogyi-Rohonczy: Museum: the bridge between art and society. Museum education program and teacher training at the Ludwig Museum 21. Marie Fulková and Magdalena Novotná: Glass is a Treasure! Teaching Art and Culture at a Primary School with Roma Pupils 22. Marie Fulková and Magdalena Novotná: Cut for New Times: A collaborative project at the School for the Deaf and the Museum of Decorative Art in Prague 23. Zsófia Albrecht: 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 Conclusion