Art, Culture and International Development: Humanizing social transformation (Rethinking Development) - Couverture souple

Clammer, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1138024724 ISBN 13 : 9781138024724

Editeur : Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

This innovative book places culture, specifically in the form of the arts, back at the centre of debates in development studies by introducing new ways of conceptualizing art in relation to development. It shows how the arts and development are related in very practical ways - as means to achieve development goals through visual, dramatic, filmic and craft-inspired ways. It advocates not so much culture and development, but rather for the development of culture. Without a cultural content to economic and social transformation the problems found in much development - up-rooting of cultures, loss of art forms, languages and modes of expression and performance - may only accelerate. It argues for the value of the arts in attaining sustainable cultures, promoting poverty alleviation, encouraging self-empowerment, stimulating creativity and the social imagination, which in turn flow back into wider processes of social transformation.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John Clammer is Visiting Professor of Development Sociology at the United Nations University, Tokyo where he also runs the film and art programmes, and is Adjunct professor of Art and Society at Kanda University of International Studies and the International University of Japan.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1138024724
• ISBN 13: 9781138024724
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 168
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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