The essays in this compilation address social, political and ethical issues surrounding arts practices with communities, using the theoretical framework of Community Cultural Development. The writers of this compilation have a variety of experiences working with communities in Myanmar, Thailand, China, Australia, and Singapore. Through a series of theoretical essays and writings that reflect on individual practices, this compilation provides readers with an insight into the agendas, proces...

The Art of Anti-Exclusion: A collection of writings by Asian artists working with communities, brings together the writings of 8 artists and one researcher who document various arts forms carried out with communities in Asia. Written in collaboration with June Goh, Syed Ibrahim, Alecia Neo, Akemi Minamida, Makoto Nomura, Ming Poon, Ashwini Raghupathy, Vincent Rumahloine and Bellini Yu, these projects span the fields of drama, dance, music and art. They also span across various types of com...

In Singapore, the discussion of all things community is highly sensitive and potentially provocative. Artists who work with communities risk being politicised for various identitarian purposes. This book presents an auto-ethnographical account of three participatory art projects conducted by the author, with the incarcerated in a governmental disciplinary centre, a Non-Governmental Organization that supports sex workers and three young women in an independent art project in Singapore. It p...

Evolutionary science is critical to an understanding of integrated human biology and is increasingly recognised as a core discipline by medical and public health professionals. Advances in the field of genomics, epigenetics, developmental biology, and epidemiology have led to the growing realisation that incorporating evolutionary thinking is essential for medicine to achieve its full potential. This revised and updated second edition of the first comprehensive textbook of evolutionary med...

A Decade of Theatre for Seniors examines the Theatre For Seniors (TFS) programme started by The Necessary Stage in 2009. This program aimed to make theatre practice avaliable and inclusive to older members of the community. Since 2009, TFS reached an estimated 40 seniors, and can boast of at least 10 formal public performances presented by TNS, alongside commissions to perform at local events such as PassionArts and also at eldercare Homes.. This study asserts that in later life, aspects o...

Are you an artist who works with a variety of communities? Are you interested to deepen and expand on the meaning of your work? This book presents a pedagogical framework which aims to guide the practices of artists who work with communities. It presents the social, personal, cognitive and cultural dimensions of a person-centered approach in a dynamic, interwoven manner, which will enrich your practice through a thorough process of reflection, evaluation and co-creation. “In my journey as ...

In recent years, dozens of counties in North Carolina have partnered with federal law enforcement in the criminalization of immigration—what many have dubbed “crimmigration.” Southern border enforcement still monopolizes the national immigration debate, but immigration enforcement has become common within the United States as well. While Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations are a major part of American immigration enforcement, Felicia Arriaga maintains that ICE relies on an...

In diesem Buch wird aus einer systemtheoretischen Perspektive mittels einer empirischen Analyse die Auswirkungen des Schiffes als totale Institution auf dessen Sicherheit untersucht. Der Fokus liegt auf einer Herausarbeitung spezifischer Dynamiken des sozialen Miteinanders zwischen den Besatzungsmitgliedern eines Schiffes und ihrer Folgen für Sicherheit und mögliche Risikopotenziale. Grundlage der Analyse bilden qualitativ erhobene Interviews mit Seefahrenden. Mit den Erzählungen der Seefa...

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