Make Arts for a Better Life
A Guide for Working with Communities
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 18 October 2018
- ISBN 9780190878283
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages352 pages
- Size 231x155x22 mm
- Weight 499 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 37 line, 10 halftone 0
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Short description:
Make Arts for a Better Life: A Guide for Working with Communities provides a ground-breaking model for arts advocacy. Aimed at a wide audience including educators, scholars, and project leaders, the Guide presents an in-depth approach to researching community artistic practices and to developing arts-based projects that address locally-defined needs.
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Make Arts for a Better Life: A Guide for Working with Communities provides a ground-breaking model for arts advocacy. Drawing upon methods and theories from disciplines such as ethnomusicology, anthropology, folklore, community development, and communication studies, the Guide presents an in-depth approach to researching artistic practices within communities and to developing arts-based projects that address locally-defined needs. Through clear methodology, case studies from around the world, and sample activities, the Guide helps move readers from arts research to project development to project evaluation. Woven into the discussions are critical reflections on the concept of a "better life" and ethical issues in arts advocacy. Accessible writing and visual cues ensure that readers can easily locate sections which may be particularly pertinent to their work, whether based on types of arts (music, drama, dance, oral verbal arts, visual arts) or professional positions (educators, scholars, project leaders). For additional resources, readers can access an accompanying website offering methodology "cheat sheets," sample research documents, and suggestions for educators, scholars, and project leaders.
In clear language and laudable book structure, Van Buren and Schrag propose a 7-step collaborative method for working with communities to address their own perceived needs. This book would be useful for all kinds of community workers, students, and professionals and the results far more satisfactory than top-down community projects.
Table of Contents:
CONTENTS
List of figures
Preface
About the companion website
Who Should Use this Guide?
Foundations
Steps
Step 1: Meet a Community and Its Arts
Step 2: Specify Goals for a Better Life
Step 3: Connect Goals to Genres
Step 4: Analyze Genres and Events
Part A: Describe the Event and Its Genre(s) as a Whole
Part B: Explore the Event's Genre(s) through Artistic Domain Categories
Music in an Event
Drama in an Event
Dance in an Event
Oral Verbal Arts in an Event
Visual Arts in an Event 1Part C: Relate the Event's Genre(s) to Its Broader Cultural Context
Step 5: Spark Creativity
Step 6: Improve Results
Step 7: Celebrate and Integrate for Continuity
Closing Matter
Closing 1: References
Closing 2: Glossary
Closing 3: Sample Research Documents
Closing 4: Sample Community Arts Profile (CAP) Outline
Closing 5: Index of Artistic Domain Research Activities
Closing 6: Index of Sample Sparking Activities
Closing 7: Suggestions for Guide Users
Closing 8: Measuring Artistic Genre Vitality
Closing 9: Quick Reference
