The Art of Peace Formation. Arts-based Social Movements, Opportunities and Blockages

Abstract

This edited collection explores the relationship between the arts, political agency, and peace formation. Developing the concept of artpeace, the book investigates to what extent local art projects have played a role in broader national peace projects, or, alternatively, what factors have blocked artists from translating their social imaginaries into political change in contexts of war and violence. The collection brings together peace and conflict scholarship and arts-based studies of social movements in conflict-affected societies to examine the proposition that the arts may offer an opportunity to shape peace processes in emancipatory ways, whilst examining the blockages that, at times, prevent them from making a tangible difference to the variations of peace being designed.

Citation

Vogel, B., Kappler, S., & Richmond, O. P. (Eds.). (2024). The Art of Peace Formation. Arts-based Social Movements, Opportunities and Blockages. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

• Book Type: Edited Book
• Publication Date: 2024-04
• Deposit Date: Aug 21, 2023
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• ISBN: 9781399519533
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1721909
• Contract Date: Jul 25, 2023