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Gettysburg College
Publication Date
Fall 2012
Abstract
This paper presents my findings from an Independent Study Project conducted over a three-‐week period in Belfast on the role of community arts in a transitioning society, with a focus primarily on youth. I have found three themes concurrent with my research being that community arts can boost self-‐confidence and build positive identity, they can be used as a tool for addressing difficult issues, and finally, that community arts can unify a community. The arts, as a cause of these themes, have the potential to help a society transition and transform from conflict.
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Civic and Community Engagement | Family, Life Course, and Society | Inequality and Stratification | Social and Cultural Anthropology
Recommended Citation
Power, Katherine, "Creating Transformation Through Art The Role Of Community Arts in a Transitioning Society Ballymun, Dublin and Belfast Northern Ireland" (2012). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 1439.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/1439
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Arts and Humanities Commons, Civic and Community Engagement Commons, Family, Life Course, and Society Commons, Inequality and Stratification Commons, Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons
Program Name
Ireland: Transformation of Social and Political Conflict