S trategic A rts‐ B ased P eacebuilding

Bibliographic Data

ID11218365
AuthorsMichael Shanks (0000-0001-7137-0138, George Mason University, corresponding author), Michael Shank, Lisa Schirch (0000-0003-4719-0473, Eastern Mennonite University)
Year2008
Volume33
Issue2
Pages217-242
Publication date2008-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePeace & Change (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0149-0508 • E-ISSN: 1468-0130
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-0130.2008.00490.x
OpenAlexW2100087423
LanguageEN
Citations received39

The arts offer peacebuilders unique tools for transforming intractable interpersonal, intercommunal, national, and global conflicts—tools that are not currently prevalent or available within the peacebuilding field. The task for peacebuilding practitioners is to find strategic ways of incorporating the arts into the work of peacebuilding and to create a space where people in conflict can express themselves, heal themselves, and reconcile themselves through the arts. There is very little solid theory, research, or evaluation of arts‐based peacebuilding. This article seeks to move beyond a simplistic approach that asserts the “arts are powerful” to a richer articulation of how they function in peacebuilding, when to use them, what they can do, and how to evaluate their usage. This article provides examples of and the conceptual frameworks behind strategic arts‐based peacebuilding

Articulation (sociology · Epistemology · Interpersonal communication · Peacebuilding · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · The arts · Law · Military History and Strategy · Peacebuilding and International Security · Philosophy · Public Administration