Creating Transformation Through Art The Role Of Community Arts in a Transitioning Society Ballymun, Dublin and Belfast Northern Ireland
Class Year
2014
Document Type
Student Research Paper
Date of Creation
Fall 2012
Department 1
Center for Global Education
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.
This paper was written for the Ireland: Transformation of Social and Political Conflict program.
Recommended Citation
Power, Katherine D., "Creating Transformation Through Art The Role Of Community Arts in a Transitioning Society Ballymun, Dublin and Belfast Northern Ireland" (2012). Student Publications. 341.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/341