The Aesthetics of Development: Art, Culture and Social Transformation

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Through a unique range of theoretical and practical case studies, this collection considers the relationship between the arts (understood as the visual arts, crafts, theatre, dance, and literature) and development, creating both a bridge between them that is rarely explored and filling in concrete ways the content of the “culture” part of the equation “culture and development”. It includes manifestations of culture and the ways in which they relate to development, and in turn contribute to such pressing issues as poverty alleviation, concern for the environment, health, empowerment, and identity formation. It shows how the arts are an essential part of the concrete understanding of culture, and as such a significant part of development thinking -  including the development of culture, and not only of culture as an instrumental means to promote other development goals. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxi The Aesthetics of Development: An Introduction (John Clammer)....Pages 1-18 Front Matter ....Pages 19-19 New Horizons of Human Development: Art, Spirituality and Social Transformations (Ananta Kumar Giri)....Pages 21-47 Anticipatory Aesthetics: New Identities and Future Senses (Marcus Bussey)....Pages 49-70 Capitalist Transformations and the Social Aesthetics of Money: Money, Mountains and “1000 Houses” (Jens M. Zickgraf)....Pages 71-97 Front Matter ....Pages 99-99 Archaeology, Identity and Development (Susan Thorpe)....Pages 101-125 The Randa of Tucuman: An Opportunity for Sustainable Development Through a Local Cultural Resource (M. Moya)....Pages 127-144 The Place of Art: Reflections on Art and Urban Regeneration in 1980s Britain (K. Crehan)....Pages 145-160 Visualizing the Future We Want: Reconciling Art, Environment and Development (Agni Klintuni Boedhihartono)....Pages 161-188 Contemporary Art Biennials and Development: The Istanbul Experience (Marie van Eersel)....Pages 189-206 Front Matter ....Pages 207-207 Poetics of Development (Ananta Kumar Giri)....Pages 209-229 Development Poetics: A tiNai Aesthetic View (Nirmal Selvamony)....Pages 231-252 Haiku by Rwandan Poetesses: Illuminations of Being (Andrea Grieder)....Pages 253-270 Exploring Children’s Experiences in a Temporary Relocation Area Through Theatre and Performance (Efua Prah)....Pages 271-290 Performance and Development: Theatre for Social Change (Pearly Wong, John Clammer)....Pages 291-308 Back Matter ....Pages 309-341