PRAXIS launches its latest research publication! 'Heritage for Global Challenges' examines 87 A&H's projects and demonstrates the relevance of heritage research to address global challenges.
Read the ReportHow do we ensure that culture and heritage are central to the future development agenda? The upcoming PRAXIS & UNESCO conference will explore how cultural heritage research drives the SDGs.
Register for the EventChanging the Story has produced a series of short videos which address the various aspects of safeguarding in international development research.
Watch the VideosAre you 18-24 and already connected to Changing the Story? If yes, CTS is looking to recruit a Youth Research Board to take collective ownership of a participatory arts research project. Apply now!
Find out moreChanging the Story is based at University of Leeds and is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Global Challenges Research Fund.
The Anlong Veng Peace Tours (Cambodia)
Mobile Arts for Peace (Rwanda)
Tales of the Future: Senses, Creativity and the Arts of Survival (Colombia)
ACT – Arts, critical thinking & active citizenship (Kosovo)
The Changemakers (South Africa)
IZAZOV (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
YouthLEAD: Fostering Youth Peacebuilding Capacity in Colombia
Participatory Arts for Health Improvement in North East India
The Making of the Museum of Education (Kosovo)
Interpretations of civic national values by young people (Kenya & Nepal)
Interpretations of civic national values by young people (Kenya & Nepal)
Youth-led social enterprises in Malaysia
Connective Memories: intergenerational expressions in contemporary Rwanda
Mapping community heritage with young people in rural South Africa
Ilizwi Lenyaniso Lomhlaba in South Africa
Pensamiento y libertad (Thought and Freedom) in Venezuela
Street art to promote representation and epistemic justice (Zimbabwe)
Contemporary Arts Making and Creative Expression Among Young Cambodians
Cuál es la verdad? (What is the Truth?) De-constructing collective memories and imagining alternative futures with young people in Chocó through music and arts
Imagining Otherwise: Transforming Spaces through Arts Education
Reanimating Contested Spaces (ReSpace): Designing Participatory Civic Education for and with Young People in Kosovo and Rwanda
Reanimating Contested Spaces (ReSpace): Designing Participatory Civic Education for and with Young People in Kosovo and Rwanda
Tribal Education Methodology (TEM): Sustainable Education through Heritage and Performance
Building inclusive and sustainable civil society: A social entrepreneurship toolkit created by and for young people
Building inclusive and sustainable civil society: A social entrepreneurship toolkit created by and for young people
Changing The Story is a four-year international, multi-disciplinary project which supports the building of inclusive civil societies with, and for, young people in post-conflict settings. It is a collaborative project between universities, INGOs, artists, grassroots civil society organisations and young people across the world.
We are now in Phase 2 of the project and to date, work with 17 project teams across 12 countries: Colombia, Cambodia, Kosovo, Rwanda, South Africa, Bosnia and Herzegovina, India, Kenya, Nepal, Malaysia, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
Visit our Projects page to find out more about the work our incredible network is doing across the world, keep an eye on our Comment section for publications, activities, reflections, opportunities and upcoming events, and follow our hashtag #ChangingTheStory on Twitter.
If you would like to get in touch with us directly to find out more about this project please contact us.
This blog is part of Changing The Story’s #YoungChangemakers series. If you are a young person leading alternative actions for civil society building in the Global South and would like to be featured
Read the blogJessica Mbanda (Content Developer and Youth Intervention Practitioner at Never Again Rwanda) discusses the benefits of integrating young people in peacebuilding processes in communities and schools.
Read the blogWe awarded 6 fantastic projects funding following our Large Grant funding call. Check out our updated project page to find out more about our new projects and the partners involved!
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