The role of arts for peacebuilding initiatives has influenced major research and civil society organisations both nationally and internationally. Some of the benefits of arts-based approaches includes the opportunity to create innovative approaches for community dialogue alongside the development of skill building in the performing arts more generally. Mobile Arts...
A University of Leeds-led project to help consolidate, champion and share learning from Arts and Humanities research being funded by the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) will demonstrate the distinctive contribution that arts and humanities research can make to tackling some of the world’s most pressing development challenges. Arts and...
From 25th – 26th October at the British Council Offices in London, Changing the Story hosted an Early Career Researcher (ECR) Project Development workshop. The event saw ECRs from around the world come together with other academics and practitioners working in the art and international development. The ultimate aim...
Esta región en Colombia inevitablemente me recuerda el Chocó (la Serranía del Baudó, donde hice mi primer trabajo de campo como estudiante), mi paso de unos años por el Southern Africa, la vida en la Cape Town de Gugulethu y Grassy Park, y las conversaciones con mis amigos refugiados...
Navegando el río Atrato en el pacífico Colombiano¹ Escrito por Alex Sierra Hace 20 años navegué por primera vez el río Atrato en el pacífico Colombia. En ese entonces como ahora, era una frontera en una parte de su recorrido entre los departamentos de Antioquia y Chocó, pero también era...
Kicking off ‘Changing the Story’ in Kosovo Kick-off Workshop The Kosovo strand of “Changing the Story” kicked off the phase I project called “ACT – Arts, critical thinking & active citizenship” with a workshop bringing together artists, academics and activists from Kosovo and the UK. The workshop, organized by the University...
A film made by Changing the Story PI, Paul Cooke has been shortlisted for two of the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s prestigious 2018 Research in Film Awards. The film, called The Born Free Generation, Phendulani’s Story and Me has made the shortlist for the Best Research Film of the Year, and the trailer...
By Mailies Fleming Mailies Fleming, a student intern on the Changing the Story project and University of Leeds exchange student at University of Cape Town, reflects upon her experience of being involved in youth-focused participatory development in South Africa, using this to respond to what she learnt as a delegate...
“ACT – Arts, critical thinking & active citizenship” is the name of the Phase 1 Kosovo project for Changing the Story. Find out more about what we’re doing in Kosovo, our approaches, processes and aspirations. The Kosovo strand of Changing the Story is led by Dr. Nita Luci (Program for Gender...
Between 1975 and 1979 1.7 million Cambodians died of hunger, disease or were executed under the Khmer Rouge regime. During those four years, the Khmer Rouge sought to engineer a racially pure, classless, agrarian-based society, abolishing private property, prohibiting religion, and persecuting religious minorities. In 1979, Vietnamese-backed rebels overthrew the...