In Colombia on a recent visit as a Co-Investigator for Changing the Story in 2018, I learned the government narrative is shifting from the narrative of peace and transition[1] to a narrative which foregrounds resilience, stabilisation and growth. The implications of different discourses could seem trivial, yet are critical when...
Lebanon: The Youth Roll is a participatory arts project exploring the multiple and often competing ways in which the legacy of Lebanon’s civil war continues to impact society today. The civil war lasted for 15 years, between 1975 and 1990. It was a hugely complex conflict, involving shifting religious and political...
Changing the Story held a project workshop in Cambodia on 15th-17th March 2019, Learning from the past with and for young people: Intergenerational dialogue, education, and memory after genocide. Our phase 2 projects launched at this meeting and here, Wee Chan Au, co-investigator of the phase 2 project ‘Youth-led Social...
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...
Written by Nour Al Tarsha. Part of our #YoungChangemakers series. It’s not just about politics and war. There is more to Syria than what we see behind a TV screen or what we read in a newspaper. Throughout history, sport has always been used to symbolise unity and equality between...
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...
Written by Dr. Aylwyn Walsh, Lecturer in Applied Theatre, University of Leeds When I was invited to be a blog respondent to the recent Performance and Conflict conference in Lincoln in September 2018, organised by Prof. Ananda Breed, I asked the convenor whether I could use poetic forms to reflect...
The GCRF is a strange beast—it’s both a conventional research fund focussed on ‘excellent science’ and a distinctly unconventional development fund, part of the UK Government’s ODA commitment and helping to achieve the UK AID Strategy. it would be fair to say that this dual focus sometimes creates tension. Some...