Reading list, podcasts and studies
Essay: How theatre and performance art can help migrants and refugees in situations of uncertainty.
A volume of contemporary plays by a selection of the finest African women writers and practitioners from across the continent.
This fascinating book asks what is the purpose of art in a world on fire and why artists are always compelled to make art?
This book considers the place of contemporary war art in the 2020s, a whole generation after 9/11 and the 'War on Terror'.
This book is for those involved in global resolution activities through development, relief, and nongovernmental agencies.
Theatre and War provides a vital addition to theatre practitioners and scholars interested in how the arts might work within conflict zones
In 'Digging up stories', James Thompson explores the problems of theatre practice in communities affected by war and exclusion
An account of two lives during the war in Ukraine: one Ukrainian, one Russian, by the internationally bestselling author of Heimat
Explore the transformative power of the arts therapies in areas stricken by conflict, political unrest, poverty or natural disaster.
How do we make sense of politically committed art in a contemporary context where revolution has supposedly died or is deemed impossible?
Exploring art’s critical engagement with migration & globalisation to aid transforming identities, cultures, institutions & geopolitics.
A collection of recent conversations and writings by Glasgow based writer and curator Sarah Lowndes
Issues ranging from arts patronage, pedagogy, & the very definitions of art & activism to struggles involving AIDS, reproductive rights, sexuality, & racial identity
‘Tomorrow we make it better’: an art therapist’s reflection on a community mural in a refugee camp in Greece
Lifeline, frontline, online: adapting art therapy for social engagement across borders
Reimagining an emergency space: practice innovation within a frontline art therapy project on the France-UK border at Calais
Zones of Conflict: Rethinking Contemporary Art During Global Crisis considers how recent geopolitical crises have impacted visual culture and artistic practice.
Explore how speculative fictions in Black art and culture are boldly reimagining perspectives on race, gender, identity and the body in the 21st century.
Explore how war and battle get presented in art, text, film and music. With the help of expert guests, unpick war stories from all sorts of different periods and places
shado-lite - A podcast to navigate the big issues on your feed, moving from apathy and overwhelm to collective action and hopeful pathways forward.
afikra and The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi join forces to bring you captivating interviews with an array of talented performers and artists.
This podcast series is a collaboration between Alserkal Advisory and afikra, designed to discuss culturally meaningful spaces that inspire communities and increase their curiosities.