The AHRC MAP PhD researcher, Anna Smirnova, utilised body mapping methodology to facilitate the storytelling of young people in Kyrgyzstan, enabling them to analyse their experiences and integrate youth perspectives into conflict analysis and peacebuilding….
Implementing the Emancipated Curriculum in Indonesia, which has replaced the 2013 Curriculum (K13) in secondary schools, has several challenges. Among them is the absence of a standard textbook. Whilst this is not enforced by the Emancipated Curriculum, schools still hope for guidance. Another challenge is that teaching staff are overwhelmed with the legacy of the…
This article provides a brief overview of the steps towards creating a Mithila art focused local curriculum in one of the rural municipalities in Nepal. The article reflects on the shaping and framing of local information and resources, and how these were crafted into a local curriculum. JWAS applied an inclusive process for collecting information…
Binod Prasad Pant, Kathmandu University From October 2023 to July 2024, Kathmandu University partnered with MAP to develop a pilot Nepal Arts Education Framework, focusing on integrating MAPs arts-based exercises into existing secondary school curricula. This was a need articulated at the UNESCO-MAP Roundtable in September 2023. The pilot Framework provides a case study of…
Introduction This article briefly explains the development and focus of Mithila art lesson planning, from Grade one to five, for the development of a local arts education curriculum in Nepal (click here to read the introduction on the Mithila art local curriculum in Nepal). To start, a Mithila art workshop with female Mithila artists/painters was…
Read one of our International Advisory Board members reflections on the MAP International ‘Celebration’ conference end of May…….
Introduction This article briefly outlines the process that JWAS is applying in the creation of a Mithila art focused local curriculum in Nepal. Scholars believe that Mithila art originated in Janakpur (Nepal), the capital city of the ancient Mithila kingdom. Even now, Janakpur is the hub of Mithila arts in Nepal, as well as a…
On Thursday, April 18, Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP) is hosting a webinar on “Visualising Peace.” …
The JWAS team with the executives of Laxminiya rural municipality. Photo- Credit: Chandan Jha Project introduction Janaki Womens Awareness Society (JWAS), a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Nepal, has received funds from the University of Lincoln/Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP) for creating a Mithila art local curriculum in the Laxminiya rural municipality of Dhanusha district, Madhesh…
On Thursday, February 29, 2024, Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP) hosted a webinar entitled “Creating Dialogue to Inform Policy”. The webinar discussed the importance of open dialogue in shaping effective policies. …
In this blog, There and Acha explore the transformative journey that young people go through as they prepare for the Lenong performance….
On Sunday, November 12th, the Visualising Peace project had its first screening, which took place at the Kwetu Film Institute offices and the Rwanda Cinema training centre. This was the first opportunity for the Kwetu team—the Uyisenga Ni Imanzi team of teachers, facilitators, students, and young people—to come together to watch the films and give feedback….
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Note in Hetauda, Nepal by Juhi Adhikari and Sapana Lama In August 2023, Juhi Adhikari (YAB*/Lead YAAR**) and Sapana Lama (YAB), together with a team of researchers from the University of Edinburgh, conducted a two day baseline monitoring, evaluation and learning activity with young participants in Hetauda, Nepal. The activities used…
The webinar on 19 October 2023, titled “Revitalising Tradition to Inform Curriculum,” organised as part of the Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP) project, highlighted the significance of cultural traditions in youth and education. The presentations and discussions focused on the role of incorporating cultural art forms into curricula, and approaches to engaging young people in…
On 27 October, Youth Advisory Board (YAB) members from Indonesia co-facilitated the Indonesian Children’s Consultation with MAP co-investigator Dr Harla Octarra as lead consultant. The meeting was organised by the Ministry of National Development Planning and supported by UNICEF, with the aim of preparing a 5-year national development plan for child protection. YAB members, including…
On Thursday, October 19, 2023, Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP) hosted a webinar entitled “Revitalising Tradition to Inform Curriculum”. Read this post to find out how was the webinar going!…
On September 19, 2023, the Foundation for Tolerance International (FTI) presented the MAP project at the Yntymak Week (Cohesion Week). For the first time, the event unified the voices of the Peacebuilding Hub of Kyrgyzstan and other actors, such as CSOs, formal and informal groups, INGOs, UN, IOs, government, media, grassroots activists, influencers, local leaders,…
Inspiring insights and collaborative conversations on culture and arts education in Nepal On 21 September, Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP) in Nepal, in collaboration with UNESCO Kathmandu, hosted a National Dialogue (Roundtable) on Culture and Arts Education. The UNESCO-MAP National Dialogue convened diverse voices and practices from across generations, bringing together young people and key…
For the July 15th Youth Advisory Board meeting, we hosted a session on reflexivity. One of the original, and now deleted, slides was called ‘So… how do I think about thinking?” Although awkwardly written, the idea of the title was to encourage a conversation about what being reflexive was: is it simply remembering things that…
By Vina Puspita (MAP Project Research Officer) From 17-20 July 2023, MAP hosted an Impact Week online event, bringing together MAP young people and stakeholders (youth facilitators, educators, cultural artists, social workers and policymakers) to share how MAP has impacted them and their communities. The MAP Impact Week was funded by the University of Lincoln…
Anjana Nagarkoti Anjana Nagarkoti, a youth researcher, shares her experience on how art-based learning methods can be an effective way to create social awareness among young people who want to learn and contribute to bringing change in their community. Here, she shares her 4-day research experience where she observed the learning style of the young…
My attendance at the online MAP Social Impact event on March 30, 2023, was a random encounter—a chance invite from a colleague who suggested I’d be interested in the project. I’m a lecturer at the UCL Knowledge Lab, UCL Institute of Education (IOE), London, and I lead an MA in Digital Media: Education. My research…
Principal Investigator – Picturing the past, present, and future in the imaginations, dreams and journeys taken by young women in Nepal and Rwanda This blog provides a brief discussion on how young women in Rwanda and Nepal have taken part in cycling journeys to safe spaces (Gayle et al. 2013) for their reflection and conversations…
Central to the Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP) research project, is the exploration of how cultural art forms can catalyse, re-frame and generate alternative ways of knowing. This post explores some of the ways in which this is occurring in the MAP project….
Inception Fieldtrip May 2023 (With contributions & Translation from Dila Dat Pant) Introduction Funding from the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) via a Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP) commissioned project began this April, exploring the role of Nepalese Dēudā culture on local conflict issues, peace building and policies for sustainable peace in society. Dr…