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  Mobile Arts for Peace: March 2019 Update

  23 March 2020

  This post is a rework of the March 2019 MAP newsletter. This post is a re-post of the MAP newsletter of March 2019. Facilitators at the training of trainers make a tableau, or frozen image, August 2018. Photo: Deus Kwizera In 2018, MAP was launched in the Eastern Province of Rwanda. Initial activities included a curriculum...

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  Mobile Arts for Peace: Project Update May 2019

  23 March 2020

  This post is a rework of the May 2019 MAP newsletter. Take a look at what the MAP team have been up to so far in 2019. Drawing Inspiration from Young People The artist, Ganza Daniella. Photo Hassan Ngendahimana. The original image that Ganza drew on a chalkboard. January, 2019. Photo: Kurtis Dennison.    ...

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  Making connections: reflections on the use of proverbs in research and practice

  23 March 2020

  A common trope oft repeated in the wake of horrific events is that the ensuing pain is inexpressible or that certain stories cannot be told. In the case of Rwanda following the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi which saw between 800,000 and a million people killed in the space of 100 days, similar assumptions are also frequently deployed......

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  Kwetu Film Institute Documentaries

  17 March 2020

  Changing the Story aimed to support the building of inclusive civil societies with, and for, young people in 5 post-conflict countries. This pilot project was project was supported by partners Mashirika Creative and Performing Arts, Aegis Trust, Kwetu Film Institute, Hope and Homes for Children, and University of Lincoln. The MAP pilot project aimed to provide training for youth, educators and...

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  MAP scoping visit to Indonesia

  17 January 2020

  In December 2019, MAP Co-Investigators undertook a four-day scoping visit to Jakarta, Indonesia. This visit aimed to explore how varied arts-based approaches have been and can be used to create dialogue and to explore the synergies between MAP and the aims and objectives of related peacebuilding projects. Read Dr Harla Octarra’s blogpost on the scoping visit for...

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