Section A13: Social Empowerment through the Performing Arts
People around the world inspire significant social change through music, dance, theatre and visual art traditions. We will examine the history of charity, look at the impact of colonialism and missionary outreach on philanthropy and consider how people are questioning conventional charitable paradigms. We will study specific collaborative projects within the arts where people from a variety of class, ethnic and national affiliations learn from and empower one another. Required assignments will include readings on cross-cultural engagement within the empowerment model, extensive research on relevant traditions and discussions to nurture sensitivity and understanding while working across distinctive cultural perspectives. Students will participate in established outreach programs and will envision and design an empowerment-based project.