Finding Voice

Berman, Kim

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“…Kramer (2002) notes that the aesthetic quality of a product leads to more profound observation and a more positive attitude. The aesthetic product is a significant outcome of the community artwork project, evoking admiration, and arousing feelings of pride (Berman, 2017; Knill, 2011). As these teenagers live in a country rife with ethnic conflict, the creation of an aesthetic work constitutes a symbolic victory and transforms the obstacles into beauty.…”

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Jewish and Arab youth create murals in public space: Community-based art therapy exploratory research.

Boaz¹,

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2022

Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

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This exploratory study examined the subjective experiences of Arab and Jewish youths in Israel who participated in one of three art-based community projects involving the creation of murals in the public space. A total of 104 youth participated in all three projects; each project included 30–44 participants, of which half were Jews and half Arabs. Qualitative data, including creative processes, completed murals, postproject, and semistructured interviews conducted with 25 participants were analyzed. Integrative thematic analysis yielded three themes: The mural as a space for meeting the “other”; nonverbal communication; and the joint art project as a potential space that may alter perceptions of the “other.” The discussion covers the possible application of this art-based model in community work with youths from conflict groups, research limitations, and suggestions for further research.

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Jewish and Arab youth create murals in public space: Community-based art therapy exploratory research.

Boaz¹,

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2022

Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

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The Transformative Capacity of Communication: Integrative Communicative Acts Across the Communicative Spectrum of Civil Society

Pukallus

2021

Communication in Peacebuilding

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The Transformative Capacity of CommunicationThe communicative spectrum of civil society spans a variety of different forms of communication-both mediated and non-mediated. The latter includes for example negotiations and discussion groups, speeches, debate, deliberation and dialogue whereas the former subsumes the factual and fictional mass media as much as the arts which are conceived of here in all of their diversity and spanning the different categories of the visual, literary, performing and design. Often, the communicative spectrum of civil society is dominated by multiple mass media channels simply because advances in communication technology have taken content and reconfigured and commodified it to fit myriad forms of digital distribution. At the same time, digital technology has broadened the platforms from which it can operate. But it is important to remember that the arts fulfil an equally important role. With this in mind, the communicative spectrum of civil society can be defined to include non-mediated communication in all its forms, news journalism, citizen journalism, participatory media, social media, (community) radio, literature, biography, poetry as well as audio-visual media such as cinema, documentary,

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The Story of Artist Proof Studio and the Building of a Democratic Art School in South Africa

Berman

2024

Designing Democratic Schools and Learning Environments

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Artist Proof Studio (APS) as a democratic learning environment enables an Ubuntu space of teaching and learning printmaking through interconnectedness (Ubuntu is an African philosophy meaning I am through you). Printmaking is regarded as a democratic art medium due to its accessibility, collaboration, and affordability in its ability to generate multiples. APS through the promotion of printmaking supports livelihoods for students and graduates and promotes agency and expression for active citizenship.

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Finding Voice

Abstract: Thanks go to all the friends, colleagues, and collaborators who have enriched my life and made the publication of this book possible. It has been an enlightening journey filled with remarkable individuals and communities.

Cited by 12 publications

References 8 publications

Jewish and Arab youth create murals in public space: Community-based art therapy exploratory research.

Jewish and Arab youth create murals in public space: Community-based art therapy exploratory research.

The Transformative Capacity of Communication: Integrative Communicative Acts Across the Communicative Spectrum of Civil Society

The Story of Artist Proof Studio and the Building of a Democratic Art School in South Africa

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