Bernadette McLean
March, 2021
McLean, B. (2021). No Cultural Practitioners Influencing Conflict in Ecuador Using Preparative, Active, and Interconnected Theories of Change. Empirical Times, 1(1).
Abstract:
The use of arts-based work as a method of conflict intervention is still an evolving field, with much of the scholarship concentrating on the theory of the work rather than its implementation. The results of an analysis of narrative interviews conducted in June and July 2017 with cultural workers in Ecuador who were members of the Cultura Viva Comunitaria movement are summarized in this research article, which aims to contribute to the bridge between theory and practice. The study’s aim was to look at how arts-based cultural work affected conflict from the perspective of practitioners’ theories of transition. Three distinct groups arose from a review of the various hypotheses found. Some practitioners spoke of preparative impacts, or those that happened as a result of the process of producing a piece of art or a cultural initiative. Others identified enactive results, which were caused by the actual work being performed. Intertwined impacts was the final group, in which practitioners used both preparative and enactive elements to characterize the outcomes. Various theories of transition often corresponded to various contexts and practice objectives.
Keywords: Conflict resolution, cultural diversity, cultural revitalization, art therapy
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