Culture for Development Directory

Theatre & development

| 2007-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: The Power of culture]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: theatre, development, educational aspects, performing arts
Theatre is used for delivering messages and for educational purposes, but theatre is also still entitled to be art as well. This special on Theatre & Development, part of the Power of Culture website, consists of six articles on the relationship between theatre and development in three continents.

SEAMEO SPAFA : educating for sustainable development through cultural resources management

| 2007-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Southeast Asian Ministers of education organization. Regional centre for archaology and fine arts (SEAMEO SPAFA)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: fine arts, archaeology, cultural heritage, south east asia
SEAMEO-SPAFA is the Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts. Its objectives are to 1) cultivate awareness and appreciation of cultural heritage 2) promote cultural activities in the region 3) further professional competence 4) advance understanding among countries of Southeast Asia.

YATF : Young Arab theatre fund

| 2007-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Young Arab theatre fund (YATF)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: theatre, funds, youth, arab countries
The Young Arab Theatre Fund (YATF) is an international organization designed to serve independent young artists living and working in the Arab World. Its long term goal is to encourage the sustainability of the independent artistic scene in the Arab World.

Imagine Africa : the campaign to promote and strengthen African arts

| 2007-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Stromme foundation [etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: arts, artists, africa
IMAGINE AFRICA is a campaign organised by the Strّmme Foundation in Norway in partnership with the Goree Institute, Senegal. The aim is to constitute a global initiative for promoting and strengthening African arts and reasoning.

ArtCorps

| 2007-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: ArtCorps
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: arts, artists, capacity building, international co-operation, central america
ArtCorps strengthens international development work by sending volunteer professional artists to work with Central American NGOs to creatively communicate their environmental and social messages through a variety of art forms including theater, mime, puppetry, mural painting, sculpture and poetry.
 

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The portal provides access to selected free, full-text electronic documents on culture for development. It is also an unique entry point for all other internet resources, including newsletters, discussion groups, websites, bibliographic databases, and directories of organizations and projects. Our ambition is to provide (almost) full coverage on the aforementioned themes.