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On Extinction
Sep 27, 2013 As we live through another mass extinction, this one due to human behavior, we must, Melanie Challenger writes, “[reawaken] the sense that we live finite lives in a finite world.”As we live through another mass extinction, we must, Melanie Challenger writes, “[reawaken] the sense that we live finite lives in a finite world.”
Restoring Personhood
Nov 21, 2012 "Participation in the arts is a guarantor of other human rights because the first thing that is taken away from vulnerable, unpopular, or minority groups is the right to self-expression," Francois Matarasso says in "Acting Together, Volume II." "Participation in the arts is a guarantor of other human rights because the first thing that is taken away from vulnerable, unpopular, or minority groups is the right to self-expression," Francois Matarasso says in the book "Acting Together, Volume II."
The Performance of Peace
Jul 6, 2012 Can theater help heal the wounds of war? With case studies from the Balkans, Uganda, Sri Lanka, India, Israel, Cambodia and others, "Acting Together: Performance and the Creative Transformation of Conflict, Vol 1" answers with a powerful "yes"Can theater help heal the wounds of war? "Acting Together: Performance and the Creative Transformation of Conflict, Vol".
Sin and Sustenance
Jan 7, 2012 Lauren B. Davis' thrilling, polyphonic new novel, “Our Daily Bread,” takes us into a backwoods clan rife with child abuse and incest, and asks the question: "When does another person's suffering become my responsibility?"
