Here is a selection of readings, films and resources related to the arts and reconciliation.
Literature
Bergh, A., Sloboda, J., 2010. Music and Art in Conflict Transformation: A Review. Music and Arts in Action 2.
Cohen, C., 2005. Recasting Reconciliation through Culture and the Arts: A Virtual Collection. Posting a Theoretical Framework. Brandeis University.
Evaluation of the Building Peace through the Arts: Re-Imagining Communities Programme, 2016. . Arts Council Northern Ireland.
Herrington, R., 2016. Monitoring and Evaluation of Participatory Theatre for Change. Search for Common Ground.
Hunter, M.-A., Page, L., 2014. What is “the good” of arts-based peace-building? Questions of value and evaluation in current practice. Peace and Conflict Studies 21.
Lederach, J.P., 2005 The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace. Oxford University Press.
Naidu-Silverman, E., 2015. The Contribution of Art and Culture in Peace and Reconciliation Processes in Asia. Centre for Culture and Development, CKU.
O’Keefe, J., 2016. Living Arts in Post-Conflict Contexts: Practices, Partnerships, Possibilities. Salzburg Global Seminar. http://www.salzburgglobal.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/2010-2019/2016/Fellow_56/LAIPCC_Report__lo-res_.pdf
Salzburg Global Seminar, More Europe, 2014. Seminar on Culture and Conflict: The Case of Ukraine.
http://www.salzburgglobal.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/2010-2019/2014/532/report_European_Final_Report_External_Cultural_Relations_Seminar_25_nov_2014.pdf
Seidl-Fox, S., Sridhar, S., 2014. Conflict Transformation through Culture: Peace-Building and the Arts. Salzburg Global Seminar Session Report 532.
Shank, M., Schirch, L., 2008. Strategic Arts-Based Peace-building. Peace and Change: A Journal of Peace Research.
Thompson, J., Hughes, J., Balfour, M., 2009. Performance In Place of War. Seagull Books.
Websites
Acting together is a collaboration between Brandeis University and Theatre Without Borders. The website is full of case-studies, resources and downloads
Films
Global Arts Corps: theatre and reconciliation work in 17 countries
Arts, Culture and Peacebuilding, Xchange Perspectives, 2005
Acting Together Documentary, highlights the work of artists working in conflict regions. A film that came out of a seven-year initiative of Theatre Without Borders, Brandeis University and filmmaker Allison Lund.
A Gift of Culture, music camps and music therapy with youth in Bosnia
Candles against the Light, Stories of Srebenica: children’s music theatre
Lectures
Panel Discussion: Art and Reconciliation, National Arts Centre, Canada 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX_G3Neo8Dc
Professor James Thompson 2013 Cockcroft Rutherford Lecture: In Place of War
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUER_7C4MnU
Practitioner Resources
Slachmuijlder, L., 2012. Participatory Theatre for Conflict Transformation. Training Manual. Search for Common Ground. https://www.scribd.com/document/134842756/Participatory-Theatre-for-Conflict-Transformation-Training-Manual-Search-for-Common-Ground
Acting Together Toolkit: http://www.brandeis.edu/ethics/peacebuildingarts/actingtogether/toolkit/index.html