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The other current project is ‘Futebol Viral,’ a deterrent to domestic violence.
What authorities lack is not evidence but rather a rationale for art as violence
prevention. That rationale should be clear by now:
- Art redirects violent energies toward socially cohesive activities.
- Recognizing everyone as a potential artist closes the short circuit that
‘targets’ people with paternalist expertise.
- Public spaces co-designed with communities become precious and
protected.
- Educating through art prepares citizens to be resilient and collaborative.
Context
In June 2016, to coincide with
Bloomsday, TU Dublin hosted an
introductory session on Pre-
Texts, developed by Dr. Doris
Sommer. Pre-Texts combines
high-order literacy, innovation
and citizenship. It encourages
educators to ‘re-tool’ for
‘close reading’ and getting
‘beyond’ a text. Pre-Texts is
suitable for groups of all ages
and abilities and favours the
shy or disenfranchised reader
and learner.
This led to an intensive Pre-
Texts Training the Trainers
Workshop in June 2019.
The planning and delivery of
this Workshop was undertaken by
a cross sectoral Steering Group
including Vanessa Fielding,
Artistic Director, Complex
Productions, Gráinne Foy, Social
Inclusion Coordinator, North
West Inner City Network, Siobhan
Geoghegan, Artistic Director,
Common Ground, Kathleen
McCann, Employment and Training
Coordinator, Grangegorman Labour
and Learning Forum and Julie
Stafford, Senior Development
Manager, TU Dublin. Meetings
were hosted by the North West
Inner City Network.
The Pre-Texts Training for
Trainers was undertaken in two
parts: firstly through workshop
sessions facilitated by Doris
Sommer, and secondly by trainees
with their own communities.
The primary text for the first
workshop was an extract from
Foucault, Michel. Discipline
& Punish, (1975), Panopticism
III. For in-community workshops,
texts utilised by trainees
included O’Brien, E. (1986).
The Country Girls; Donaldson,
J, Scheffler, A. (1999) The
Gruffalo; Joyce, J. (1914).
The Dead. Dubliners; Kearns, C.
(1989) Stoneybatter – Dublin’s
Inner Urban Village; Mulligan,
A. (2010), Trash; Owell, G.
(1945), Animal Farm.
1 www.bbc.com/mundo/video_fotos/2015/08/150819_fotos_mexico_pachuca_las_palmitas_mural_ng ‘El proyecto
‘Pachuca se pinta’ desarrollado por el colectivo de artistas Germen Crew y financiado por el gobierno local,
pretende aprovechar la transformación del espacio público del barrio para facilitar la integración de sus
residentes…Además de crear el mural más grande de México, la iniciativa logró bajar sustancialmente los índices
de criminalidad.’
2 https://unhabitat.org/united-nations-system-wide-guidelines-on-safer-cities-and-human-settlements
3 In his essay on ‘The emerging lessons from COVID-19 on vulnerability and safety,’ Jaideep Gupte makes a similar
point. ‘Planners, designers and municipal administrators need to treat the police and emergency services as
equal stakeholders.’ We should add educators, artists, and community leaders. Example of standard approach to
infrastructure, Antioquia, http://www.eafit.edu.co/centros/urbam/proyectos/Paginas/proyectos.aspx
4 Sommer, D. (2014). The Work of Art in the World: Civic agency and Public Humanities. Duke University Press:
Durham.
5 Raymond Williams, Keywords, 1977, Prologue. UNESCO collapses these definitions in Universal Declaration on
Cultural Diversity (2001), Culture is ‘the set of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features of
a society or a social group that encompasses art and literature, lifestyles, ways of living together, value systems,
traditions and beliefs.’
6 www.ted.com/talks/edi_rama_take_back_your_city_with_paint?language=en
7 Danieli Y. (2009). Massive Trauma and The Healing Role of Reparative Justice. In: C. Ferstman, M. Goetz, & A.
Stephens, eds. Reparations for Victims of Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity: Systems in Place
and Systems in the Making. Leiden; Boston: Martinus Niijhoff. pp.41–77.
8 Ariel Nunes, ‘Pontos de cultural ’ construção e de integração das políticas locais, nacionais e globais.’ www.
casaruibarbosa.gov.br/dados/DOC/palestras/Politicas_Culturais/II_Seminario_Internacional/FCRB_ArielNunes_
Pontos_de_cultura_e_os_novos_paradigmas_das_politicas_publicas_culturais.pdf See also https://pt.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Pontos_de_Cultura
9 www.ted.com/talks/jose_antonio_abreu_the_el_sistema_music_revolution/transcript?language=en
10 Alvaro Restrepo, Artistic Director of El colegio del cuerpo in Cartagena, Colombia, is a particular and eloquent
example: ‘Talent is when we discover the reasons to be in this world and live according to these. But above all,
talent is a deep desire for personal transformation, and by doing it we transform those around us.’
11 www.qhubocali.com/con-la-gente/la-casa-de-los-recuerdos