"How, when, and why did politicians and developing responses to needed social change come to be seen as something separate from the whole of human experience?"
The importance and potential of arts as a tool for peacebuilding should not be underestimated. To illustrate this, my introduction tells some modern “Pied Piper” tales. The cases following this text elaborate further on how the arts are currently being used in peacebuilding activities in different regions around the world.
Lederach, John Paul. “The Arts and Peacebuilding: Using Imagination and Creativity.” In People Building Peace II: Successful Stories of Civil Society, edited by Paul van Tongeren, Malin Brenk, Marte Hellema, and Juliette Verhoeven, 283–92. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2005.
From “The Arts and Peacebuilding: Using Imagination and Creativity,” by John Paul Lederach, in People Building Peace II: Successful Stories of Civil Society, edited by Paul van Tongeren, Malin Brenk, Marte Hellema, and Juliette Verhoeven. Copyright © 2005 by Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
An article imagining a courageous alternative to the then pending U.S. war with Iraq.
A summary of the book, The Moral Imagination, which draws forth and describes the essence of each chapter.
Thoughts about the challenge of to all of us as leaders when we live in settings of social fragmentation and at the same time are committed to pursue justice and healing in our relationships.