Critical Articulations of Hope from the Margins of Arts Education

Eeva Anttila works as a professor of dance pedagogy at Theatre Academy of University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland. Her research interests include dialogical and critical dance pedagogy, embodied learning, embodied knowledge and practice-based/artistic research methods.Anniina Suominen is an Associate professor of Art Pedagogy in the Department of Art at the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Helsinki, Finland. Her research and teaching focus on advancing equity and social justice through the arts as well as sensuous epistemologies and pedagogies.

• AcknowledgementsChapter 0Introduction Anniina Suominen and Eeva Anttila Chapter 1Dialogical musical spaces: Raising youth critical consciousness in equalizing intergroup settingsShoshana GottesmanChapter 2Documentary theatre as a platform for hope and social justiceJussi Lehtonen and Sari PöyhönenChapter 3Sustaining dance education in exile: Contemporary perspectives of dance teaching and learning inside and outside of SyriaRose Martin Chapter 4The embodiment of hope: A dialogue on dance and displaced children Eeva AnttilaChapter 5Shifting Tides: Re-searching values for critical Pacific dance pedagogyTeuila HughesChapter 6Accessibility, mutual learning, and new pedagogical approaches: Developing a professional theatre school in Mato Grosso, BrazilIvam Cabral, Rodolfo García Vázquez & Marcio AquilesChapter 7Teacher preparation during an epidemic of mass incarceration: The challenge and hope of arts and educationCourtnie WolfgangChapter 8Building mutual respect and trust through co-dependency, deep collaboration, and co-teaching artNurit Cohen EvronChapter 9Experiencing Palestine through performing arts exchangesVille Sandqvist, Helena Korpela & Michele CantoniChapter 10CASA San Miguel: Art as the practice of hope in a local community Alfonso 'Coke' Bolipata Chapter 11Hope emergingAnniina Suominen with contributions by Hanna Guttorm, Susanna Hast, Jussi Lehtonen, Isabel Marques, Rose Martin, Tiina Pusa, Sepideh Rahaa, Te Oti Rakena, Nick Rowe, and Erika Sarivaara

"Critical Articulations of Hope from the Margins of Arts Education provides valuable insights into people’s lives as they live with and deal with political, cultural, economic and social challenges. The power of the book is found in its ‘real’ and ‘grass roots’ accounts of how arts education pays attention to marginalised voices and how arts experiences provide support, refuge and hope. The dialogue implicit in the structure of the book places emphasis on the need to share and listen to others experience. That we can, and consistently do share and reflect on experience in and through art and arts education reveals the power of diverse cultural practices in articulating diverse voices at the margins."Associate Professor Ralph Buck (PhD) is Head of Dance Studies, University of Auckland, New Zealand.