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Community‐Based Arts Initiatives: Exploring the Science of the Arts
Author(s) -
Stein Catherine H.,
Faigin David A.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1007/s10464-014-9698-3
Subject(s) - the arts , diversity (politics) , sociology , health psychology , community psychology , action (physics) , arts in education , set (abstract data type) , public relations , psychology , political science , visual arts , public health , social psychology , computer science , medicine , art , physics , nursing , quantum mechanics , anthropology , programming language
In this introduction to the special issue, we describe some of the rewards and challenges of community‐based arts initiatives for our discipline. We explore the inherent tensions between art and science that are reflected in community‐based arts activities. We pose larger questions about researching community‐based arts activities and defining the arts as a means of promoting social change. The diversity of populations, settings, and issues represented by the papers in the special issue are described and a common set of values, methods of inquiry and action are discussed.