Table of Contents
Foreword xi
Foreword: September xv
Preface xix
Introduction 1 xxi
Acknowledgments xxxix
Introduction 2 xli
Section I Grassroots Leadership and Cultural Activists Part 1: Performance Art
Chapter 1 The Cellist of Sarajevo: Courage and Defiance through Music as Inspirations for Social Change Randal Joy Thompson Edin Ibrahimefendic 3
Chapter 2 Fela Kuti: The Man, His Music, The Activist Greg Chidi Obi 29
Chapter 3 Václav Havel, the Playwright-Dissident: Theater as a Seismograph for Social Change Joshua M. Hayden 45
Chapter 4 Armand Gatti's L'Inconnu N°5: Theater as a Catalyst for Resistance Suzanne Epstein 59
Section II Grassroots Leadership and Cultural Activists Part 2: Visual Art and Film
Chapter 5 Boniface Mwangi: Photo-Journalist/Social Activist Nita Hungu Marta D. Bennett 81
Chapter 6 Benevolent Subversion: Graffiti, Street Art, and the Emergence of the Anonymous Leader James Jarc Tricia Garwood 97
Chapter 7 Innovating Social Change through Grassroots Leadership Practices in the Arts Anu M. Mitra 111
Chapter 8 Peter Young: The Filmmaker as Agent Provocateur Margot Edwards Ralph Bathurst 127
Section III Grassroots Leadership, Participatory Democracy, and the Role of the Arts in Social Movements in the United States
Chapter 9 They Were All Leaders: The IWW and Songs for Revolution Greg Artzner Terry Leonino 147
Chapter 10 Women's Music: The Mothership Holly Near 161
Chapter 11 Acting Up and Fighting Back: How New York's Artistic Community Responded to AIDS David Edelman 173
Section IV Theatre of the Oppressed as a Form of Grassroots Leadership
Chapter 12 Truth Comes in Many Colors: Theatre of the Oppressed for Conflict Transformation and Trauma Healing in Kenya Mecca Antonia Burns Bonface Njeresa Beti Maxwel Eliakim Okuto 189
Chapter 13 Theater Research Methodology of a Split Society: Ukrainian Reality Natalia Kostenko Kateryna Tiahlo 207
Chapter 14 From Needs-Based to Asset-Based Community Development: The ABCD Method as an Effective Strategy for Engaging with Grassroots Leaders in South Africa Kennedy C. Chinyowa Mziwoxolo Sirayi Selloane Mokuku 223
Section V People Power, Community Building, and the Arts for Social Change
Chapter 15 Finding a Line from Fight Club to the Kennedy Center: How We Learned to Cross Invisible Bridges Garth A. Ross 241
Chapter 16 Crafting Community and Change through Books and Pads: The Tikondwe Teachers Project in Domasi, Malawi Kevin Bottomley Justin Snyder Alinane Misomali Denise Archuleta David H Davenport Marsha Dwyer Destenie Nock Lucy Kapenuka Chifundo Ziyaya Ann Potts Liz Barber 263
Chapter 17 The Shape of Water … Palestine, Badke and Lets Make Noise for Gaza: Three Journeys of Intercultural Choreographic Practice in Palestine Nicholas Rowe Noora Baker Ata Khatab 281
Chapter 18 In Case of Emergency, Break Convention: Popular Education, Cultural Leadership, and Public Museums Darlene E. Clover 299
Epilogue 315
About the Authors 319
Index 329