Using Art for Social Transformation: International Perspective for Social Workers, Community Workers and Art Therapists

Social arts are manifold and are initiated by multiple actors, spaces, and direction from many directions and intentions, but generally aim to generate personal, familial, group, community or general social transformation which can maintain and enhance personal and community resilience, communication, negotiation and transitions.

Author: Eltje Bos
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 12/16/2022
Pages: 278
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.62d
ISBN: 9780367615185

About the Author

Eltje Bos (PhD) is Professor Emerita of Cultural and Social Dynamics at the University of Applied Sciences Amsterdam. Also trained as a drama teacher, she focused and focuses in her work on the use of arts and creativity in social work as well as on strategies of collaboration to increase personal empowerment and livability in the city.

Ephrat Huss (PhD) is Professor of Social Work and Art Therapy at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. She heads an innovative MA social work specialization that integrates arts in social practice and has 40 students doing social arts projects per year. She has a background in fine arts. Her areas of research are the interface between arts and social practice and arts-based research: using arts as a way of accessing the voices of marginalized populations.