Beauty, Participation and Inclusion

Introduction: Arts integration and community engagement for intercultural dialogue through language education

“…Such diverse themes are touched upon in wide-ranging projects with specific thematic foci such as the role of the arts and the media in everyday life (Savva and Telemachou, 2016), the use of intercultural theatrical techniques to promote understanding of immigrant otherness through street performance and theatre (Alvarado Castro, 2016), linkage between cultural festivals, green architecture, landscape and intercultural dialogue developed through design, music and dance (Martins and Carvalho, 2016), ownership and access to water, indigenous spiritual spaces, game building, and pedagogy (Ballengee Morris and Carpenter, 2016). The projects reported target specific groups through student teacher education (Savva and Telemachou, 2016), active social inclusion of immigrants (Alvarado Castro, 2016) and the homeless (Campagnaro and Porcellana, 2016). They also showcase the work and views of university art education teachers (Saura, 2016) and researchers (Ballengee Morris and Carpenter, 2016).…”