Voices and Positions

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).…”

“…The volume showcases various projects and case studies that suggest practical ways of using art to mediate and promote intercultural dialogue in educational settings, and cultural and rehabilitation programmes. Significant educational themes are touched upon, such as identities, representation, citizenship (Savva and Telemachou, 2016), non-violence and the perspective of the impoverished (Alvarado Castro, 2016), festivals, cross-cultural expressions, heritage with cultural landscape management (Martins and Carvalho, 2016), cultural interventions, collaborations, and community building through the arts and (inter)cultural dialogue (Ballengee Morris and Carpenter, 2016) and various other intercultural educational research projects using, for example, murals to facilitate transformative intercultural dialogue (Caetano et al, 2016).…”