Fleur Macdonald / en New Approaches to International Development—Seen Through a Creative Lens /news/2022-05/new-approaches-international-development-seen-through-creative-lens <span>New Approaches to International Development—Seen Through a Creative Lens</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/586" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">Andrew J Schappert</span></span> <span>Mon, 05/09/2022 - 11:03</span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_associated_people" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-associated-people"> <h2>In This Story</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-associated-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">People Mentioned in This Story</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/profiles/jsingh19" hreflang="und">J.P. Singh</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:body" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasebody"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><figure role="group"><div> <div class="field field--name-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img src="/sites/g/files/yyqcgq291/files/2022-05/Becky-Schutt-and-Ambassador-Elsie-S-Kanza-web.jpg" width="600" height="400" alt="Rebecca Schutt, former head of the British Council’s DICE program, discusses the artwork on display at Mason Square with Elsie S. Kanza, ambassador of the United Republic of Tanzania to the U.S. and Mexico. Photos by Ron Aira/Creative Services" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image" /></div> </div> <figcaption>Rebecca Schutt, former head of the British Council’s DICE program, discusses the artwork on display at Mason Square with Elsie S. Kanza, ambassador of the United Republic of Tanzania to the U.S. and Mexico. Photos by Ron Aira/Creative Services</figcaption></figure><figure role="group" class="align-right"><div> <div class="field field--name-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img src="/sites/g/files/yyqcgq291/files/2022-05/Schar-School-Professor-JP-Singh-web.jpg" width="300" height="300" alt="Schar School Professor J.P. Singh at the gallery opening: ‘DICE is making contributions that need to be understood.’" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image" /></div> </div> <figcaption>Schar School Professor J.P. Singh at the gallery opening: ‘DICE is making contributions that need to be understood.’</figcaption></figure><p><span><span><em><span>Reprinted with permission from the Pioneers Post (UK).</span></em></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>When Professor </span><a href="https://schar.gmu.edu/profiles/jsingh19"><span>J.P. Singh</span></a><span> heard the British Council’s plan, he wasn’t entirely convinced. </span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>“I didn’t know what to expect,” said the professor of </span><a href="https://schar.gmu.edu/programs/masters-programs/masters-global-commerce-and-policy"><span>global commerce and policy</span></a><span> at the </span><a href="http://schar.gmu.edu/"><span>Schar School of Policy and Government</span></a><span> at ӽ紫ý. </span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>The British Council<span>, </span></span><span><span><span>the U.K.’s international organization for cultural relations and educational opportunities,</span></span></span> <span>had commissioned 12 artists to illustrate his paper that outlined a theoretical framework for cultural relations approaches to international development. “Although it’s about art, and I work in that area,” said Singh, “I’ve just never had artists interpret a very academic paper.” </span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><a href="https://schar.gmu.edu/news/2022-04/gallery-show-panel-discussion-highlight-study-art-and-international-commerce"><span>An exhibit</span></a><span> of the commissioned art opened in April at the Van Metre Hall Art Gallery at Mason Square, formerly Arlington Campus, in Arlington, Virginia. In addition to a panel discussion about art, culture, and global commerce, </span><span><span><span>Elsie S. Kanza, ambassador of Tanzania to the U.S. and Mexico, delivered a keynote speech. The exhibit continues until May 13.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>Like Singh, Kazz Morohashi was similarly hesitant when faced with turning the paper into art. “It was a little difficult to get my head around it. Initially, I had to read it a couple of times,” said the artist who is finishing her PhD in museum learning design at the Norwich University of the Arts in England. </span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>But after a period of nine months working with Singh and the other artists, the Japanese-born, U.K.-based creative produced a work which somehow manages to distill some of the ethics and practices of new approaches to development work into a two-and-a-half-minute animated video about a toy rabbit and his floristry business.</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span>The paper and art are the result of Developing Inclusive and Creative Economies (DICE), a three-year pilot program designed to foster cultural and economic agency launched in 2018. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><a href="https://www.pioneerspost.com/news-views/20220504/new-approaches-international-development-seen-through-creative-lens" target="_blank"><span><span>(Story continues at Pioneers Post.)</span></span></a></span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/15401" hreflang="en">Global Commerce and Policy</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/15701" hreflang="en">Schar School News May 2022</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Mon, 09 May 2022 15:03:34 +0000 Andrew J Schappert 69806 at