Amanda Fortier

"Literature should heal wounds in Timor-Leste"

October 2009 -

Writer, translator, and campaigner Abe Barreto Soares is determined to put his country's literature on the map, using all available technical supplies. 

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Broom exhibition in Rajasthan elevates the seemingly insignificant

August 2009 -

The Arna-Jharna desert museum of Rajasthan shows the social, cultural and economic importance of the - at first sight - humble broom.

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Junked prints and moldy videos

July 2009 -

SUSPECT is an evolving, international art collective that wants to uncover the subtle beauty in everyday objects. Recently it opened its first exhibition in Mumbai.

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Art from behind bars in India

April 2009 -

Two years ago Kavita Shivdasani, a value-educator, had a unique idea for bringing the realities of India into her classroom. She took her affluent group of young students on an educational tour of Mumbai's Arthur Road jail.

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"Soccer is not taken lightly in the Kenyan slums"

March 2009 -

Kibera, in the southeast of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, is one of the most infamous slum areas of East Africa. A sports programme keeps young people away from drugs and criminality.

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Crafts project in El Salvador keeps locals home

februari 2009 -

It has been estimated 700 Salvadorans leave the country every day in search of work. The Solidarity Crafts-programme tries to stop that trend.

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Muhanad Rasheed: "I am Iraqi, but I still struggle with what this means"

January 2009 -

Two and a half years ago the Baghdad-native fled to Jordan, then to Syria before settling in Amsterdam in 2008. The greatest challenge now for the dancer/choreographer is juggling Iraqi culture and his new European reality. 

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Kenyan villagers turn waste into design

November 2008 -

Since 2006, non-profit organisation UniquEco has collected and processed more than 75.000 tonnes of discarded flipflops.

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Afghan earth architecture builds new standards in design

September 2008 -

In the medieval city of Istalif an earth architecture team is working on a school building. It uses new techniques and traditional materials.

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Special Culture & Conflict

July 2008 -

The Culture & Conflict special investigates how art is practically helping in times of war, conflict and violence in five countries.

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