Art and development

Harare arts festival stands up against isolationism

May 2010 -

Despite two elections, a cholera epidemic and ongoing inflation HIFA is still going strong. With the increased interest from outside of Zimbabwe it is clear that the festival is now seen as an important platform.

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Dreaming of the New African Architecture

may 2010 -

Modern architecture in Africa is inseparably linked to the post-colonial era. Architect Antoni Folkers has written a book about the sometimes difficult relationship between New Architecture and traditional African architecture.

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LOT project about sustainable landscape development in Peru

November 2009 -

Under the title City Landscapes in Lima in October 2009 an extensive interdisciplinary project took place about landscape architecture and public space.

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Emotional theatre show in Rwanda

November 2009 -

"The Monument lasts for only 70 minutes, but after it has ended some spectators are so emotional that they stay after the show to discuss it for up to three hours," says Jennifer Capraru, the director of the play that is being performed in Rwanda.

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"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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Achille Mbembe: "Donors have a simple notion of development"

September 2009 -

Achille Mbembe about the cruel confrontation between money and ideas.

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Rustom Bharucha: "We have to re-imagine culture and development"

September 2009 -

Rustom Bharucha about re-imagination and the need for complexity in development theatre.

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Bart Luirink: Fishy art

September 2009 -

Bart Luirink pleads for an uninhibited practice of art in Africa.

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Elsbeth Etty: Art and its constraints

September 2009 -

NRC Handelsblad's book editor Elsbeth Etty about the difference between art and propaganda.

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Sibongile van Damme: "Bureaucrats like us operate within a limited mandate"

September 2009 -

Sibongile van Damme about the tricky relationship between governments, cultural funds and recipients.

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