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Case Study in Transforming Lives, Changing Communities

From Philadelphia Mural Arts Program’s Community-Based Art Education and Social Function to Community Action

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How do words, movements and artistic expressions transform people, places and events in ways that bring about social change? How do artists express themselves in ways that impact and empower local community arts, cultural and education programs? Let me start with a few comments.

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  1. Kuo-Pin Lin
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  1. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA

    João M. Paraskeva

  2. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA

    Thad LaVallee

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Lin, KP. (2015). Case Study in Transforming Lives, Changing Communities. In: Paraskeva, J.M., LaVallee, T. (eds) Transformative Researchers and Educators for Democracy. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-914-2_12

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