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COEXISTENCE INTERNATIONAL is an initiative committed to strengthening the field of policymakers, practitioners, researchers, advocates, organizations and networks promoting coexistence at local, national and international levels. CI promotes a complementary approach to coexistence work through facilitating connections, learning, reflection, and strategic thinking between those in the coexistence field and those in related areas.
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Complimentary Approaches to Coexistence Work:
Focus on Coexistence and the Arts
This focus paper discusses the ways in which artistic and cultural work on the one hand, and coexistence theory and practices on the other, are complementary and mutually enhancing. It presents examples of effective and innovative arts-and-culture-based peacebuilding efforts, ranging from grassroots artist-peacebuilder collaborations to official efforts that have effectively integrated creative approaches. I raises questions for practitioners, offers recommendations to policy-makers, and points to resources for further exploration.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Heritage of the Arts of Southasia
MITHAS was formed to perpetuate, to teach, to present, to perform, and spread appreciation for the great variety of performing art and artists who practice in the richly learned and refined traditions of Southasia.
The performing arts which have been nourished on the South Asian subcontinent have something to offer for everyone, regardless of cultural orientation. For this "other" part of the world is already a cultural blend to start with, having many ethnic and cultural varieties, languages, and religions. Through centuries of change and sweeping political movements, an artistic language has become enriched with the vitality of many tongues and styles, and the essence-the many rhythmic and emotional faces of love, sound, and movement - has been expressed in music, dance, and drama by musicians of every cultural and religious perspective.