Recasting Reconciliation through Culture and the Arts:
A Virtual Collection
Edited by Cynthia Cohen, Director of the Slifka Program in Intercommunal Coexistence

Papers, portfolios, analysis and recommendations for artists, cultural workers, peacebuilders, students, scholars and policymakers interested in the contributions of culture and the arts to coexistence and reconciliation.
I. About the Collection
II. Galleries
- Drumming and Reconciliation in Rwanda, Burundi and South Africa
Works by Nicholas Kotei Djanie & Lena Slachmuijlder - How Deep Can We Go?: Ubuntu, Art and Reconciliation in South Africa
Works by Kim Berman and Daniel Stompie Selibe - Playback Theatre: A Creative Resource for Reconciliation
Works by Jenny Hutt and Bev Hosking - Reflections on Cultural Production and Prospects for Reconciliation in Cambodia
Works by Ly Daravuth and Ingrid Muan - Witnessing War, Yearning for Peace: Two Documentary Films from Sri Lanka
Works by Iffat Fatima and Lisa Kois
III. Synthesis |
by Lesley Yalen |
IV. Related Links about the Fellowship Program
- About the Program
- Meet the Faculty
- Symposium: Re-Imagining Self and Other
- Symposium Schedule
- Presenters' Biographies and Related Readings
- Q&A with Barbara Sonneborn
- Notes and Reflections: What is Art?
- October 2004 Institute
- November 2003 Institute
- Complete Institute Report (PDF)
- Schedule of Events
- Photographs
V. Related Publications
- Creative Approaches to Coexistence, Reconciliation and Development by Cynthia Cohen (PDF)
- Recasting Reconciliation through Culture and the Arts: Strengthening Peace-building Capacity through The Brandeis International Fellowship Program by Cynthia Cohen (PDF)
- Drumming and Playback Theatre: Partners for Peace by Jonathan Fox (PDF version available)