Suny Series, Praxis

Preface. Who, Why and How VIVA? Acknowledgments Introduction. Rooted in Place, Politics, Passion, and Praxis: Decolonization, Popular Education, Community Arts and Participatory Action Research PART I. RECOVERING CULTURAL HISTORIES: From Indigenous to Diasporic Contexts Introduction 1. Planting Good Seeds: The Kuna Children's Art Workshops Jesus Alemancia (CEASPA, Kuna Yala, Panama) 2. The Lost Body: Recovering Memory-A Personal Legacy Diane Roberts (Personal Legacy Project, Vancouver, Canada) PART II. TRANSFORMING URBAN SPACES: From PostColonial Neighborhoods to Public Squares Introduction 3. Out of the Tunnel There Came Tea: Jumblies Theatre's Bridge of One Hair Project Ruth Howard (Jumblies Theatre, Toronto, Canada) 4. Telling Our Stories: Training Artists to Engage with Communities Christine McKenzie (Catalyst Center, Toronto, Canada) 5. A Melting Pot Where Lives Converge: Tianguis Cultural de Guadalajara Leonardo David de Anda Gonzalez and Sergio Eduardo Martinez Mayoral (Tianguis Cultural and IMDEC, Guadalajara, Mexico) 6. Painting by Listening: Participatory Community Mural Production Sergio G. Valdez Ruvalcaba (Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, Mexico) 7. Connecting the Dots: Linking Schools and Universities Through the Arts Amy Shimson-Santo (UCLArtsBridge, Los Angeles, USA) 8. With Our Images, Voices and Cultures Bilwivision: A Community Television Channel Margarita Antonio and Reyna Armida Duarte (URACCAN, Bilwi, Nicaragua) Epilogue. Critical Hope Notes Glossary About the Editor, Contributors, and Videographers VIVA! Project Partners' Contacts Photo and Drawing Credits VIVA! Community Arts and Popular Education in the Americas: Nine Videos (on accompanying DVD) Index