ARROW Symposium - Playing With Conflict

The ARROW (Art: a Resource for Reconciliation Over the World) programme at University College Plymouth St Mark and St John in collaboration with the University of Plymouth.

Date: 2nd July 2010

Venue: Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth

Panel of keynote speakers:
Marina Barham – Director Al Harah Theatre, West Bank. Jeton Neziraj – Artistic Director of Kosovo National Theatre Mary Lange – Teacher and storyteller, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Dr Urvashi Sahni – Head of Study Hall Schools, Lucknow, India and award winning education reformer.

The speakers will address the theme of the Symposium and Congress, ‘Playing with Conflict’.

The purpose of ARROW is to develop, promote and research the arts as a resource for the non-violent transformation of conflict. ARROW was inspired by Desmond Tutu, who has given his personal backing to the programme, and draws in particular on the writings and practice of American conflict theorist John Paul Lederach, Paulo Freire and Bertolt Brecht.

ARROW has an emerging and dedicated global network of young people in the UK, the West Bank, Kosovo, Serbia, South Africa, Sierra Leone, India, and elsewhere who will meet during the week of 28th June 2010 for the Global ARROW Congress. They will share their creative practice, ideas and aspirations. The Symposium will be an opportunity for the co-ordinators of the groups to meet with other academics and practitioners in the UK and elsewhere to debate underlying issues and ideas. To book for the event, which is free please contact artsresearch@plymouth.ac.uk or for further information about the Symposium and ARROW please contact David Oddie, ARROW Director, at UCP Marjon (doddie@marjon.ac.uk).

Please note places are limited to 100.