Why Art Matters: How Performance Art Interventions Contribute to the Field of Conflict Resolution
Ph.D., Philosophy, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
M.A., Philosophy, State University of New York at Binghamton
Ph.D., 1992, Brandeis University, Dept. of near Eastern and Judaic Studies Dissertation Topic: The Religious Ethics of Samuel David Luzzatto
M.A., 1988, Brandeis University, Dept. of near Eastern and Judaic Studies
Ph.D., Political Science, The Ohio State University
April 18, 2007 10:30am through 12:30pm
There is insufficient information and empirical evidence about how performance art interventions can support existing forms of conflict resolution practice. This is a U.S.-based study that explores and explains how performance art interventions can complement traditional and transformative interventions in the field of conflict resolution.
Quantitative and qualitative research collected and analyzed for this study indicates and suggests how performance art, as a dialogically based intervention, can influence an individual’s attitude, perception, or position about issues that are relevant to the field of conflict resolution. Suggestions are made about complementary interventions and the stage of conflict in which this unique type of intervention could be most useful.
Dissertation Committee:
Daniel Rothbart, Ph.D., (Chair), Institute for Conflict Analysis & Resolution
Marc Gopin, Ph.D., Institute for Conflict Analysis & Resolution
Howon Jeong, Ph.D., Institute for Conflict Analysis & Resolution
William Reeder, Ph.D., Visual and Performing Arts, GMU
Contact: Jennifer Lock, 703.993.1301