Why Art Matters: How Performance Art Interventions Contribute to the Field of Conflict Resolution

Event and Presentation
Daniel Rothbart
Daniel Rothbart
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Marc Gopin
Marc Gopin
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Ho Won Jeong
Why Art Matters: How Performance Art Interventions Contribute to the Field of Conflict Resolution
Event Date:

April 18, 2007 10:30am through 12:30pm

Event Location: Truland Building, Room 555
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Event Type: Event

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

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