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		<title>Creative Acts as Democratic Work (Connections 2015)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The four-page article, Creative Acts as Democratic Work by Paloma Dallas and Melinda Gilmore&#160;was&#160;published Fall 2015 in Kettering Foundation&#8216;s annual newsletter, &#8220;Connections 2015 &#8211; Our History: Journeys in KF Research&#8221;.&#160;In this article, Dallas and Gilmore explore the role of art in civic engagement and community problem solving, in response to David Mathew&#8217;s query, &#8220;If the public has to do more than observe &#8211; if it has to be a citizenry-at-work &#8211; then the question is, how does art affect people doing the work of citizens?&#8221; [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10889">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arts and culture play a crucial role in increasing, diversifying,&#160;and sustaining public participation, navigating contentious issues, and&#160;fostering productive public dialogue and decision making. In 2013,&#160;Animating Democracy, a program of Americans for the Arts, published Playing for the Public Good: The Arts in Planning and Government&#160;&#8211; a trend paper that highlights a wide range of&#160;arts and culture-based projects or programs that broaden participation&#160;and deepen meaning beyond typical planning processes and/or governmental&#160;systems and structures. When governmental and civic entities employ the arts to engage people in&#160;public processes, [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/8733">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2013 12:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
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