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A recent controversy surrounding Québec director Robert Lepage has had some people claiming to be colour-blind when in comes to race. But nothing could be further from the truth.
And why the contribution of people with learning disabilities to the arts must be celebrated.
The A in STEAM stands for arts, and it has important influences in science, technology, engineering and maths.
Britain has always been good at projecting its values to the world. It’s going to need that soft power once it leaves the EU.
Economist David Throsby in a new Platform Paper calls for strong cultural policies from the Australian government.
Arts on prescription are changing the way we treat health problems.
Opera goers are high multiplier voters. Win them over and you might get a few more supporters along the way.
The science is clear but to improve plastic literacy, we need the arts. Here’s why.
Universities must train scientists to engage with the ethics of emerging technologies, rather than functioning as cogs in the engine of economic development. Integrating the arts into STEM can help.
Keorapetse Kgositsile was made South Africa’s national poet laureate in 2006, the only person to have been given the honour.
The new creative framework policy put forth by the Canadian government has been criticized for its capitalist and Silicon Valley leanings. But it’s actually Canada’s best creative policy to date.
The reviews are coming in pretty harsh for Justice League. If Superman is awesome and Batman is awesome and Wonder Woman is awesome, shouldn’t the three of them together be thrice as awesome?
This year’s Toronto International Film Festival is a further example of how science, technology, engineering and math illuminate movies – and, in the process, our minds.
Sports and the arts are now separated, but it wasn’t always like this.
Art helps the youth of Timor Leste express their resistance to legal and political authority in the country.
Look back into prehistory and it’s all about trusting strangers.
Through subtle parallels to our own lives and choices, literature can help us make sense of political upheavals.
In Germany – a country where going to the theater is a deeply ingrained cultural tradition – the stage is a place to confront pressing political issues.
It’s the 100th anniversary of the birth of graphic novel pioneer Will Eisner.
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Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University
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Joanna Mendelssohn is a Friend of The Conversation.
Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Distinguished Professor of Media and Communication, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Arts, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Artist, Curator, Producer, RMIT University
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Lecturer in Theatre, University of Bristol
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Professor of Economics, RMIT University
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Associate Professor, Cultural Policy and Creative Industries, Adelaide University
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DECRA Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, UNSW
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Acting Director, Ian Potter Museum of Art at, The University of Melbourne
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Staff Tutor and Lecturer, The Open University, The Open University
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Principal Fellow and Professor of Music, The University of Melbourne
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Philosopher, The University of Melbourne