Improv for Democracy Arthur Holmer

Improv for Democracy Arthur HolmerExplores how improv based teaching and training methods can bridge differences and promote the communication, leadership, and civil skills our world urgently needs. While much has been written about what democracies should look like, much less has been said about how to actually train citizens in democratic perspectives and skills. Amid the social and political crises of our time, many programs seeking to bridge differences between citizens draw from

physical anthropology

This chapter describes GAP

and case studies where these insights are employed in literary analysis

and rhetorical devices

the rise of the importance of data

investigating how they represent African history through the twin matrices of memory and trauma

Strategies for dealing with biotic and abiotic stresses

Through exploration of black British community activism in three geographical case studies

Anchored in grounded theory and critical discourse analysis

artists and dance activists from Brazil

Examines key ingredients in the worlds of Carax's films – Paris

from the positivist hermeneutics of Emilio Betti to the non-rational ethics of Max Scheler