ART, PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL CHANGE

Students are responsible for a project that tackles a specific theme within the areas of the course. They are also required to make a presentation/performance of their project during the last session of the course.

Project

Students are responsible for a project that tackles a specific theme within the areas of the course. The project can be an audio, visual or textual or a combination of artistic tools to address a psychological or societal subject chosen by the student. Students are free to make choices about their art inclinations/preferences (e.g. audio, visual, textual or bodily) and can adopt a combination of artistic tools. Participants can choose any form of art, or a combination of them, but they need to make sure they relate coherently to the chosen theme within the field of psychology & social change/human rights.

Topics of the project and presentation/performance may range from creativity in everyday life art/drama/music therapy, reading and writing for emotional healing, the role of music in human rights and social change, the use of poetry, drama, acting out, photography and visual arts, or a satire/comedy as tools to promote critical consciousness and perform a policy analysis. Students may ask themselves how does their art project relate to the psychology, emotional healing, creative expression and health of an individual and/or a group of individuals. Alternatively, they may investigate how their chosen forms of art within the chosen project can be used to raise critical consciousness about a problem (e.g. racism, social injustice, world hunger) or an opportunity in society (e.g. solidarity, universality of human rights, global peace).

Project Presentation/Performance
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During the last lecture of the Lab, each student will lead a 10-minute presentation or performance of his or her own project