Fabric crafts and poetry: The art of development education in Canada

• Main Authors: Budd Hall, Darlene Clover
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Centre for Global Education 2006-04-01
• Series: Policy and Practice: A Development Education Review
• Online Access: https://www.developmenteducationreview.com/issue/issue-2/fabric-crafts-and-poetry-art-development-education-canada

New forms of development education are emerging in Canada. These aim to engage people in critical dialogue by creating new lenses through which to see and explore the world. Budd Hall and Darlene Clover look at the importance of innovative learning models through examples of arts/crafts-based development education in Canada. “Our strategy should be not only to confront the empire but to mock it…with our art…and our ability to tell our own stories” (Arundhati Roy)