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UNESCO WORLD ARTS CONFERENCE |
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Written by Robert A. Southworth Jr.
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Thursday, 27 April 2006 09:51 |
UNESCO WORLD ARTS CONFERENCE
Lisbon, March 6, 2006
JOINT DECLARATION OF THE
International drama/theatre and education association (IDEA)
International society for education through the arts (InSEA)
International society for music education (ISME)
This is an historic moment in international arts education. After six years of preparatory meetings, IDEA, InSEA and ISME have now united to define an integrated strategy that responds to a critical moment in human history: social fragmentation, a dominant global culture of competition, endemic urban and ecological violence, and the marginalization of key educational and cultural languages of transformation.
In a visionary agenda in the aftermath of the World War II, UNESCO recognized the unique role that arts education can play in the creation of a culture of peace, international understanding, social cohesion and sustainable development. However, at that time, few could have anticipated the socio-cultural needs that would be generated by the accelerated technological change during the intervening decades; and today few can imagine the impact and challenges of technological convergence in the immediate future. |
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