How art can empower and enhance community, with case studies from Central Asia, Latin America, Africa and beyond

Showing how artists, artworks and cultural organizations affect people and their social environments, Forces of Artis a dense, polyvocal compendium of current thinking about the impact of art on civil society. It features a large number of essays and case studies located all over the world, from Central Asia to Meso and Latin America, from Africa to Central Europe, from South and South-East Asia to the Middle East.