Crossing Worlds: South–North Collaborations as Creative Encounters with Arts, Humanities and Sciences.

The humanities and the arts are increasingly in crisis, yet have never been more needed. To illustrate challenges and possibilities in this crisis, we give examples of collaboration between north and south; and amongst scientists, artists, humanities and legal scholars. As a Canadian law professor a...

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Publicado en:Critical Arts: A South-North Journal of Cultural & Media Studies Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 59 - 77
Autores principales: Berman, Kim, LeBaron, Michelle
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jun2019
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