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A collective resource created by and for socially engaged arts and community practitioners. Create & Heart of Glass, 2020

This academic article describes two participatory theatre projects undertaken by Western Edge Youth Arts in Melbourne and aimed at challenging racialization and fostering belonging among culturally diverse young people. Sonn, Quale, Beranji & Baker, 2015

Designed primarily for Black people and people of colour who are engaged in creative activism, this shares some of the practices and tools developed through a the 10-year Shake project.  Annick Météfia & Haneen Hammou; Farzana Khan, Sai Murray & Rose Ziaei, 2021

Documentary film from the civil rights movement exploring how the arts might be used to awaken pride in Black culture and as a means to develop Black consciousness. Dir. Woodie King Jr, 1978

Part of a UK wide cultural programme inspiring urgent and inclusive action on climate change, this is a digital collection of tips, case studies and resources to help people use the arts and culture to work for a more sustainable future.

Originally an exhibition, now an archive exploring Black British performance histories via archives, arts and heritage education.

Future Histories is an independent archive for African, Asian and Performing Arts in the UK.

This is the first scholarly book to focus exclusively on theatre and learning disability as theatre, rather than advocacy or therapy and realigns the - hitherto unvoiced - assumptions that underpin such practice and proposes that learning disabled artists have earned the right to full critical review. Matt Hargrave, 2015.

A resource library from the International Centre for Art and Social Change.