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"A Gesture Of Solidarity Through Music": Local And International Community In Canadian Benefit Concerts For Ukraine, Charlotte M. Lilley
"A Gesture Of Solidarity Through Music": Local And International Community In Canadian Benefit Concerts For Ukraine, Charlotte M. Lilley
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In the months following Russia's February 24, 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the Canadian music community responded by hosting a number of benefit concerts. In contrast to the precedents set by well-known, large-scale benefit concerts such as 1985's "Live Aid", these concerts were strongly rooted in the local context of the events' hosts and centred the voices and experiences of members of their beneficiary community. Combined with the potential of these events to allow individuals and groups to combat feelings of helplessness and to serve as forms of resistance against the Russian regime, this has allowed these concerts to create and …
The Necessity Of Public Humanities, Matthew Dawkins
The Necessity Of Public Humanities, Matthew Dawkins
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Post-secondary institutions have, for decades, had little to no relationship with local communities and their projects/programming, However, recently as the university has begun to take seriously the benefits of practices such as 'experiential learning', 'community engagement, 'knowledge mobilization', and 'civic duty', public humanities as an emerging field has begun to present itself as a priority for many in the academy. In this research, the feasibility of the public humanities as an avenue for the academe and the community to meaningfully collaborate is discussed and tested.