"Raising the Point!": An Artistic Approach in Supporting a Community's Call to Action

Autor/in	Mendez, Jason
Titel	"Raising the Point!": An Artistic Approach in Supporting a Community's Call to Action
Quelle	In: International Journal of Education & the Arts, 14 (2013), (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1529-8094
Schlagwörter	Social Action; Individual Power; Community Action; Art; Pollution; Neighborhood Improvement; Social Justice; Public Schools; Urban Areas; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziales Handeln; Eigeninitiative; Arts; Kunst; Schadstoffbelastung; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Urban area; Stadtregion
Abstract	This article discusses the notion of action and personal agency. The author discusses his experiences constructing an arts installation that supported a grassroots effort to revitalize Hunts Point, a community in the South Bronx that is home to 11,000 families, eighteen waste transfer stations, 40% of New York City's sewage, all of the Bronx's waste, a sewage treatment plant, a sewage pelletizing plant, four electrical power plants, and several public schools. More than 60,000 heavy trucks drive through the neighborhood each week. Due to pollution, asthma is the number one cause of absenteeism amongst children in Hunts Point's public schools. Educational reform typically focuses on improvements in the classroom, but students live in real communities with real problems. Giving students an enriching education in a community overwhelmed by pollution requires action outside of the classroom! This installation piece inspired the short documentary film, "Raising the Point!" (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10