Ghana ThinkTank: Developing the First World (FULL TALK)

U.S.-based art collective, Ghana ThinkTank has been "developing the first world" since 2006. The think tanks–which include a group of bike mechanics in Ghana, a rural radio station in El Salvador, Sudanese refugees seeking asylum in Israel, an artist collective in Iran, and a group of incarcerated girls in the Boston penal system, among others—propose solutions to “first world” problems. By looking for help in unexpected places; typical power dynamics flip, points of view shift and unlikely coalitions are built.

In his Banff Centre Talk, Robbins chats with writer, producer and arts educator Sue Bell Yank about the importance of shifting perspective and the sometimes-blurry line between activism and art.

http://www.ghanathinktank.org

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