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Ruth DeSouza » Migration & Culture » Arts and creativity Arts and creativityThis is a new page that is very much in progress. I am interested in the role of the arts in growing understanding between different groups as well as providing a dissenting voice (for example the controversial play Behzti (Dishonour in Punjabi) written by British Sikh playwright Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti which was eventually cancelled). In November 2006 Andy and I with the help of Creative New Zealand launched a special issue of the Aotearoa Ethnic Network (AEN) Journal which focussed on creativity and ethnic communities. There are exciting developments in the arts arena, Creative New Zealand has developed a Cultural Diversity Strategy and has begun a research project, in partnership with Auckland City and the ASB Community Trust about Asians and the Arts.Building on previous research with Pakeha, Maori and Pacific communities. The cultural workforce is overwhelmingly Pakeha. In 2001, 88% percent of people in cultural employment were Pakeha, 10% were Mäori, under 4% were Pacific peoples or Asian and less than 1 percent were from other ethnic groups.In contrast with the total New Zealand workforce, people in cultural employment were in fact slightly more likely to be European and slightly less likely to be of Mäori, Pacific or Asian ethnicity (Cultural Indicators for New Zealand. Statistics New Zealand and the Ministry of Culture and Heritage, August 2006).
New Zealand Arts and Culture
Cultural diversity strategies and reports
Asian Creatives in New Zealand
Healing through the artsRecently I attended The Fledgling Trust Refugee Youth Arts project performance event. This community arts project is aimed specifically for youth from refugee backgrounds and is supported by a charitable philanthropic Trust established to support the young people of New Zealand and in particular marginalised youth, to develop and realise their goals, potential, sense of self and to help them overcome obstacles that may hinder these objectives. For more details about The Mixit Project please Wendy Preston.
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