During this episode of Why Change? co-hosts Madeleine and Jeff reflect on the place of the arts in creating systemic and policy-based change. Jeff interviews Thanh Bui, live from the World Alliance for Arts Education’s Virtual World Summit, to discuss his work breaking down the barriers of access to arts learning and building an arts education ecosystem in Vietnam. Together, Madeleine and Jeff discuss the scalability and replicability of this work.
In this episode you’ll learn:
How the arts can be leveraged to shift and align policy while also promoting one’s own cultural identity;
An example of aligning culture and quality through arts assessment and education;
How we begin to examine ideas of censorship in the arts and how to find creative work-arounds.
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Please download the transcript here.
ABOUT THANH BUI
Thanh Bui is an award-winning Australian-Vietnamese singer-songwriter, with numerous gold records and Number 1 hit songs around the world to his name. Upon returning to Vietnam in 2011, he established himself as one of the leading artists in the country but more notably, Thanh has won the hearts of the people through his passion for raising the awareness of the importance of music and the arts, education in particular, and education in general, to develop a new generation of Vietnamese children. Thanh has been on the forefront of leading social change through his Ambassadorships with the United Nations, Wilderness Foundation, Wild-Aid, and more. He believes that the arts is a very powerful medium to push change. Thanh's passion has seen him build an eco-system, from grassroots to industry, to support the arts in Vietnam - from education, to arts/culture, to media, he hopes to shape Vietnam's future through the arts.
This episode of Why Change? A Podcast for the Creative Generation was powered by Creative Generation. It was produced and edited by Daniel Stanley. Artwork by Bridget Woodbury. Music by Distant Cousins.