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Art-Lab Talks #8 - Cultural industries strengthening human resilience in war-torn Yemen
© YWT The purpose of ArtLab Talks is to document the transformative power of the arts for vulnerable populations involved in artistic creations The Talks is a series of web articles selected from a large collection of ethical practices identified by the ArtLab Platform consisting of artivists ie artists heads of cultural institutions practitioners journalists and researchers committed to supporting people whose human rights are being violated On a monthly basis the focus will be on a specific group of underprivileged people suffering from exclusion refugees migrants people living in postconflict zones and the most marginalized A list of ethical principles for putting the concerns of the vulnerable groups at the core of artistic practices has been identified based on these Talks to help them to escape from their current predicament and to convey their claims for human rights and dignity These principles will be disseminated within the framework of ArtLab in order to root them at the core of humanitarian programmes ensuring that those who are left behind are actively considered as participants in the achievement of the SDGs