The Art of Exchange: Implementing Cross-Cultural and Community-Based Arts Voluntourism Programs

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dc.contributor.authorAgocs, Karen
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-06T13:24:24Z
dc.date.available2013-06-06T13:24:24Z
dc.date.issued2013-06
dc.description147 p. Examining committee chair: Dr. John Fennen_US
dc.description.abstractThis Master’s research project explored how international community-based artdevelopment projects are implemented through volunteer tourism programs. It addresses the impacts of volunteer-tourism on receiving communities, which are often negative because the focus of the serving organization is ironically on the volunteer motive. On the contrary, when service projects are focused on the receiving community, student motivation and engagement is increased and they receive greater insights to carry home. If service projects are designed to strive for reciprocity, greater benefits are reaped for everybody. This study explored the core components of volunteer-tourism programs to identify a model that will deliver positive outcomes and benefits that outweigh the negatives to receiving communities. These core components include participant-selection (including organizational staff and students, partnering NGO staff, and host-community participants), partnerships with NGO’s, and project identification. This study also examined the best practices that inform these core components, specifically focusing on the policies and models applied. Overall this research examined the impacts of youth engagement in community-based arts, and methods for achieving reciprocity among all constituents. Youth engagement in community arts, application of policies and models, and methods for achieving reciprocity ground the foundation of each core component in this research.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/12893
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUniversity of Oregon, Project, Arts and Administration Program, M.S.;
dc.rightsrights_reserveden_US
dc.subjectMutualen_US
dc.subjectArts development organizationen_US
dc.subjectVolunteer tourism/Voluntourismen_US
dc.subjectExperiential educationen_US
dc.subjectCross-cultural exchangeen_US
dc.subjectReceiving and host communityen_US
dc.subjectCommunityen_US
dc.subjectCultureen_US
dc.subjectCommunity-based artsen_US
dc.subjectCommunity arts-development projecten_US
dc.subjectDevelopmenten_US
dc.subjectSangaen_US
dc.titleThe Art of Exchange: Implementing Cross-Cultural and Community-Based Arts Voluntourism Programsen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US

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