Episode 49: Art and Upheaval

Notable MentionsFor this episode of Change the Story Change the World we are going to revisit some of those Art and Upheaval stories along with the song of the same name to make a point. Yea, some people think you can’t beat the devil with a song, but they don’t know! https://clevelandplainsong.bandcamp.com/album/songlines (Art & Upheaval) (song) From the CD Songlines by Cleveland Plainsong: https://www.artandcommunity.com/books (Art & Upheaval: Artists at Work on the World’s Frontlines), New Village Press https://change-the-story-chan.captivate.fm/listen (Change the Story Change the World) https://www.concourt.org.za/index.php/constitution/your-rights/the-bill-of-rights (South African Bill of Rights): The Bill of Rights is arguably the part of the Constitution that has had the greatest impact on life in this country. As the first words of this chapter say: "This Bill of Rights is a cornerstone of democracy in South Africa. It enshrines the rights of all people in our country and affirms the democratic values of human dignity, equality and freedom." It has also been the source of the majority of the groundbreaking rulings the Constitutional Court has handed down. To read more about selected rights and the way the Constitutional Court has interpreted them, see children's rights, women's rights, gay and lesbian rights, workers' rights and access to information. https://artforhumanity.co.za/ (Art for Humanity): engages with multidisciplinary arts practice and a wide variety of creative practice within the context of the pressing need for the centering of social justice in our contemporary moment. Based primarily in Durban, the organization aims to support, host, document, create space for, catalyze, and help stimulate this intersection between the arts and questions of history, social transformation and social justice.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Tutu (Bishop Desmond Tutu): was a South African https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglican_bishop (Anglican bishop) and https://en