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Tag: social change

March 9, 2019 François Matarasso

The Ethics of Change

December 10, 2015January 4, 2017 François Matarasso

And the 2015 Turner Prize goes to… community art

December 1, 2015December 28, 2015 François Matarasso

The restless purposes of community art

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