This discussion document aims to outline and summarise Arterial Network’s vision, aims and goals in the context of the conditions in which it is active on the African continent. It is being debated within Arterial Network’s continental and country leadership, with the intention of being a base document for internal and external use.
By: Mike van Graan
The inevitable conflicts that arise out of the struggle for resources and power, play themselves out in the cultural arena, or take on a cultural dimension with culture being appropriated as a mobilising force within that struggle. Culture is then both the site and the means of struggle, with the arts and the media – with their embedded worldviews, values, beliefs and ideas – reinforcing or challenging dominant cultural – and power - positions.
