The transformation of this world depends upon you : [voices from Amherst and beyond]

The transformation of this world depends upon you : [voices from Amherst and beyond] / Wendy Ewald, Thomas Keenan, Martha Saxton, Fazal Sheikh.

"[This book] is the third in a series of three collaborative art projects hosted by Amherst College in which an artist is invited to work with students to explore the relationship between the college and the local community and to produce artworks that bring the two communities closer together....

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Other Authors: Ewald, Wendy, Keenan, Thomas, 1959-, Saxton, Martha, Sheikh, Fazal, 1965-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Göttingen, Germany : Steidl, 2014.
Edition:First edition
Subjects:
Amherst College > Graduate students.
Amherst College > Alumni and alumnae > Biography.
Missionaries > Biography.
Immigrants > Massachusetts > Portraits.
Urban poor > Massachusetts > Springfield.
Community arts projects > Massachusetts > Amherst.
Portrait photography.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Wendy Ewald
  • Introduction: Against all assumed authority: human rights, civic engagement, and the missionary tradition / Thomas Keenan
  • Part one, The Missionaries: Setting out ; Reuben Tinker: Doing good and doing well ; Justin Perkins: False prophets ; Henry Lyman: The highest reward ; Henry Van Lennep: The artist ; Elijah Bridgman: A stranger in China ; Shimeta Neesima: Stowaway ; Kanzo Uchimura: Christians without a church ; The Ward family: missionaries of the future / Martha Saxton
  • Part two, Voices from the Amherst and Springfield communities: Arline Wright ; Carmen Rodriguez ; Christine Wells ; Jafet Robles ; Rona Thompson ; Luis Manuel Perez ; Margarita Albelo ; Parvin Niroomand ; Paul Vasconcellos ; Sellou Diate / Fazal Sheikh
  • Appendix: A problem shared: working with the Amherst community / Molly Mead.

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