Sylff News

Patrick Kabanda, a 2002 Sylff fellowship recipient at the Juilliard School, has co-edited a “breathtaking” new book in the Routledge International Handbooks series analyzing the potential of the arts in promoting development.

The Routledge Handbook of Arts and Global Development provides a theoretical framework for the interdisciplinary field of arts and development, surveying a comprehensive range of art forms and development practices to explore the potential of the arts to strategically and beneficially contribute to more just and equitable conditions for communities across the globe.

Stretching across the arts from theater, dance, and music to poetry, film, and visual arts, the book covers topics as diverse as health, education, peacebuilding, livelihoods, sustainability, activism, and programming.

A native of Uganda, Kabanda is the author of The Creative Wealth of Nations (2018) and has consulted for the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme. Through music, he helps people reconnect with their own rich cultural traditions and explore important social issues ranging from environmental challenges to poverty and human rights.

With master’s degrees from both Juilliard and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, he was awarded the 2013 Presidential Award for Citizenship and Public Service from Tufts University.