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IDS Policy Briefing 205

L’usage des arts pour le dialogue environnemental au Sahel

Published on 1 December 2022

L’art a été utilisé pour communiquer les préoccupations environnementales dans les pays sahéliens.

Néanmoins, le dialogue dirigé par les arts entre les acteurs politiques et les citoyens est cependant rare, bien qu’il ait le potentiel de trouver des solutions aux problèmes socio-environnementaux complexes. Il est indispensable d’exploiter ce potentiel, alors que des défis, tels que le changement climatique, s’accélèrent et touchent les populations. La sensibilisation aux processus de dialogue menés par les arts pourrait être renforcée, parallèlement à davantage de recherches sur les contextes dans lesquelles ils sont appropriés et sur la meilleure façon de les utiliser.

This IDS Policy Briefing also contains an English summary and recommendations. Art has been used to communicate environmental concerns in Sahelian countries. Nevertheless, arts-led dialogue between policy actors and citizens is rare, despite its potential to find solutions to complex socio-environmental problems. Harnessing this potential is essential as challenges such as climate change accelerate. Factors that constrain dialogue include a strongly hierarchical and sectorally divided professional and social context. Artists and citizens also risk confrontation with authorities when they express controversial opinions. Not every situation is therefore appropriate for arts-led dialogue. Yet, when facilitated with humour and effective examples, it can create a relaxed space for intersectoral deliberation. Awareness of arts-led dialogue processes could be increased, along with more research on the contexts in which they are appropriate and how best to use them.

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Sow, F.; Sountoura, L.; Niang, A.; Ndiaye, H.; Bellwood-Howard, I.; Taylor, P. et Doyle, J. (2022) 'L’usage des arts pour le dialogue environnemental au Sahel', IDS Policy Briefing 205, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies, DOI: 10.19088/IDS.2022.082

Authors

Groupe de Recherche en Économie Appliquée et Théorique (GREAT)

Aminata Niang

Research Associate, Initiative Prospective Agricole et Rurale (IPAR)

Organisation Mauritanienne Pour le Développement Social Et la Lutte contre la Pauvreté et L'immigration

Imogen Bellwood-Howard

Research Fellow

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published by
Institute of Development Studies
doi
10.19088/IDS.2022.082
issn
1479-974X
language
French and English

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