In May 2000 a workshop was held at the Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, UK on using popular communications for processes of democratic transformation. Around 60 people from all round the world attended, bringing with them different and challenging experiences and opinions on using theatre, radio, video, music, plastic arts and other creative media in processes of social and political change. This article gives an overview of the workshop, and introduces the collection of articles which follow in this Special Issue of PLA Notes.
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