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  • Big in Bolivia: Zebras in the Streets

    Isabel Henderson

    March 01, 2017 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Bolivia, La Paz

    In La Paz, local government is using people dressed in zebra costumes to direct traffic and change the behavior of people who break the rules. La Paz borrowed the idea from Antanas Mockus, the former mayor of Bogota, who discovered that people are more afraid of being ridiculed than being punished. Through humor, the method has improved driving and people's moods on the streets, hospitals, and schools.

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  • Harnessing art to spur entrepreneurship in Live6

    Terryn Hall

    January 06, 2017 |

    Model D |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    The Live6 area is home to a robust cultural and creative community. And with an increase in development, there's opportunity for artists and institutions to tap into that energy to spur growth.

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  • The Map That Lets You Listen to Radio Everywhere

    Adrienne LaFrance

    December 12, 2016 |

    The Atlantic |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Netherlands

    By mapping links onto satellite imagery, Radio Garden provides an easy way to listen to the online broadcasts of radio stations around the world. Through these broadcasts, a listener can expand their cultural awareness in a direct, entertaining way that reinforces common humanity while retaining distinct individuality.

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  • The Sesame Street of Sex Ed: Ugandan Show Uses Puppets to Break Taboos

    Amy Fallon

    December 08, 2016 |

    News Deeply |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

    Uganda has some of the highest fertility and HIV prevalence rates in the world. Yet the government has banned comprehensive sexuality education in schools, and parents feel uncomfortable talking about the taboo subject. So Chicken & Chips, a television show about puppets, was created to educate the country’s young people about sexual and reproductive health.

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  • A Norwegian renovation project is combating stress with a new approach to urban art and architecture

    Cassie Werber

    November 02, 2016 |

    Quartz |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Norway, Oslo

    In response to the demographic movement to urban environments, Oslo is redesigning its public spaces in a more organic way. Its focus is to think over the long term at a slow pace and help people become part of the environment as they interact with the space around them.

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  • How a Throwback Model City in San Diego Could Help Alzheimer's Patients

    Linda Poon

    September 16, 2016 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    What can you do to enjoy time with Alzheimer’s patients? A suburb near San Diego has recently opened a new town square with architecture designed to look like it is from the 1950s. The space offers aging baby boomers with dementia or Alzheimer’s a place to enjoy and interact with nostalgia.

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  • Artists and Scientists Team Up to Highlight Indy Waterways

    Jen Kinney

    September 09, 2016 |

    Next City |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

    Collaborations between artists and scientists can lead to unique, engaging, and educational programming highlighting important issues. In Indianapolis, the StreamLines collaboration highlighted issues related to city waterways through dance, sculpture, and outdoor installations.

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  • How an ambitious arts program gives a tiny city an outsized identity

    Deborah Fallows

    September 09, 2016 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Eastport, Maine

    Creating spaces for art and artists to thrive can have a positive impact on a city’s economy. By converting disused buildings into studio spaces and galleries for artists, the Tides Institute and Museum of Art (TIMA) in Eastport, Maine, has made arts and culture a crucial component of the city’s character. In addition to TIMA’s Studioworks initiative, many of the city’s residents are actively engaged in festivals and other activities that attract tourism.

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  • Public art to revive a community

    Eleanor Klibanoff

    August 24, 2016 |

    WHYY |

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    Response Location: United States

    Urban decay has left a "physical legacy" of past economic hardships in cities. Many cities across the world are now implementing programs that promote public art that rebuilds and reimagines neighborhoods.

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  • What It Takes for an Independent Record Store to Survive Now

    Joel Oliphint

    August 03, 2016 |

    Pitchfork |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

    As popular music has become digital and immaterial in the twenty-first century, record stores are hard to find and those in business struggle to be commercially viable. Used Kids record store in Columbus, OH has been in business for thirty years and is perhaps even more popular now that it was ten years ago. The current management treat the medium of vinyl not as a museum artifact, but rather as a commodity in demand by selling online, holding private events with collectors, and selling the materiality to young people.

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