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2007-09-03 14:59:47 · 1 answers · asked by lina s 1 in Arts & Humanities Other - Arts & Humanities

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All societies and cultures, have limits on what is acceptable behavior and what is allowable in the way of personal expression, yet the arts remain a relatively free space in which to create more complicated forms of public interaction. The world is open to integration and interpretation more than ever before and the effect that art has on us as individuals and as a society is now reaching beyond the borders of any given culture. Mass communication -- via television, the Internet, and cinema, along with cultural syncretism and networking between nations and even continents, has enabled us as human beings to see beyond ourselves and our own boundaries.
Art can have an impact on consciousness. It allows for ways of looking at and thinking about life that may not be tolerated in the social and political paradigm of a given society, and this freedom to converse and reflect allows artists to bring public attention to areas of concern. Art and artists can - and do - make contributions that help focus awareness on needed social changes. This is not to say that art is highly effective as a mode of direct political action. It isn't! It functions best as a site where personal critical consciousness can be developed, and is one area where the preconditions of direct political involvement are formed. To see art not as a product but as a process of value finding, is a currently new evaluation of aesthetic effect.

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2007-09-03 16:43:06 · answer #1 · answered by ari-pup 7 · 0 0

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