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  • C. TEBOH
  • S. LAMIN
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Understanding Our Neighbors through Artforms: A Sustainable and Culturally Inclusive Perspective (ID 335)

Presenters
  • C. TEBOH
  • S. LAMIN
Session Description
This is a pre and post mixed method analysis of the effects of Islamic Performing Arts on the attitudes of millennials aged 18 to 22 in St. Cloud Minnesota. This research assessed 22 social work students for an entire academic year. First, the study entailed taking a baseline of the attitudes, behaviors, and knowledge of these 22 select students [10 from the social work undergraduate second year class (cohort 1), 6 from the social work foundation graduate program (cohort 2), and 6 from the first year social work undergraduate program (cohort 3)] toward Islam and Muslims. Second, the students were immersed and exposed to a plethora of Muslim cultural gigs in an effort to build their knowledge and understanding of the changing demographics of Saint Cloud, Minnesota and its environs, through residency activities with Muslim artists. Participants attended a variety of activities, events, and programs exposed them to various Islamic Art forms. Third, the researchers again assessed these select students to determine if their attitudes, behaviors, and knowledge of Muslims after the immersion was negative, stayed the same, or improved.
Room
Duluth
Date
03/21/2019
Time
08:30 AM - 10:00 AM