Sparking Creativity: The EthnoArts Podcast: Recent Episodes
EthnoArts Pod
Join us to hear stories about EthnoArts, a growing movement in cross-cultural Christian ministry and development work around the globe. Whether through expressions such as music, dance, visual arts and more, we explore principles at play when communities incorporate their cultural art forms to better themselves, address needs and reach their goals.
Today we hear from Global Ethnodoxology Network founder, Dr. Robin Harris, in a presentation she gave to Dallas Theological Seminary about ethnodoxology, its approaches and benefits in God’s Kingdom work.
Mentioned in this episode
Global Ethnodoxology Network
Ethnodoxology Handbook
Storytelling in Siberia - Robin’s book
Robin’s Presentation
Intro to ethnodox course
Dallas International University’s Center for Excellence in World Arts
Ethnodoxology video
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Multicultural worship is a special topic relevant not only to those working cross culturally, but also to anyone who attends a local church even in their own culture. We hear from Nikki Lerner and Josh Davis who have dedicated much of their lives to promoting, equipping others and developing this kind of approach to many Christians around the world. They will unpack what it is and why it’s important to consider these principles in our lives and ministries.
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Book - Worship Together In your Church as In Heaven
Proskuneo Ministries
Multicultural Worship Leaders Network
Nikkilerner.com
culturecoachinglab.com
Culture coach podcast
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A brief introduction to season 3 to hold you over while we develop the new season. Also we hear from a listener with some encouraging feedback.
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Justin wraps up season 2 with a story from his experience of working with a community. In an effort to grow the podcast and team, he also extends an invitation to you to help in different ways.
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Justin is joined by Juan Arvelo, Arts Consultant with WEC International's ministry, Arts Release, to learn about the organization and hear a story of an outreach event they held in Spain.
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Links Mentioned:
GEN video https://youtu.be/xbQPazyAVYQ
Arts on the Camino - https://youtu.be/EA9XQDv0t1M
Instagram - @loveartsrelease, @artsreleasefrance, @arts.release.studios
Facebook - loveartsrelease, European community of christian artists
Twitter -@loveartsrelease4
Websitewww.artsrelease.org
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Justin is joined by ethnoarts friend, Rachel, as they discuss a training they observed incorporating ethnoarts with literacy and education.
Links mentioned:
Article: https://www.sil.org/blog/local-arts-classrooms
Email for training: artsinliteracy@gmail.com
Payap University’s Linguistics Institute Literacy page - https://li.payap.ac.th/home
Payap MA in linguistics with focus on language development - https://linguistics.payap.university/curriculum/language-development
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Today, we hear from a colleague, Roger Lowther, doing arts ministry in Japan. The recording is taken from his podcast, Art, Life and Faith
Links:
Art, Life and Faith Podcast
Roger’s website where you can find about about him, his books and ministry
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In this episode, Justin is joined by Siew who is working with the Deaf in Asia. They discuss the differences between hearing and deaf cultures, challenges to worship and spiritual life, and Siew shares a story about one community’s artistic response to protests amidst a military coup in their country.
Links mentioned:
Presentation on arts in deaf communities from GCAMM - https://vimeo.com/551832069
https://www.deafbiblemyanmar.net/en/arts/sign-language-poem
https://www.deafbiblemyanmar.net/en/arts/arts-song
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Justin explores the topic of contextualization with the first guest host, Laura Roberts, from Dallas International University’s Center for Excellence in World Arts. Laura shares about a Hindu devotion form that is being used to worship Jesus. They talk about the benefits and challenges to contextualizing the gospel message as well as different practices of one’s faith.
Other Links Mentioned
Bhajans app
Arts for a Better Future trainings
Center for Excellence in World Arts at Dallas International University
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Welcome back to Season 2! Trevor and Justin discuss how local arts support church planting efforts with a story from Central Asia. Also, Trevor has an announcement!
Other resources discussed:
Global Consultation on Arts and Music in Missions (GCAMM)
How Ethnodoxology Drives Movements - chapter in Motus Dei
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Season One Finale! Join us again as we resume our fantastic interview with Todd, Mary, and Beth about the foundations of Arts and Trauma Healing. We talk about the importance of using local arts in the healing process, how you can use the arts in your own personal journey, and what to keep in mind when helping others. Thanks for coming along with us! Be sure to check out the links below that were mentioned as resources in the episode.
Dallas International University (USA): Arts and Trauma Healing Course
All Nations (UK): Arts and Trauma Healing Course
Payap University (Chiang Mai): EthnoArts Courses
Want more info on the Creating Local Arts Together process? Try EthnoArts Office Hours (through EMDC) for monthly meeting times.
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We are blessed with having not one, not two, but THREE guests on the podcast today! Listen in as we interview Todd, Mary, and Beth about the foundations of Arts and Trauma Healing, a very important and redemptive topic in today's world. This is an incredibly quote-worthy episode, and we hope you'll learn a lot along the way.
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Trevor interviews another artsy smartsy guest this time - Dr. Brian Schrag - author, thinker, teacher, EthnoArts consultant and friend.
Brian's websites
Brian at Play
First Moments in Heaven
Artistic Dynamos book
Creating Local Arts Together manual
Community Arts for God’s Purposes (shorter manual)
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We have our first guest on the show, and she's a real Artsy Smartsy! Listen in to hear stories and insights from Roce, a colleague and friend from the Philippines. She explains what it has been like to function as a cultural outsider in addition to the challenges of being a cultural insider.
Check out more of Roce's work as an ethnodoxologist on the Global Ethnodoxology Network's Youtube page here!
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Thanks to our listeners, we are sharing TEN examples of local arts from around the world for the Christmas season! For links to our sources and many more resources, click below. Don't forget to check our facebook and instagram pages for even more Christmas visual art during the week this episode is released. Merry Christmas, everyone!
The Huron Carol - song in Huron/Wendat, French, and English
Yeshu Aaya jag me by G B Amar - song in Hindi
Betelehemu by African Children's Choir - sung in Yoruba
Amezaliwa by Proskuneo - Song in Swahili, French, Korean, and English
Christmas Tradition from Ma’uke (Cook Island) - Songs in Ma'uke
Talj Talj by Fairuz (Lebanon) - Song in Arabic
Christmas Corroboree by Warlpiri Christians (Australia) - Dance and songs in Warlpiri
Sizalelwe Indodana by Concord Nkabinde- Song in Zulu
El Burrito de Belén (El Burrito Sabanero) by La Rondallita - Song in Spanish
Christmas Around the World by ACAPALS - Songs in English, German, Cantonese, and Thai
Paul Neeley's website: Global Christian Worship
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Today Justin and Trevor talk about drama and how it does not always communicate across cultures. Trevor shares a story of an interesting occurrence at funerals in a West African community.
Mentioned in this Episode:
Scripture Relevance Dramas
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With a story hailing from the Alamblak community of Papua New Guinea, Justin and Trevor discuss what “ethnodoxology” means and how music and the arts can significantly contribute to the growth of the local church.
Mentioned in the episode:
All the World Is Singing book
Global Ethnodoxology Network (GEN)
Inspiro Arts video explaining ethnodoxology
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Connecting local arts with felt needs, Trevor shares two stories where communities used their expressions to address fears, grieve and offer hope.
Mentioned in the episode:
Creating Local Arts Together: A Manual to Help Communities Reach Their Kingdom Goals
Arts for a Better Future training
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Today we look at visual arts and the power of symbols, icons, colors and other features to communicate or confuse. We'll hear about fascinating styles of Aboriginal visual arts from Australia. Because we can't show the images on the show, we'll refer you to the links below so you can look at the examples along with us.
08:30 - Artlandish Aboriginal Art Gallery
11:30 - Dot Style Painting
13:40 - Horseshoe or U-shape
14:40 - Last Supper Painting
19:10 - ABC National Radio Article - Our Mob, God's Story
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In our second episode, Trevor and Justin discuss Ethnomusicology and share a story from the Canela community in Brazil that shows the power of local art forms in communicating the message of God’s Word. To learn more about the Canela people and the Bible translator involved in this story, please visit www.jackpopjes.com! He has written several wonderful books of stories that are available for purchase.
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In our first episode, we unpack the term EthnoArts and hear a story about how use of a local instrument communicated to the community that the Christian message was for them and that they didn’t have to give up their culture to follow Jesus.
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Coming soon, a new podcast. Come hear stories about a growing movement in Christian cross cultural ministry and development work around the globe. We explore principles at play when communities incorporate their cultural art forms to better themselves, address needs and reach their goals.
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