In this faculty conversation from Your Harvard: Twin Cities, Archon Fung, academic dean and Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Citizenship, Harvard Kennedy School; Sarah Lewis AB ’01, assistant professor of history of art and architecture and African American studies; and Erik Takeshita MPA ’06, community creativity portfolio director, Bush Foundation, discuss art’s relationship with social action and how it may foster democracy and strengthen communities by challenging our thinking, inspiring empathy and civic participation, and furthering intellectual exploration.
