Janet Pillai

By adelyn-1800, 21 November, 2022
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JANET PILLAI served as an associate professor at the Department of Performing Arts in University Sains Malaysia until 2013 and founded Arts-ED (2007), a non-profit organisation in Penang which provides place-based culture education for young people. Pillai’s interests lie in the field of arts and culture education as well as research and publication. Pillai worked for most of her career as a theatre director with young people before moving into the more focused topic of community-based arts and cultural sustainability.

Pillai is currently an independent researcher and consultant in the area of cultural mapping, community-engagement and arts and culture education. Her work entails research, training and programming with parties (universities, NGO’s, local government agencies, artists and planners) interested in community-engaged projects and place revitalization through the arts.

Pillai has authored 5 books and numerous articles on arts, culture and heritage education and cultural mapping. She also contributes as expert resource person in regional organisations such as UNESCO Bangkok, APCIEU Korea, and GETTY Foundation.

Last Updated: 2021 

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