ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book examines instances where culture has been considered pivotal in peace-building, post-conflict reconstructions, and has been fully integrated into aid-funded projects. It explores artistic and creative interventions targeting children affected by humanitarian disasters. The book assesses how cultural projects were different from other initiatives funded through international aid. It explains that quantitative results of projects on culture for development funded through international aid and implemented by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at the turn of the millennium were exaggerated and over-positive. Individual aid workers have fallen into the pitfalls of the stereotyped missionary, defined by R. L. Stirrat as a white woman or man from the West whose mission is to help local communities in aid-receiving countries to transform their lives.
