ARTS

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Publications

Scientific articles, foresight reports, contributions to public debate.

Three years of action research have produced a body of field reports, scientific articles, catalogs, op-eds and talks. The main deliverables are synthesised here - some link to a dedicated reading page on the site.

9 entries · 4 reports · 3 scientific articles · ongoing production through the 2026 final report.

Bibliography

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  1. 01

    2026

    Article

    Orchestrating agroecological transitions - emerging perspectives

    Belmin et al.

    Scientific paper on the orchestration of agroecological transitions, co-authored with the ARTS consortium researchers.

    Research
  2. 02

    August 2025

    Report

    Workshop on co-building an advocacy strategy and artistic residency - Bignona/Baïla

    Yunuça Gueye (CREATES) - Consortium ARTS

    ARTS Consortium - DyTAEL Bignona

    From 18 to 23 July 2025: two days of advocacy workshop then three days of residency in Baïla with 17 artists (slammers, painters, musicians) led by Leuz Diwane G. Five works delivered: mural, triptych, caricatures, two songs.

    BignonaAdvocacyResidency Read synthesis
  3. 03

    May 2025

    Report

    Bignona food systems foresight to 2045

    Sidy Tounkara, Anta Faye (IPAR) - Patrick Bottazzi, Lise Landrin, Joan Bastide (UNIB)

    ARTS Consortium, territorial foresight workshop, Bignona 2024

    Output of the participatory foresight workshop held with 65 DyTAEL Bignona stakeholders: three 2045 scenarios ("eco-sustainable showcase", "Djiyito", "granary in peril") and an action plan structured around 4 strategic levers.

  4. 04

    April 2025

    Report

    Agroecology on stage - Proceedings of the Mbour transformative scenario workshop

    Patrick Bottazzi, Lise Landrin, Joan Bastide - avec Anta Faye, Sidy Tounkara, Yunuça Gueye, Absa Mbodj, Jean-Michel Waly Séne

    ARTS Consortium - DyTAEL Mbour Petite Côte - Ka-Reng troupe

    Synthesis of the three workshop days (18-20 February 2025): five thematic groups, five forum theatre plays, a 2050 vision and mission for DyTAEL Mbour.

    MbourForum theatreScenario-building Read synthesis
  5. 05

    2025

    Article

    Civil society in Senegal spearheads policy for agroecology

    Consortium ARTS - partenaires DyTAES

    Policy brief: how Senegalese civil society, through DyTAES, structures national advocacy for agroecology.

    AdvocacyPublic policy
  6. 06

    2024

    Article

    Agroecology on stage - bridging theatre and geography methods

    Lise Landrin et al.

    Methodological paper on the use of forum theatre in territorial action research, drawing on the ARTS workshops in Casamance and the Petite Côte.

    TheatreMethodology
  7. 07

    2024

    Op-ed

    Agroecology and food systems - Grain de Sel no. 86

    Patrick Bottazzi

    Inter-réseaux Développement rural

    Short contribution to public debate on the agroecological transition in Senegal, in Inter-réseaux' Grain de Sel review.

    Public debate
  8. 08

    July 2024

    Report

    Diagnostic of sustainable food systems - Mapping of agroecological initiatives in Bignona

    Anta Faye, Sidy Tounkara (IPAR) - Contributrice : Lise Hélène Landrin (UNIB)

    ARTS Consortium (IPAR, UNIB, ENDA PRONAT, CREATES)

    38 agroecological initiatives identified across 13 communes of the Bignona department, drawn from a qualitative semi-structured survey in February 2024. Mapping that cross-cuts territorial distribution, gender analysis, value chains, SWOT, land access and food habits.

  9. 09

    February 2024

    Catalog

    YAAY DUND - Regenerating the living

    Consortium ARTS

    ARTS Consortium

    ARTS project catalog, introducing the consortium's approach, the intervention territories (Bignona, Mbour) and the seven dimensions of agroecology at the heart of the method.

    CatalogMethod Read synthesis

Coming up

The 2026 final report

The SOR4D final report of the ARTS project - of which this site is the web-native version - will close the corpus in 2026. It will consolidate all of the above productions and present the project's contribution to the agroecological transition in Senegal.