Art is enjoying a resurgence among researchers, activists, and practitioners as a powerful medium to challenge conventional narratives around humanitarian protection, and give access to a broader range of perspectives. As part of a research project focusing on the territories of North and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, artists and researchers came together to discuss their understandings of the notions of humanitarian and civilian protection, and gender-based violence.

This book presents the artists’ unique contributions to this discussion in the form of photography, theatre, dance, music, painting, writing, and slam poetry, in combination with some of the research findings. It provides an alternative perspective on the experience of protection issues from the point of view of the arts, the social sciences, and the humanities.