In their recent newsletter, The Caravan International Youth and Social Circus Network reported that a new publication about social circus has been released entitled Circus in Dis-Comfort Zones.

This project was organized and created by Cirque du Monde (of Cirque du Soleil) and AltroCirco after a three day international meeting on the topic. The results are an in-depth look at social circus projects that related to refugees, migrants and asylum seekers in various locations of the world. The publication was authored by Ilaria Bessone in collaboration with many social circus practitioners. It addresses ethical issues around social circus, why social circus is helpful, and how specific programs help citing case studies (by describing Zataari refugee camp in Syria, and the Duhok Refugee Camp in the North Iraq led by Sirkhane Circus, for example.) To its credit, the publication discusses in depth the anti-immigrant sentiment that has been growing around Europe and acknowle...