{"id":35935,"date":"2021-11-23T23:35:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T22:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/?p=35935"},"modified":"2022-01-17T20:48:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T19:48:14","slug":"harmony-a-dancing-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/harmony-a-dancing-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Harmony, a dancing God"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\">By Shanice Da Costa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:16px; font-style:italic\">Shanice is an artist and training environmental scientist. Having Indian heritage, being an immigrant in both UAE and Germany, she has a deep appreciation for multicultural belonging (and multicultural cuisine). Professionally, she has an interest in intersectional climate justice and ecological art, and how the two are being addressed in climate change communication. 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