Holly Ryan
UNITED KINGDOM
Dr Holly Eva Ryan is a Reader in International Relations and a Co-Director of the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean at Queen Mary, University of London. Her research explores the relationship between aesthetics, power, and the political expressions of non-state actors in world politics. This includes (but is not limited to) artists, social movements, and NGOs.
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— Project website
Co-Lab Projects
Mapping Artistic Activism (MAAP)
Researcher and Member of the Steering Committee
Selected Bibliography
Monographs
- Ryan, H.E. (forthcoming) Between Friends: The Everyday Politics of Twinning and Linking. London: Bristol University Press
- Ryan, H.E. (2017) Political Street Art: Communication, Culture and Resistance in Latin America. London: Routledge [paperback published 2018]
Edited Books
- Davies, T., Ryan, H.E. and Peña, A.M. (2016) Protest, Social Movements, and Global Democracy Since 2011. Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change. Vol.39 [Peer Reviewed]
Journal Articles
- Ryan, H.E. and Mazzilli, C. (2023) Twinning and Development: A Genealogy of Depoliticisation, Journal of International Relations and Development.
- Ryan, H.E. (2022) Twinning for Solidarity: Building Affective Communities in the Aftermath of the Nicaraguan Revolution, International Relations. https://doi.org/10.1177/00471178221141603
- Ryan, H.E. (2021) The Political Work of Graffiti During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A View from Tottenham, London, Visual Studies Special Issue on Covid-19. 36(2)
- Ryan, H.E. and Mazzilli, C. (2021) Debating the Value of Twinning: The Need for a Broader Perspective. British Politics, Impact 2.5
- Ryan, H.E. and Flinders, M. (2018) From Senseless to Sensory Democracy: Lessons from Applied Theatre. Politics, 38(2),Impact 1.67
- Hannah, E., Ryan, H.E. and Scott, J. (2017) Power, Knowledge and Resistance: The Revolutionary Potential of IGOs in Global Trade Governance? Review of International Political Economy, 24(5),Impact 3.45
- Ryan, H.E. (2016) From Absent to Present Pasts: Civil Society, Democracy and the Shifting Place of Memory in Brazil. Journal of Civil Society, 12(2), Impact 1.22
- Ryan, H.E. (2015) Affect’s Effects: Considering Art-activism and the 2001 Argentine Crisis. Social Movement Studies: Journal of Social, Cultural and Political Protest, 14(1),Impact 1.5
Book Chapters
- Ryan, H.E. (2020) Political Street Art in Social Mobilization: A Tale of Two Protests in McGarry, A. et al. (eds.) The Aesthetics of Global Protest: Visual Culture and Communication. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
- Ryan, H.E. (2019) The Aesthetic Politics of NGOs in Davies, T.R. (ed.) Routledge Handbook on NGOs. London: Routledge
- Ryan, H.E. (2018) ‘Os Anos de Chumbo’, Grupo Tupinãodá and the possibilities of street art for resistance in Martins, R., and Canevacci, M. (eds.) Lusophone Hip-hop. ‘Who we are’ and ‘where we are’: identity, urban culture and belonging. London: Sean Kingston Publishers
- Ryan, H.E. (2015) Moving Forwards, Looking Backwards: Os Anos de Chumbo, Tupinãodá and the new politics of memory in Brazil in Fuggle, S. and Henri, T. (eds.) Return to the Street. London: Pavement Books
Review Articles
- Ryan, H.E. (forthcoming) Love the Dark Days. Mathur, I. Reviewed in Journal of Indentureship and its Legacies
- Ryan, H.E. (2022) Sensible Politics. Callahan, W. Reviewed in Perspectives on Politics.
- Ryan, H.E. (2021) Visual Global Politics. Bleiker, R (Ed). Reviewed in Visual Communication, 20 (1)
- Ryan, H.E. (2014) Displaced. The Human Cost of Development and Resettlement. Bennett, O. and McDowell, C.Reviewed in: Anthropology in Action, 21(1)
Pedagogical Tools and Writing
- Ryan, H.E. (2018) Graffiti. IPEEL. Available at: http://i-peel.org/homepage/graffiti/