This presentation by Meiqin Wang delves into Socially Engaged Art in Contemporary China: Voices from Below, a book published in 2019. Discover the journey behind the book’s creation, its central theme, and the methodology that underpins it.
In this book — Co-Authored by Research Associate Dipti Desai — the authors’ post-capitalist approach to change focuses less on what we need to dismantle and more on what educators and activists are building in its place. Studying schools and other social organizations in the Global North and South, the authors identify and examine some…
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In this talk at TEDxMount Victoria, Dr. Elspeth Tilley shares seven ways art engages us and helps us create a better future. Dr. Elspeth Tilley is a Professor of Creative Communication at Massey University in New Zealand and a Research Associate of the Artistic Activism Research CoLab. Recognized internationally as an expert in the power…
Congratulations to Research Associate Stephen Duncombe on the publication of his new book, The Activist Angler. The book brings together these lessons in an engaging journey from the street to the beach and back. The format is simple: one reflection on fishing followed by another on what might be learned and applied to activism, each accompanied…
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Recording of the online presentation “Prefiguring Other Possible Worlds: Performative Communities in Recent Social Movements” by Julia Ramirez Blanco, that took place on November 17, 2022, as part of the Program of Online Presentations facilitated by the Artistic Activism Research Colab (AARC). For more information on Julia Ramirez Blanco’s work, visit: https://artactcolab.org/associates/julia-ramirez-blanco/