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Activism & Social Movements

Time to Change : A Case Study

In my guest lecture video, Caroline Woolard talks extensively about the movement to social and economic equality coming not from a new revolution, but rather from accepting and connecting the smaller movements already in place. In order to understand this idea better, I figured I’d take a look at a smaller social movement that I …

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Activism and Democracy and Art

I was stunned by the idea that activists could be regarded as some form of artists. In my opinion, individuality is central to democracy in that every one is free to come up with their own ideology and accept ideas they like. Central to individuality might be the pursuit of personal wellbeing, or societal wellbeing …

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Does Flash Mob Have to Convey Meaning to be an Action of Art?

I have never participated in or observed a flash mob, but I have seen several from videos or movies. The one flash mob that impresses me the most is from the American show <<Shameless>>. The college that our teen protagonist attends has a tradition where every student stops their motion for 10 seconds at a …

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Participants as Part of Publicly Engaging Art

Last week we heard about public engaging arts at MoMA. One that I am particularly impressed by is where artists pretend to be secret police and take people in and educate them on art history. This form of art is composed of both the effort from the artist and the participants. In fact, the boundary …

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Nasty Women

Pedro Lasch’s video on experimental pedagogy and self-organized platforms made me think of my best friends trip to Washington D.C. last year. The controversial election of Trump this past year lead many women and men to the streets in protest all over the nation. The aim being to stand together in solidarity against the hostile …

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Grenada’s New Jewel Movement

Formed in 1973, the New Joint Endeavor for Welfare, Education, and Liberation, or New JEWEL Movement (NJM) grew out of the Black Power politics and liberation of black nations that began in the 1960s. The March 1979 overthrow of Sir Eric Gairy (who led the country after it gained independence from Britain in 1974)  led by Maurice Bishop is regarded as the …

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Vogue Protest of HB2

Micky Bradford, organizer with the civil rights groups Transgender Law Center and Southerners On New Ground danced in front of police officers protecting the NC Governor’s Mansion as a form of resistance against the signing of HB2, which bans transgender individuals from using public restrooms that don’t match the sex listed on their birth certificates.   “It’s …

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‘A Real Child’ at TN Capital for Welfare Reform

TN state Sen. Stacey Campfield (R) was confronted by 8-year-old homeschooler Aamira Fetuga, who presented him with a petition signed by people opposing his welfare bill. 

Shanytown in Harvard Yard

Anti-divestment protest in April 1986 when the South African Solidarity Committee (SASC)  constructed a symbolic ‘shantytown’ in the middle of Harvard Yard with help of over 200 activists. A symbolic 16-foot tall “Ivory Tower” was also erected.   Photo: Copyright © Ellen Shub 2012 All rights reserved