{"id":3546,"date":"2018-03-01T12:00:14","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T17:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjsymuleski.com\/artofthemooc\/?p=3546"},"modified":"2018-03-01T12:00:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T17:00:14","slug":"masks-in-activism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjsymuleski.com\/artofthemooc\/masks-in-activism\/","title":{"rendered":"Masks in Activism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We are often told that regardless of our circumstances, we always have our voice. But, is this voice always best when its spoken by us? This week\u2019s video lectures explored the usage of the mask in protest. There are many potential purposes, ranging from hiding one\u2019s identity to show solidarity within a bigger cause to emphasizing someone\u2019s other features or actions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In my independent project, I am exploring how imitation can be effectively leveraged to make a point. One facet of this was acting as those opposing, preventing, or undermining climate action, such as President Trump, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, and Fossil Fuel executives. Masks provide an opportunity to mimic these figures, but the implications must be considered. Would the mask imply that anyone could hold the same perspectives as these anti-environment leaders? Would it serve for comedic purposes? Would it negate our impact by focusing on the responsible individuals rather than the systems which they are partaking in?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sokolovelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/donald-trump-scott-pruitt-epa.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump &amp; Scott Pruitt Have Made the EPA a Battleground over Environmental Policy\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite their complexities, masks may\u00a0support\u00a0my \u201cMake Fossil Fuels Great Again\u201d mock rally.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are often told that regardless of our circumstances, we always have our voice. But, is this voice always best when its spoken by us? This week\u2019s video lectures explored the usage of the mask in protest. There are many potential purposes, ranging from hiding one\u2019s identity to show solidarity within a bigger cause to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mjsymuleski.com\/artofthemooc\/masks-in-activism\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Masks in Activism&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3171,"featured_media":3551,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"coauthors":[2606],"class_list":["post-3546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjsymuleski.com\/artofthemooc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjsymuleski.com\/artofthemooc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjsymuleski.com\/artofthemooc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjsymuleski.com\/artofthemooc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjsymuleski.com\/artofthemooc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3546"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mjsymuleski.com\/artofthemooc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3550,"href":"https:\/\/mjsymuleski.com\/artofthemooc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3546\/revisions\/3550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjsymuleski.com\/artofthemooc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjsymuleski.com\/artofthemooc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjsymuleski.com\/artofthemooc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjsymuleski.com\/artofthemooc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3546"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjsymuleski.com\/artofthemooc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=3546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}