Artivism
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We invite applications for our panel "Figuring It Out: Crises and Resistance in Graphic Novels, Comics, and Cartoons" at the XV Conference of the Italian Society for Middle Eastern Studies (SeSaMO). The conference will be held in presence... more
Raquel Masci (comp.) Autoayuda para revoltoses. Toma tus deseos por realidades.
Performance Constellations maps transnational protest movements and the dynamics of networked expressive behavior in the streets and online, as people struggle to be heard and effect long-term social justice. Its case studies explore... more
under review for publication in 2016.
This essay examines the grassroots feminist zine Flor y Canto, published by the East LA Chicana collective Mujeres de Maíz (MdM). This submission-based publication consists of poetry and visual art by women of color. Often associated with... more
16th century ‘face to face’ persuasion scams adopted to letters, telephone, fax and Internet with the development of new communication technologies. In many of today’s fraud schemes phone numbers play an important role. Various... more
This article is an adapted version of a text originally published in Turkish in the historical materialist journal PRAKSIS in 2016, and translated into English by the author. It focuses on performative protest acts and the role of the... more
A movement begun by Magda Sayeg in Houston (Texas) in 2004, but only documented since the late 1990s, a new kind of texture-fiber-has made an appearance and made its presence felt on the street art scene. The practice of what is usually... more
Reviews, interviews and quotes of the book Utopías artísticas de revuelta.
This paper explores the attempts of the political activist group Centre for Political Beauty to restore beauty to politics. While the Centre for Political Beauty claims that their performances can be traced back to the multimedia artist... more
In his 1980 essay, "Social Movement: Phenomenon or Meaning?," Michael McGee cautioned rhetorical scholars against conceiving of "social move-ment" as empirical phenomenon. He wrote, " 'Movements' are not phenomena , nor does the concept... more
"Art and gentrification. Culture as the assumed driving force behind urban renewal". The same pattern is being repeated across various old city quarters. Trust is being placed in culture as the almost exclusive driving force behind urban... more
Curated by Yelaine Rodriguez and edited by Tatiana Flores, this Dialogues stages a series of conversations around Afro-Latinx art through interventions by Afro-Latina cultural producers. Black Latinxs often feel excluded both from the... more
Through a multidisciplinary approach, the text brings data about the ar- tivisms of sexual and gender dissident in Pará state, north of Brazil, and the socio-cultural and environmental contexts in which this scene emer- ges. Conflicts and... more
Este libro es una versión desencorsetada y con miras a un público más amplio, de mi tesis doctoral "Tramas en lo público. Activismo artístico en La Plata desde la década de 1990 al presente" (finalizada en noviembre de 2018 y defendida en... more
How do Space Pioneers act, what techniques do they use for spatial appropriation, what drives them and which social functions can we attribute them? Space Pioneers emerged just a couple of years ago and already shape our townscapes and... more
Starting from the notion of 'post-democracy' elaborated by Colin Crouch, which indicates an increasing tendency towards the deterioration of democratic principles and the narrowing of the public sphere, this book explores how, in the... more
Oreste is not a group: in fact there is not a list of individuals who belong to it, or, viceversa, a list of people who do not.
This practice-based research focuses on the film Ínsula (Insular in English) to explore ways of conducting, intertwining, and assembling performing bodies with audiovisual performance, through the creation of original dispositifs. It... more
Nel bene e nel male, l’arte ha sempre ricadute politiche, ma il legame tra etica ed estetica è spesso scomodo. Nel tempo sono state elaborate strategie raffinatissime per neutralizzarne le potenzialità emancipatorie. L’analisi parte da... more
Art is aesthetically pleasing to human's eyes, touching each heart, and interpreting by own understanding. Because art is usually for aesthetics, other artworks are not recognized as a change or as meaning for everyone. Art mirrors each... more
Edito + Introductive paper
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"Actualité de la perturbation, 'concept élargi' de l'art : présentation du dossier"
title :
"Actualité de la perturbation, 'concept élargi' de l'art : présentation du dossier"
In this research I explore artivist performance proposals that lead to an analysis of the spectator position intrinsic to the spectatorial, as a construction linked to colonial discourses of otherness. This investigation presents the... more
Artivism is a creative and youthful way of being, thinking, doing and seeing in the world that hinges on an explicit commitment to intervening in personal and collective circumstances toward change. Artivists respond to injustices in our... more
A arte, como forma ritualística do outro dizer sobre si, é um mecanismo fundamental utilizado para dramatizar o mundo. Nesse sentido, a partir do estudo de caso da Igreja da Comunidade Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte, uma comunidade... more
[fr] La thèse réunit cinq travaux portant sur le rôle joué par la fiction dans notre expérience et notre appréhension du monde. La fiction peut-elle véhiculer des contenus de savoir ou constituer en elle-même une source de connaissance ?... more
Artivismus versucht, sich ständig den Grenzen wissenschaftlichen Reflexion und Definition zu entziehen. Denn er ist aus der Praxis heraus entstanden und trägt die Prägung der Kunst und des Protests, die sich beide keinen Regeln und... more
This dissertation outlines a relational space encompassing the Oficina Uzyna Uzona Theater Company–founded in 1958 in the city of São Paulo–and queer artivisms, inasmuch as both their artistic productions take stands for gender and sexual... more
This book analyses the aesthetic and utopian dimensions of various activist social movements in Western Europe since 1989. Through a series of case studies, it demonstrates how dreams of a better society have manifested themselves in... more
English version is below. Eleştirel düşüncenin ve felsefi sorgulamanın ışığı altında zihinlerde oluşan ‘dertlenme’ baskılanamamış ve tarih boyunca farklı eylemlerle açığa çıkmıştır. Bu eylemler günümüzde de çoğalıp çeşitlenerek devam... more
The aim of this study is to highlight the “naturalization” of stereotyped imagery of migratory phenomenon as seen in media and political discourse. Starting from literature by critical thinkers such as Michel Foucault (1966) and Louis... more
Lourdes Portillo’s Señorita Extraviada (2000) is a riveting investigation that tells the story of the hundreds of raped, murdered, and missing young women of Juárez - a Mexican-US border city. This subversive documentary unravels... more
This book is a collection of texts on one of China’s boldest social experiments in recent years: the Bishan Project, a rural reconstruction and practical utopian commune project in a small village Bishan, Anhui Province, China. This... more
ISBN 978-989-98796-1-4 Nesta investigação tentamos contribuir para um enquadramento teórico da ciberformance, a performance que acontece em plataformas, ambientes e mundos virtuais e que se caracteriza por ser ao vivo, mediada,... more
In recent years, Internet users have been increasingly participating in so called digilantes or cyber-vigilante communities, becoming self-appointed avengers of justice who wade through the Internet to hunt down unlawful netizens. These... more