The Routledge Companion to Art and Activism in the Twenty-First Century

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The Routledge Companion to Art and Activism in the Twenty-First Century brings together a wide range of geographical, cultural, historical, and conceptual perspectives in a single volume of new essays that facilitate a deeper understanding of the field of art activism as it stands today and as it looks towards the future. The book is a resource for multiple fields, including art activism, socially engaged art, and contemporary art, that represent the depth and breadth of contemporary activist art worldwide. Contributors highlight predominant lines of inquiry, uncover challenges faced by scholars and practitioners of activist art, and facilitate dialogue that might lead to new directions for research and practice. The editors hope that the volume will incite further conversation and collaboration among the various participants, practitioners, and researchers concerned with the relationship between art and activism. The audience includes scholars and professors of modern and contemporary art, students in both graduate and upper-level undergraduate programs, as well as artists, curators, and museum professionals. Each chapter can stand on its own, making the companion a flexible resource for students and educators working in art history, museum studies, community practice/socially engaged art, political science, sociology, and ethnic and cultural studies. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of Figures List of Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: Art as Activism, Activism as Art SECTION I: Public Space and Protest 1 A Collectography of PAD/D, a 1980s Activist Art Collective, and Its Legacy in Twenty-First Century Activist Art and Scholarship 2 Aesthetics of Reciprocity: Socially Engaged Art in China and Hong Kong 3 Guided Horizontality in Art Resistance Platforms in Hungary Since 2010 4 Instructions Within: Art as Liberation Praxis in the Arab World 5 Shattering Glass Ceiling: Art and Activism in Thailand since 2020 6 The 1-to-1 Tactic: Media and Public Mourning through Temporary Tactical Memorials SECTION II: Gender and Visual Sovereignty 7 Reel/Real Resurgence: Pasifika Women Filmmakers and Media Activism 8 The Visual Politics of Queerness on the Navajo Nation 9 Zeke Peña: Illustrating Chicanx Environmental Justice Histories in the Rio Grande Watershed 10 Reproductive Justice and Visual Activism 11 Be Otherwise, Thirteen Acts of Resistance SECTION III: Racial and Restorative Justice 12 Historical Memory in Contemporary African American Activist Photography 13 A Series of Transitions: An Interview with Members of What Would an HIV Doula Do? 14 Abolition Art: Contemporary Imaginings Against the Carceral State 15 Let Them Tell It: Black Southern Women’s Retrospection Within the Works of Remember 2019 16 La Vivienda Es La Cura: Latinx Art, Politics, and Housing Justice in East Boston 17 Atomized Solidarity and New Shapes of Resistance: Visual Activism in South Africa after Apartheid SECTION IV: Community Care and Advocacy 18 With a Camera and a Tape Recorder: Through Positive Eyes, the AIDS Pandemic, and the Politics of Identification 19 For Foul-Mouthed Activists: Disobedience as Care Work in African Social Practice Art 20 Activating Vulnerability: On Artivism in Colombia’s Precarious Peace Process 21 A View from the Future: Activist Artists, Writers, and Filmmakers Turn to Science Fiction to Address the Climate Crisis 22 Amplifying Our Voices Through Public Art 23 What’s it all About, Alfie? Index