Cultural activism
Cultural activism is the denomination of several creative practices and activities which challenge dominant interpretations and constructions of the world while presenting alternative socio-political and spatial imaginaries in ways which challenge relationships between art, politics, participation, and spectatorship. It implies the use and creation of cultural products to promote social change and may include art, literature, music, cinema, among others.[citation needed].
Notable examples include culture jamming, subvertising, muralling, rebel clowning, urban knitting, guerrilla urbanism, political theatre and many other whimsical, non-violent approaches to protest and activism.[1]
Digital activism regarding educational inequalities by youth and young adults is another form of cultrual activism, used in digital spaces to promote and create change.[2]
Cultural activism takes place in large to small scales from many different individuals, groups, and cultures looking to make social change.[3]
Cultural activism can be and also is utilized creatively to bring connection, care, and justice between individuals and groups in their efforts to promote and advocate for justice. Solidarity between different groups and individuals can create an environment for creative work and ideas towards justice movements.[4]
Toppling statues is an act of cultural activism in which individuals, groups, and communities can challenge harmful or negative cultural and social narratives and power dynamics from the past, as well as presently.[5]
Cultural activism towards justice, social, and revolutionary movements also connects individuals and groups in intimate ways towards creatively creating new methods towards addressing societal issues.[6]
Cultural activism can also be a resource that creates and cultivates creative ideas, initiatives, comradery, innovations, and new resources.[7]
Cultural activism in academic environments is a method that is utilized to challenge social and academic injustices in those spaces communicatively and critically, while also bringing solidarity and intellectual activism to transcend those systems and environments.[8]
References
[edit]- ↑ Buser, Michael; Arthurs, Jane. "Cultural Activism and the Community" (PDF). Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ↑ Stornaiuolo, Amy; Thomas, Ebony Elizabeth (2017-03-01). "Disrupting Educational Inequalities Through Youth Digital Activism". Review of Research in Education. 41 (1): 337–357. doi:10.3102/0091732X16687973. ISSN 0091-732X.
- ↑ Checker, Melissa; Fishman, Maggie (2004-12-31). Local Actions: Cultural Activism, Power, and Public Life in America. Columbia University Press. doi:10.7312/chec12850. ISBN 978-0-231-12851-3.
- ↑ Kolbe, Kristina (2026). "Care, Justice, Protest and the Politics of Creative Work: Towards a Multi-Scale Theory of Cultural Activism". Sociology Compass. 20 (5) e70200. doi:10.1111/soc4.70200. ISSN 1751-9020.
- ↑ Tinsley, Meghan; Peacock, Chloe; Habib, Sadia; Ramsden-Karelse, Ruth; Younge, Gary (2024-04-28). "Toppling statues and making space: prospects for anti-racist cultural activism". Identities: 1–19. doi:10.1080/1070289X.2024.2344938. ISSN 1070-289X.
- ↑ Rodriguez Fielder, Elizabeth (2024). The Revolution Will Be Improvised: The Intimacy of Cultural Activism. University of Michigan Press. doi:10.3998/mpub.12849979. ISBN 978-0-472-07704-5.
- ↑ Bernard, Anna (2017-05-04). "Cultural activism as resource: Pedagogies of resistance and solidarity". Journal of Postcolonial Writing. 53 (3): 367–379. doi:10.1080/17449855.2017.1337690. ISSN 1744-9855.
- ↑ Rodino-Colocino, Michelle (2018-01-02). "Me too, #MeToo: countering cruelty with empathy". Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies. 15 (1): 96–100. doi:10.1080/14791420.2018.1435083. ISSN 1479-1420.
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