Wild Fire Art as Activism

Name: Wild Fire Art as Activism
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ISBN: 9781894549554

ISBN-10: 1894549554

ISBN-13: 9781894549554

Edition: 2006

Authors: Deborah Barndt

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This collection brings together activist academics who share a passion for art as well as politics, community and social change. Through their artistic work they challenge the notions of who is an artist and what is an activist, and explore the tensions between academic work and activism. Most importantly, their intention is to spark transformation and spread ideas of community building and social change. The contributors are graduates of the Masters in Environmental Studies program at York University in Toronto; from their research and academic experience they have created a wide variety of energetic and original artistic projects. Seventeen essays, each accompanied by black and white…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Canadian Scholars
Publication date: 5/15/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 229
Size: 6.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Deborah Barndt is Associate Dean of Environmental Studies at York University. She is a popular educator and photographer and for over 25 years has worked with social justice movements in Canada, the U.S., and Central America. Her photographs have been published and exhibited widely



Foreword



Acknowledgements


Introduction: Playing with Wild Fire: Art as Activism




Art in Social Movements



Seriously ... Are You Really an Artist? Humour and Integrity in a Community Mural Project




Releasing Voices, Reclaiming Power: The Personal and Collective Potential of Voice




Whose Nicaragua? Popular Communications across Eras, Regions and Generations




Ediciones Cordillera: An Exile Community's Role in Cultural Production




The Strawberry Tasted So Good: The Trickster Practices of Activist Art




Art as Activism



Demechanizing Our Politics: Street Performance and Making Change




Reconstructing Our Culture of Ilm (Knowledge): Muslim Women Represent Themselves




Jamming with Women's Rights Activists in East Asia: A Process of Critical Reflection




Mixing Metaphors: Risk in Art and Activism




Eco Art



Garden the City: Activism through Interventionist Art




Salmon Tales: Eco-Art Activism




Confessions of a Community Artist: A Letter to My Fellow Earthworkers




Tellingsmiths: The Work of Planting Trees and the Politics of Memory




Art Heals



Arts in Detention: Creating Connections with Immigrant Women Detainees




Language as Landscape: Navigating Post-Conflict Reconstruction with Bosnian Youth




Acts of Embodiment: Explorations in Collaborative Phototherapy




You Are My Sunshine: Refugee Participation in Performance



Contributors


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