In July 2004, two of our associates — Shih-Diing Liu (University of Macau) and Elspeth Tilley (Massey University) — participated in the plenary: Creative Communication and Activism: Catalyst of Change?, as part of IAMCR 2024 in Christchurch, Aotearoa/New Zealand. | Artistic Activism Research CoLab
We are thrilled to welcome six new research associates to the CoLab, each bringing a wealth of experience and unique perspectives from around the globe! Visit their profiles on this website and learn more about their amazing work!| Artistic Activism Research CoLab
Congratulations to Stephen Duncombe for publishing Aeffect: The Affect and Effect of Artistic Activism (2024), which draws on more than twenty-five years of experience in the field and one hundred in-depth interviews with artistic activists worldwide.| Artistic Activism Research CoLab
LINES: Making Friends; Crossing Borders launched in 2023 at The Bloc, Queen Mary University of London. The exhibition explored the politics of twinning, looking at the ways that translocal constellations of friends have come together to press for social change across a range of issue areas and global challenges.| Artistic Activism Research CoLab
This presentation by Meiqin Wang delves into Socially Engaged Art in Contemporary China: Voices from Below, a book published in 2019. Discover the journey behind the book's creation, its central theme, and the methodology that underpins it.| Artistic Activism Research CoLab
Listen to Dr Holly Ryan discuss the LINES exhibition in this episode of the Global Politics Unbound podcast.| Artistic Activism Research CoLab
In this book — Co-Authored by Research Associate Dipti Desai — the authors’ post-capitalist approach to change focuses less on what we need to dismantle and more on what educators and activists are building in its place. Studying schools and other social organizations in the Global North and South, the authors identify and examine some...| Artistic Activism Research CoLab
In this talk at TEDxMount Victoria, Dr. Elspeth Tilley shares seven ways art engages us and helps us create a better future. Dr. Elspeth Tilley is a Professor of Creative Communication at Massey University in New Zealand and a Research Associate of the Artistic Activism Research CoLab. Recognized internationally as an expert in the power...| Artistic Activism Research CoLab
Congratulations to Research Associate Stephen Duncombe on the publication of his new book, The Activist Angler. The book brings together these lessons in an engaging journey from the street to the beach and back. The format is simple: one reflection on fishing followed by another on what might be learned and applied to activism, each accompanied...| Artistic Activism Research CoLab
Recording of the online presentation “Prefiguring Other Possible Worlds: Performative Communities in Recent Social Movements” by Julia Ramirez Blanco, that took place on November 17, 2022, as part of the Program of Online Presentations facilitated by the Artistic Activism Research Colab (AARC). For more information on Julia Ramirez Blanco’s work, visit: https://artactcolab.org/associates/julia-ramirez-blanco/| Artistic Activism Research CoLab
