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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.
List of contents
Section I: Public Space and Protest
Introduction
- A Collectography of PAD/D, a 1980s Activist Art Collective, and its Legacy in 21st-Century Activist Art and Scholarship
Gregory Sholette
- Aesthetics of Reciprocity: Socially Engaged Art in China and Hong Kong
Mai Corlin Frederiksen
- Guided Horizontality in Art Resistance Platforms in Hungary Since 2010
Izabel Galliera
- Instructions Within: Art as Liberation Praxis in the Arab World
Maymanah Farhat
- Shattering Glass Ceiling: Art and Activism in Thailand since 2020
Thanavi Chotpradit
- 1 to 1: Media and Public Mourning through Temporary Tactical Memorials
Daniel Tucker
Section II: Gender and Visual Sovereignty
Introduction
- Reel/Real Resurgence: Pasifika Women Filmmakers and Media Activism
Jennifer L. Gauthier
- The Visual Politics of Queerness on the Navajo Nation
Louise Siddons
- Zeke Peña: Illustrating Chicanx Environmental Justice Histories in the Rio Grande Watershed
Jennifer Garcia Peacock
- Reproductive Justice and Visual Activism
Tamar Carroll
- Be Otherwise, 13 Acts of Resistance
Anonda Bell
Section III: Racial and Restorative Justice
Introduction
- Historical Memory in Contemporary African American Activist Photography
Mary Trent
- A Series of Transitions: an interview with members of What Would an HIV Doula Do?
Andy Campbell
- Abolition Art: Contemporary Imaginings against the Carceral State
Rebecca Zorach
- let them tell it: Black southern women's retrospection within the works of Remember2019
Arielle Julia Brown
- La Vivienda Es La Cura: Latinx Art, Politics, and Housing Justice in East Boston
Anthony Romero
- Atomized Solidarity and New Shapes of Resistance: Visual Activism in South Africa after Apartheid
Kylie Thomas
Section IV: Community Care and Advocacy
Introduction
- With a Camera and a Tape Recorder: Through Positive Eyes, the AIDS Pandemic, and the Politics of Identification
David Gere
- For Foul-Mouthed Activists: Disobedience as Care Work in African Social Practice Art
Nomusa Makhubu
- Activating Vulnerability: On Artivism in Colombia’s Precarious Peace Process
Ana María Reyes
- A View from the Future: Activist Artists, Writers, and Filmmakers Turn to Science Fiction to Address the Climate Crisis
Lisa E. Bloom
- Amplifying Our Voices Through Public Art
Michelle Angela Ortiz
- What’s it all About, Alfie?
Zoë Charlton and
Tim Doud
About the author
Lesley Shipley is Associate Professor of Art History at Randolph College.
Mey-Yen Moriuchi is Associate Professor of Art History at La Salle University.
Summary
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.
