Performing Human Rights - Artistic Interventions Into European Asylum

This book enhances critical perspectives on human rights through the lens of performance studies and argues that contemporary artistic interventions can contribute to our understanding of human rights as a critical and embodied doing.

List of contents

List of figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1: Human rights and European bordering
2: The Centre for Political Beauty
3: Human rights and the politics of listening
4: Lawrence Abu Hamdan
5: Human rights and institutional imagination
6: New World Summit: envisioning statelessness
We have work to do: commitment to a healing labour
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Anika Marschall works as assistant professor in the Department of Media and Culture Studies at Utrecht University, where she teaches in the MA Contemporary Theatre, Dance and Dramaturgy and the BA Media and Culture.

Summary

This book enhances critical perspectives on human rights through the lens of performance studies and argues that contemporary artistic interventions can contribute to our understanding of human rights as a critical and embodied doing.

Product details

• Authors: Anika Marschall
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2024
• EAN: 9780367626877
• ISBN: 978-0-367-62687-7
• No. of pages: 202
• Series: Routledge Series in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Theatre and Performance
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; History, Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, The arts: general issues, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, ART / General, ART / History / General, PERFORMING ARTS / General, LAW / Media & the Law, ART / Criticism & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, ART / Performance, History of art / art & design styles, Theatre Studies, History of Art, Political campaigning & advertising, Performance Art, Political campaigning and advertising, Human Geography, Asylum Law, The arts: general topics