Critical Social Inquiry 0240 - Artivism

Spring
2013
2
4.00
Wilson Valentin-Escobar

01:00PM-03:50PM W

Hampshire College
311243
Franklin Patterson Hall 107
wvSS@hampshire.edu
In this interdisciplinary course, we explore how artists have historically responded to the call for social change. We will investigate how art and activism come together around a variety of themes and issues, such as artistic citizenship, feminist art, public art, art and the role of art in social movements, the avant-garde, the role of artistic institutions, how artists invoke new social imaginations, the role of artists in cultivating social change, the relationship between art and new or alternative public sphere(s), the tensions between the socially "real" and the "imaginary," political art vs. activist art, and the impact of artistic expressions and movements in transforming collective mentalities or consciousness. While a close analysis of various art texts and practices may occur throughout the semester, the course largely centers on the multi-dimensional social processes that constitute the production and reception of artistic practices and objects.

Power, Community and Social Justice Multiple Cultural Perspectives

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.