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By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Recognize and explain some of the key concepts that have shaped the various theories and debates surrounding the relationship between the creative industries and the struggle for social, economic, and environmental justice.
- Contextualize and critically evaluate connections and tensions between the creative industries and contemporary activist practices.
- Apply theoretical insights by identifying and analyzing relevant case-studies dealing with the intersection of activism and the creative industries
- Create an activism-related project in order to illustrate and problematize a topic from the course. The student will be able to critically reflect on the form and content of the project in a written evaluation of the process.
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From the Women’s March and #MeToo to Black Lives Matter (BLM) and the Occupy movement, the last decade has seen a resurgence of activist practices. While the relationship between activism and artistic practice has a long history, current developments have sparked a range of new questions and concerns regarding the place of the creative industries in the struggle for social justice and transformation. Questions include:
- How can the artistic product function as vehicle for social change?
- How can cultural production aid in developing strategies of resilience?
- How do social movements interact with art institutions, cultural organizations, and media platforms?
- What is the influence of technological innovation on the shape, reach, and impact of activist practices?
- How can new forms of creativity aid in reaching new audiences and building activist communities?
In this seminar we explore some of the connections and tensions between activism and the creative industries. In the first weeks, students familiarise themselves with the key concepts of the debate and engage with several case-studies. In later weeks, students are co-responsible for the content and process of the classes as they work towards a creative project. Possible topics include: precarity, globalisation, vulnerability, citizenship, institutionalisation, and censorship. |
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