Virtual Symposium, Nov 18, 2022 9am US EST
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Update: Recording of the Event.
Original Notice: In this Zoom Symposium, authors of our Fall ’22 Activism Issue share their reflections on processual aspects of activism both in their own lives as well as through the themes of their articles.
Activism relies heavily on the use of materials and bodies as modes of action and aesthetics to effect power and change. Depending on cultural ways of ‘doing’ and ‘making’, differing political, ethical, and moral states and values come to be assigned to activist practices. Determining the effects of these practices is, thus, a relational process. While keeping in mind socio-cultural specifics, this symposium will explore the connections between activist and artistic practice in the US, Thailand, and Indonesia via the research and work of Dr. Angela Beallor, Dr. Anissa Rahadiningtyas, Citra Sasmita, and Peera Songkünnatham. The techniques, actions, and materials, as well as the beliefs invoked in these varied instances will be related to both local and global horizons of possibilities.