Art/Act: A WGS Online Magazine
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Date
2016
Authors
Avila, Maribel
Capps, Madison
Carlile, Kayla
Conner, Jessica
Cosart, Mary
Dean, Izzy
Dillon, Alex
Forbis, Meaghan
Gouge, Hayes
Harlig, Chloe
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University of Oregon
Abstract
“Art, Activism, and Popular Culture” (WGS 199) investigates how art and activism intersect to address pressing contemporary social issues concerning gender, race, and sexuality. In particular, the course focuses on how art is utilized as feminist activism, and vice versa, to address social issues such as the prison industrial complex, sexual assault, media production, institutional critique, and HIV/AIDS. The course takes on a special emphasis on how artists-activists-students have utilized art to organize and create change on the college campus. Along with rigorous reading and writing, in the Winter 2016 term, students also engaged in the topic of art and activism through constructionist learning— learning through creating—in a special lab component of the class. In collaboration with the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, students participated in a special museum activity to explore art history and the politics of institutional critique on campus.
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22 pages
Keywords
Art, Activism, Institutional Critique, Media, AIDS, Prison Industrial Complex, Race, Gender, Anti-violence, Equality