From Grassroots to Systems Change: Art for Social Justice

Art for social justice has long challenged notions of whose stories are told, how, and by whom, positioning it as a key body of practice to combat neoliberalism and other structures of domination. In the global struggle for liberation, art and social justice practices must be contextualized, requiri...

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Published inThe Journal of arts management, law, and society Vol. 52; no. 5; pp. 308 - 322
Main Authors Brown, Marian Taylor, Ntigurirwa, Hyppolite, Gordillo, Andrea, Rose, Micah
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Routledge 07.11.2022
Taylor & Francis Inc
Subjects
Arts
Colombia
Cultural differences
cultural equity
Equality
Grass roots movement
grassroots
Rwanda
Social justice
story circles
systems change
testimonios
Testimony
United States of America
Colombia
United States > US
Rwanda
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Summary:Art for social justice has long challenged notions of whose stories are told, how, and by whom, positioning it as a key body of practice to combat neoliberalism and other structures of domination. In the global struggle for liberation, art and social justice practices must be contextualized, requiring approaches and pedagogy that address the cultural landscapes in which they are rooted. Against this backdrop, the artivist-authors explore two questions: 1) In what ways do practices in the arts and social justice differ and intersect across cultural contexts? and 2) What lessons can be gleaned from grassroots and systems-level approaches to arts for social justice? Here, three vignettes, explored through Chicane testimonios and story circles rooted in Black and Indigenous theater practice, elucidate approaches to building creative justice in the landwaters colonized into Colombia, Rwanda, and the United States. Across these three vignettes, questions of practice and lessons learned emerge.
ISSN:1063-2921
1930-7799
DOI:10.1080/10632921.2022.2120142