The Activism of Art

A Decentered Anthology

Author: Stephen Duncombe and Dipti Desai

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Leverage the recent awards received by both authors, which include Studies in Art Education Lecture Award by the National Art Education Association, “Honorable Mention” for the Terry McAdam Book Award by the Alliance for Non-Profit Management, and Distinguished Teaching Award by New York University.Develop partnerships with activism organizations such as Greenpeace USA with whom the editors have previously worked.Pitch television, radio, and podcast interviews on You Are Not So Smart, The Conversation, Theory of Everything, The Best Show with Tom Shcharpling, Bullseye with Jesse Thorn, This American Life, and more.Pitch op-eds, excerpts, and reviews to a wide array of publications including The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, The Los Angeles Times, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Boston Review, The Guardian, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, The New Republic, The Nation, Jacobin, and more.

A radical anthology shaking up the canon by bringing together perspectives on art and activism across eras and cultures.

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A radical anthology shaking up the canon by bringing together perspectives on art and activism across eras and cultures.

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A radical anthology shaking up the canon by bringing together perspectives on art and activism across eras and cultures.

Thinkers, activists, and artists have long grappled with definitions of art, the role of activism, and the relationship between the two answers that shift across historical and cultural frameworks. This anthology challenges and expands the canon by deliberately juxtaposing radically different conceptions of art and activism, bringing together thinkers from different eras, cultures, and geographies.

Rather than including case studies or manifestos, the texts are organised thematically: Art Unsettles: Social Systems and Critique; Art Reveals: Making the Invisible Visible; Art Resists: Everyday Interventions; Art Acts: Activism as Art; Art (Re)Orders: Making Sense of the World; and Art Imagines: Envisioning New Worlds.

Through this thematic structure, the anthology seeks to expand and decenter traditional canons. Each thematic section opens with a brief essay by the editors framing the central conceptual debates, inviting readers to engage with the tensions and possibilities at the intersection of art and politics. Among the writers included are: Gloria Anzalda, John Berger, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Octavia Butler, John Dewey, W.E.B. Du Bois, Frantz Fanon, Safdar Hashmi, bell hooks, Juan Lpez Intzn, Audre Lorde, Herbert Marcuse, Jacques Ranciere, and Ngg wa Thiong'o.

About the Author

Dipti Desaiis a Professor of Art and Art Education in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University where she teaches courses on socially engaged art practices and its politics, critical pedagogy, and artistic activism as radical research. Her praxis-based pedagogy requires students to engage directly with communities and public spaces to envision and enact art activist projects. She is the author of four books and numerous articles on the intersection between art, social justice, and pedagogy.

Stephen Duncombeis a Professor of Media and Culture in the Gallatin and Steinhardt Schools of New York University, where he teaches the history and politics of media and culture. He is the author and editor of ten books on the intersection of culture and politics, and the cofounder of The Center for Artistic Activism, a training and research organization dedicated to helping activists create more like artists and artists strategize more like activists.