Description
Book SynopsisMaking Another World Possible offers a broad look at an array of socially engaged cultural practices that have become increasingly visible in the past decade, across diverse fields such as visual art, performance, theater, activism, architecture, urban planning, pedagogy, and ecology.
Part I of the book introduces the reader to the field of socially engaged art and cultural practice, spanning the past ten years of dynamism and development. Part II presents a visually striking summary of key events from 1945 to the present, offering an expansive view of socially engaged art throughout history, and Part III offers an overview of the current state of the field, elucidating some of the key issues facing practitioners and communities. Finally, Part IV identifies ten global issues and, in turn, documents 100 key artistic projects from around the world to illustrate the various critical, aesthetic and political modes in which artists, cultural workers, and communities are resp
Table of Contents
Biographies, List of Contributors, Acknowledgments, Part I: A Precarious Assembly: Ten Years of Art and Activism, Part II: On Arts, Politics, and Engagement: A Selected Timeline 1945 to Present, Part III: Major Issues in the Field of Socially Engaged Art, Part IV: Dialogue: 10 Global Issues, 100 Art Projects, Part V: Epilogue, Part VI: Glossary of Terms, Index
