Researching Artivism through the Event Approach. Epistemological and Methodological Reflections about Art and Activism

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Title
Researching Artivism through the Event Approach. Epistemological and Methodological Reflections about Art and Activism
Journal
Connessioni Remote
Author(s)
Salzbrunn Monika
ISSN
2724-2722
Publication state
Published
Issued date
15/03/2021
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
2
Pages
175-188
Language
english italian
Notes
https://doi.org/10.13130/connessioni/15264
Abstract
(English version below)
Il progetto ERC ARTIVISM si concentra su varie forme d'arte utilizzate dagli attivisti per formulare rivendicazioni politiche. Da una prospettiva multisensoriale in città molto diverse, sparse su tre continenti (Douala e Yaoundé in Camerun, Los Angeles negli Stati Uniti d'America, Genova e Viareggio in Italia e Nizza e Marsiglia in Francia) vengono esplorate la creatività e la performance come forme sovversive di espressione politica Applicando un approccio diretto all'evento piuttosto di una prospettiva centrata sul gruppo, il team del progetto ERC ARTIVISM ha elaborato specifici metodi di apprendimento, field-crossing e antropologia audiovisiva (riprese video, disegni). I primi risultati mostrano come l’ascesa della speculazione, della turistificazione e del city-marketing siano gli obiettivi scelti dagli attivisti che organizzano performance politiche carnevalesche, veri e propri carnevali indipendenti in un contesto di securrizzazione, controllo e censura.
The ERC ARTIVISM project focuses on various art forms used by activists in order to formulate political claims. From a multisensory perspective, creativity and performance as subversive forms of political expression are researched in super-diverse cities on three continents (Douala and Yaoundé in Cameroon, Los Angeles in the United States of America, Genova and Viareggio in Italy and Nice and Marseille in France). Applying the event approach instead of a group-centred perspective, the team has elaborated on methods of apprenticeship, field-crossing (Salzbrunn 2011) and audio-visual anthropology (filming, drawing). Preliminary results indicate the growing importance of speculation, touristification and city-marketing as targets chosen by activists who organise independent carnival and carnivalesque political performances in a context of securisation, control and censorship.
Keywords
Artivismo, arte, attivismo, performance, carnevale, eventi, Camerun, Italia, Francia. Artivism, art, activism, performance, carnival, events, Cameroon, Italy, France.
Open Access
Yes
Funding(s)
European Research Council (ERC)
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