Mobilizing pedagogy : two social practice projects in the Americas /

"What is - what should be - the place of art in society? Is it merely decorative? Is it only to affirm a given set of cultural preferences? Or should it examine, challenge, even upend these norms to bring open new perspectives for those who experience what artists create? Social practice artist...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors:	Gonzales, Elyse A., 1974- (Editor), Reisman, Sara (Editor), Riaño Alcalá, Pilar (Contributor), Gore, Holly (Contributor), Jackson, Shannon, 1967- (Contributor), Pérez de Miles, Adetty (Contributor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amherst, Massachusetts : Amherst College Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Helguera, Pablo. Lacy, Suzanne. Art and social action. Art and society. Electronic books. Open access publications.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction / Elyse A. Gonzales and Sara Reisman
The Schoolhouse and the Bus / Elyse A. Gonzales
The School of Panamerican Unrest: project description / Holly Gore
Documentation: The School of Panamerican Unrest (2006)
Journey notes of Panamerica: the social practices of art / a conversation between artist Pablo Helguera and Adetty Pérez de Miles
Object lessons: the role of material culture in socially engaged art / Sara Reisman
Skin of Memory: project description / Holly Gore
Documentation: Skin of Memory (1999) and Skin of Memory (2011)
Relationships, materiality, and politics in the Skin of Memory / a conversation between Suzanne Lacy and anthropologist Pilar Riaño-Alcalá
Pedagogical publics / by Shannon Jackson
Documentation: The Schoolhouse and the Bus, AD&A Museum (2017)
On social practice / a conversation between Suzanne Lacy and Pablo Helguera
Ddocumentation: The Schoolhouse and the Bus, The 8th Floor (2018).