What sort of “art” is protest?

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Tuesday, 13 October – The Art of Protest
• Read Reed Intro, Ch 1-2, and look over the whole book as an event itself!
• Examine Reed’s book website: http://art-of-protest.net/tvreedhome.html
• Check out his teaching site: http://libarts.wsu.edu/english/TV%20Reed.html
• Look at his cultural politics resources: http://culturalpolitics.net/about

What sort of “art” is protest? How do social movements create culture? Which social movements do you know the most about? Which ones would you like to learn more about? Which arts have engaged the feminist issues you care about most? How do you know? How is women’s studies involved?

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EXAMINING A BOOK AS AN EVENT! 

=How can a book be an event?
=Which of the ways a book could be an event can you illustrate from Reed's book specifically? Pick the best example.
=Name a social movement that comes to mind! you will need to have checked out Reed's website links above to do this!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyWGTMSYA7g
SPARC: Great Wall of LA: Donna Deitch historical short film
Uploaded on Aug 8, 2011
1976-Present: The Great Wall of Los Angeles 1/2 mile long Mural/Education Project is one of Los Angeles' true cultural landmarks and one of the country's most respected and largest monuments to inter-racial harmony. SPARC's first public art project and its true signature piece, the Great Wall is a landmark pictorial representation of the history of ethnic peoples of California from prehistoric times to the 1950's, conceived by SPARC's artistic director and founder Judith F. Baca. Begun in 1974 and completed over six summers, the Great Wall employed over 400 youth and their families from diverse social and economic backgrounds working with artists, oral historians, ethnologists, scholars, and hundreds of community members.

Music "Black Man" by Stevie Wonder

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLzIsJqxC5I
Uploaded on Sep 2, 2008
A tribute to the Black Panthers.
In Oakland Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton founded the Black Panthers in 1966 with a ten-point platform for addressing racial and economic inequality in America.
http://www.bobbyseale.com
Edited by: Mateo
Music "Respect Yourself" by The Staple Singers ( • • ) Artist James Brown

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRQapdNY-F4
Poetry Everywhere: "What Kind of Times Are These" by Adrienne Rich
Uploaded on Mar 30, 2009

Adrienne Rich reads her poem "What Kind of Times Are These." Part of the Poetry Everywhere project airing on public television. Produced by David Grubin Productions and WGBH Boston, in association with the Poetry Foundation. Filmed at the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival. For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/poetryeverywhere/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhafyI6-Bp0
The Freedom Singers Perform at the White House
Uploaded on Feb 11, 2010
The Freedom Singers perform "(Ain't Gonna let Nobody) Turn me Around" at the White House Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement.

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