Street Art of Resistance

This seminar is part of the process of developing the ‘Street Art of Resistance’ book. Different authors will present their work about street art as well as other aesthetic tools used by social movements from different cultural contexts including Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Egypt, Ireland, Mexico, Middle East, Spain, and the United Kingdom. 

The presentations will be based on empirical research showcasing different creative acts of resistance in which actors use tools and signs in their environment to express opposition to a political system or a social issue, or as a way to emphasise the presence of a certain community. Actors utilise creative and novice means of communication that circumvent and function as an alternative to mainstream communication channels.

The seminar is open for everyone. Masters and PhD students can apply for 2 ECTS points by attending and presenting or writing a 5-page paper.

Picture taken by Sarah Awad on Brick Lane, London.

Programme

Monday October 10, 2016

09:30 Welcome Coffee

10:00 - 11:00: Introduction: Brief about the Street Art of Resistance book

Presentation: Social Life of Images in Urban Space. By: Brady Wagoner and Sarah H. Awad

11:00 – 12:00: Presentation: Resisting Forms: Prolegomena to an Aesthetics of Resistance. By: Robert E. Innis

Commentary by: Cecilia Nielsen

12:00 – 13:00: Lunch

13:00 – 14:00: Presentation: Speaking walls: Contentious memories in Belfast’s Murals. By: Daniela Vicherat Mattar

Commentary by: Guisela Latorre

14:00 – 14:30: Coffee Break

14:30 – 15:30: Presentation: Defying Shahryar's Spirit: Egyptian Cartoonists' Relentless Quest for Legitimacy. By: Mohamed Helmy and Sabine Frerichs

Commentary by: Oscar Garcia Agustin

15:30 – 16:00: Wrap up and discussion

Tuesday October 11, 2016

09:30: Coffee

10:00 – 11:00: Presentation: Indigenous Images of Democracy on City Streets: Native Representations in Contemporary Chilean Graffiti and Muralism. By: Guisela Latorre

Commentary by: Daniela Vicherat Mattar

11:00 – 12:00: Presentation: The Aesthetics of Social Movements in Spain. By: Oscar Garcia Agustin

Commentary by: Sabine Frerichs

12:00 – 13:00: Lunch

13:00 – 14:00: Presentation: The democratic potential of art: Danish graffiti and street art as a rebellious act. By: Cecilia Nielsen

Commentary by: Robert E. Innis

14:00 – 15:00: A tour of some of the urban art murals around the center of Aalborg

15:00 – 16:00: Wrap up of the two days and discussion 

READINGS

Will be sent to participants after 01.10.16