Projects tagged
Shifts (culture)
Shifts the cultural landscape in order to imagine and enable change.
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Controversy in the Wild Kingdom of Couture
Read more: Controversy in the Wild Kingdom of CouturePARIS — Ten a.m. on a frigid Monday morning, the first day of the couture shows, and Kylie Jenner was strutting through the marble halls of the Petit Palais trying to find her seat for Schiaparelli, shoehorned into spiky stilettos…
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Zero Abuse Project
Read more: Zero Abuse ProjectZero Abuse Project is a 501(c)(3) organization committed to transforming institutions in order to effectively prevent, recognize, and respond to child sexual abuse. Our programs are designed to provide cross-disciplinary education and training, advocacy for systemic legal change, guidance for…
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Deconstructing The 1975’s ‘Love It If We Made It’
Read more: Deconstructing The 1975’s ‘Love It If We Made It’The 1975’s ‘Love It If We Made It’ is a dystopian love story that feels appropriate for the last 18 months. Even though it was written before the pandemic, its relevancy has only increased tenfold since its release in 2018.…
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Dance with ghost, Student using dance to protest the corrupt Chinese tradition
Read more: Dance with ghost, Student using dance to protest the corrupt Chinese traditionA viral video of a student dance performance in southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has won praise for speaking out against so-called ghost marriages, which many today see as an archaic and even dangerous tradition. In a recent competition,…
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Organization for the Democratization of the Visual Arts
Read more: Organization for the Democratization of the Visual ArtsODBK is an activist organization that aims to create a more equal, diverse, inclusive, transparent and democratic art world. ODBK seeks to do this by diversify and increase the number of people who understand and engage with contemporary art. We…
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La Fiera en Sevilla
Read more: La Fiera en SevillaDuring the economic crisis of 2008, bankers in Spain took advantage of the economically disadvantaged, and the artwork La Fiera en Sevilla, or the Wild Animal in Sevilla in English, brings attention to this money-centric act from the bankers. La…
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Es-Cultura Lesbiana
Read more: Es-Cultura LesbianaAs a result of the social stigma of homosexuality, lesbian feminists were rejected and silenced as a radical minority within the mainstream Movimiento Feminista (MF). Lesbianas Sin Duda (LSD) is a queer activist group based in Madrid that arose in…
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Income Inequality in Spain: The 15-M Housing Crisis Protests
Read more: Income Inequality in Spain: The 15-M Housing Crisis ProtestsIn May of 2011, tens of thousands of people crowded Puerta del Sol in the center of Madrid in the most visible manifestation of sit-in protests against austerity and corruption. 15-M was an expression of the devastating effects of the…
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2015 Die-In Protest Against Gender Violence
Read more: 2015 Die-In Protest Against Gender ViolenceOn September 2nd 2015, a die-in protest to advocate against gender violence was carried out by a group called Women in Black (Olmedilla, 2015). This form of protest was likely inspired by other die-in protests in Spain and represented Spanish…
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Social Reintegration of Prisoners in Spain
Read more: Social Reintegration of Prisoners in SpainMáximas de Seguridad, a survival manual written and illustrated by Jhafis Quintero creates a new voice for the voiceless, vulnerable and underprivileged groups in prisons and creates empathy for those that are labeled as dangerous by society. The manual aims…
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“The Future Of the Revolt”
Read more: “The Future Of the Revolt”This work addresses inequalities and disparities experienced specifically by LGTBIQ peoples in Spain. In the heart of this picture are six individuals dressed in queer fashion walking and linking arms. This is a powerful depiction. Usually, especially in a global…
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The Fight Against AIDS, La Radical Gai in 1994
Read more: The Fight Against AIDS, La Radical Gai in 1994This act of art and activism displayed in the photograph was created in 1994 by the group La Radical Gai at the height of the HIV and AIDS epidemic that decimated many communities in Madrid. The first case of AIDS…