Projects tagged
Labor
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Painting homes to strengthen a community
Read more: Painting homes to strengthen a communityNestled on the banks of Lake Atitlán in Guatemala, Santa Catarina Palopó is a small town brimming with vibrant colors and stunning natural views. Despite its natural beauty and cultural heritage, the community struggled with economic development and poverty for…
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Social change through music
Read more: Social change through musicEl Sistema, also known as The National System of Youth and Children’s Orchestra and Choir, was established in Venezuela in 1975 by José Antonio Abreu, a Venezuelan educator, musician and activist. The music education program operates within the voluntary sector…
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Chinese women protest at gynaecology checks for civil service jobs
Read more: Chinese women protest at gynaecology checks for civil service jobsOn November 26, 2012, about ten college students “flash mobbed” the front of the human resources and social welfare department of Hubei Province in central China. “Refuse to take off pants for inspection,” “Ask about menstrual history, what does it…
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Whose Utopia? 谁的乌托邦
Read more: Whose Utopia? 谁的乌托邦Whose Utopia? was made by the Chinese artist Cao Fei and filmed at the OSRAM lighting factory in Foshan in the Pearl River Delta in southern China during 2005 and 2006. It was commissioned as part of a project entitled…
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Art, Advocacy, and Action: Luke Ching’s Crusade for Labor Rights in Hong Kong
Read more: Art, Advocacy, and Action: Luke Ching’s Crusade for Labor Rights in Hong KongLuke Ching Chin Wai is a conceptual artist and labour-artivist in Hong Kong. Since 2013, he has worked undercover in different low-paid jobs in the city, including as a security guard, supermarket cashier worker, and metro cleaner to learn about…
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Zhang Huan, To Raise the Water Level in a Fishpond
Read more: Zhang Huan, To Raise the Water Level in a FishpondZhuang Huan invited more than 40 men – laborers, fishermen, construction workers––who had recently migrated to Beijing from other areas of China to participate. Zhang Huan said, “In order to find these workers, I visited many of the shacks where…
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Mika Rottenberg: Cosmic Generator
Read more: Mika Rottenberg: Cosmic GeneratorCosmic Generator presents a network of characters working in nonsensical, and at times absurd, economies. Artist Mika Rottenberg uses footage from actual discount dollar stores in Calexico, CA; Mexicali, Mexico; and Yiwu, China to recreate the imaginary “life” of a…
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Living and Killing in Modern China: “A Touch of Sin”
Read more: Living and Killing in Modern China: “A Touch of Sin”“May you live in interesting times” is the familiar Chinese saying, usually spat out as a curse. You can see why in “A Touch of Sin,” a film by renowned director Jia Zhang-ke. That kind of time is now, in…
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French Farmers Throw Sh*t Fit
Read more: French Farmers Throw Sh*t Fit“Energy costs surged with the Feb. 2022 launch by Russia of full-scale war in Ukraine and hit hard for farmers reliant on tractors, harvesters and other fuel-guzzling equipment. Prices also soared for other inputs that underpin intensive farming, notably fertilizers.…
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@muchachafanzine
Read more: @muchachafanzineThe user muchachafanzine on instagram is an activist who writes a “decolonial native xicana feminist fanzine”. They are an online activist and they spread their message through their page, the zine, and through merchandise. Daisy Salinas began Muchacha Fanzine as…