[Commlist] Symposium –‘Visual Activism in the 21st Century: Art, Protest and Resistance'

*/Visual Activism in the 21^st Century: Art, Protest and Resistance in 
an Uncertain World/**//*

*/- /*Thursday 1^st September 2022, hosted by Sheffield Hallam 
University, 09.00-17.30 BST.

We would like to bring to your attention the above symposium.

This event marks the publication of our anthology: ‘Visual Activism in 
the 21^st Century: Art Protest and Resistance in an Uncertain World’ 
(Stephanie Hartle and Darcy White (Eds), Bloomsbury Academic. Pub. 25 
August 2022) 
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/visual-activism-in-the-21st-century-9781350265073/ 
<https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/visual-activism-in-the-21st-century-9781350265073/> 


The event offers a wonderful opportunity to meet fellow researchers – 
both seasoned and early career – as we explore together the surprising 
variety of current and emerging practices of visual activism, as 
activists, artists, and curators flex to the changing world around them 
in these most uncertain of times. Key questions will be around the 
different approaches and methodologies appropriate to this relatively 
new area of academic study; how research is altered by the urgency of 
these times; the ethical issues and responsibilities that should be 
considered; and the ways in which our work as academics can be mobilised 
to help bring about social change. Such current issues, and others, 
ensure that this promises to be a rewarding day.

We are delighted to announce that in addition to a selection of 
presentations by our contributing authors, the day’s proceedings will 
include two keynote contributions by notable academics in this field of 
enquiry:

*Suzana Milevska – Independent Scholar and Curator //*

*Paula Serafini – Queen Mary University of London *

(For programme outline see below this message.)

*Location: *

Sheffield Hallam University – Cantor Building, 153 Arundel St, Sheffield 
City Centre, S1 2NU. The event is free, and lunch and refreshments are 
provided – booking is essential.

Online attendance is also available (link to follow on registering for 
the event).

To book a place go to: https://visual-activism-shu.eventbrite.co.uk 
<https://visual-activism-shu.eventbrite.co.uk>



For further queries please contact:

(D.White /at/ shu.ac.uk) <mailto:(D.White /at/ shu.ac.uk)>

(S.Hartle /at/ shu.ac.uk) <mailto:(S.Hartle /at/ shu.ac.uk)>

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*PROGRAMME: *

All timings are given as BST

09.00 Registration and Refreshments

09.45 Welcome and Introduction by Darcy White and Stephanie Hartle

_First Panel: Art and Agency _

10.15 *Keynote address by Suzana Milevska* followed by Q & A

*/Art, Agency, and Activism: The Affordance of Contemporary Art for 
Social Change /*

11.15 Refreshments

11.40 Monica Merlin

/‘Ripples in water’. Minor Episodes of Feminist Visual Activism by Three 
Women Artists in the PRC (2007-2015). /

12.00 Stefanie Snider

/‘America is Black, Indigenous, and Muslim’: Tatyana Fazlalizadeh’s 
Public Challenges to White Nationalism./

12.20 Q & A and Panel discussion

I2.45pm – Lunch (Provided)

1.45 *Keynote address by Paula Serafini* followed by Q & A

*/Extractivism and Visual Politics/***

2.45pm A provocation – and discussion

3.15 Refreshments

_Second Panel: Activist Methods and Approaches _

15.30 Karen Stock

/Jason //deCaires Taylor’s Submerged Sculptures and the Iconography of 
Slow Violence /

15.50 Stefka Hristova

/Sociality, Appearance, and Surveillance in Digital Political Activism /

16.10 Amina Ejaz

/Farida Batool: A Pakistani Visual Activist/

16.30 Q & A and Panel discussion / plenary

17.15 Closing remarks

Close 17.30


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