Sentences with phrase «idea of activism»

Women's activism and feminist movements opened the floor to a debate of the idea of activism and not letting a third party decide what is appropriate and letting them speak on behalf of women.

Not exact matches

The Vanguard brand was built on the idea of relentlessly reducing the cost of investing for the average person — not on activism.

We generally avoid public activism, but in this case management has misrepresented our idea, and we think our fellow shareholders deserve an opportunity of new way the merits of our plan for themselves.»

On activism and information management, see also ««Best Ideas» Conference Presentations: Challenges Faced by Hedge Fund Managers Under Federal Securities Law (Part Two of Two),» The Hedge Fund Law Report, Vol.

On a general note, and from years of experience in political activism, union affairs and my former profession, I think the idea that «the people who are the laziest [that] are the most critical of other people's [XYZ]» is not only incorrect but leads to lowered standards.

Political activism is not only linked to the ethic of refusal, but also to MSF's commitment to témoignage — the idea of being a witness to suffering.

It's an idea that isn't new, but has recently been boosted by a groundswell of progressive activism in some districts following last year's state and national elections.

Leaders in the social - justice, nonprofit and activism sectors made up a disproportionate share of those appointed to help the mayor - elect choose top administrative officials, advise on policy ideas and even help guide his approach to the budget.

So, what can adults — parents, educators — do to lead girls to a more accurate idea of power and activism?

«Facing History has assembled a thoughtful, provocative syllabus... to engage students of all levels in the ideas and issues of journalism, compassion, equity, and activism.»

Use our new teaching idea to explore the rich history of youth activism from the 1960s to present day.

Use this teaching idea to help your students draw connections between the long history of black women's activism against sexual violence and gender discrimination with the #MeToo movement today.

On a positive note, Stewart felt encouraged by the conversations he engaged in with several Yulin citizens, most of whom didn't like the idea of eating dog, as well as butchers who said their businesses had taken a drop in sales due to all the activism, outside pressure, and the government no longer endorsing the event.

We're already thinking about this idea of protest and activism in the collection, and wouldn't it be amazing if we could find a way to really celebrate this exciting new acquisition and get a lot of these posters up on the wall,» says Jennie Goldstein, an assistant curator at the Whitney who curated the show with David Breslin and Rujeko Hockley.

With the help of three artists, Allison Smith, Francis Cape, and Nari Ward, the Payne Room of the Tang Museum will be transformed in the spirit of convention halls and town halls to evoke and critique ideas of patriotism, community, citizenship, and activism.

The audience and artists are invited to explore ideas about activism, empowerment and resistance in the work of Mirza & Butler and Sanja Iveković.

This volume presents new essays and commissioned visual projects that elaborate on the crucial ideas raised in the forum — the new kinds of cultural identifications facilitated by the Internet; the relationship between art and activism; the poetics of online communication; the relevance of the museum in a digital world; and the complex relationships between bodies, information systems, and urban realities.

Radical Nature draws on ideas that have emerged from Land art, environmental activism, experimental architecture and utopian thought — ideas that propose a new «radical nature» to reconcile the earth's needs with those of humankind.

Louisa Briggs, Project Curator (Sheffield: Protest & Activism) said: «Protest Lab is a fantastic opportunity for us to share our forthcoming project with visitors — Sheffield's voices will be at the heart of our 2018 project and we're keen to represent as many views and ideas as possible.»

«They reinvented the idea of artist activism,» Lucy Mitchell - Inness, a co-owner of the gallery, told ARTnews.

Formed in Toronto in 1969 by AA Bronson, Felix Partz and Jorge Zontal, General Idea is internationally recognized for work that tackled such subjects as the myth of the artist, the role of mass media, the relationship between the body and the identity, issues of gender and sexual repression, and famously HIV / AIDS activism at a time when talking about the disease was a taboo.

As an activist, she sees the capacity of arts spaces to activate ideas and people around critical issues in ways that traditional modes of activism do not.

Combined with ideas stemming from the social sphere such as ecological protests and utopian scientific experiments, this project takes an approach that links to current theoretical developments in the areas of cultural identity, models for communities and social and political activism.

«We have similar origins with Art Papers, which came out of the Art Workers Coalition and we shared ideas about community and activism.»

Graduated with her BFA at Columbia College Chicago, she is currently the Idea Award recipient of the Art and Art Activism organization and Hollis Sigler Manifest Award.

«We're filling the Turbine Hall with a tide of ideas and narratives of art, activism, climate change and oil,» she said.

Bringing together more than 45 projects from various disciplines — architecture and design, art and visual culture, literature and activism — the exhibition will examine the extraordinary range of ideas and actions that shape Vancouver.

These ideas — the power of socially engaged art, the history and legacy of feminist tactics and methods of making art, and the collective consciousness found in art activism — all were at the core of every Guerrilla Girls project I'd worked on: the Girls in Ireland, teaching at MCAD, and what would become the Guerrilla Girls Takeover, happening across Minnesota from now until March.

A member of the Anishinaabe Nation at Wasauksing First Nation, Hupfield roots her practice in the activism and ideas of intersectional and indigenous feminisms.

Therefore, you shouldn't distinguish the idea of technological innovation from the idea of social activism.

I seemed to have missed your explanation of how CAGW activism is free of Malthusian ideas.

Anti-war demonstrations, activism, etc, but this year the Global Peace Film Festival plans to move the «idea» of peace beyond this negative debate to a more personal