Not exact matches
Lessons from the Heartland: A Turbulent Half - Century
of Public Education in an Iconic American City by Barbara J. Miner, former managing editor
of Rethinking Schools, is both a
narrative portrait
of the
struggles for equitable education in Milwaukee, and an exploration
of the larger issues
of race and
class.
Exploring the
struggles determining power relations across race,
class and gender, Alida Cervantes» work uses collaged photos
of dolls to construct an alternate historical
narrative.
Torres expands his conceptual practice in this solo exhibition while making ties to much
of the
narratives seen in his previous work that often focus on the
struggles of lower
class city dwelling.
The stories
of migrant workers in Hong Kong, Malaysia, and elsewhere are crucial
narratives that need to be told alongside the growing affluence
of many
of these societies in the past decades, together with the stories
of struggle of what is considered the «local» working
class and
of other historically disadvantaged groups, and on the backdrop
of the different historical waves
of migration that have shaped so much
of our world.