Sentences with phrase «social activism took»

It is refreshing to see a kind of social activism take a forefront and inherent design in the biennial.

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Taking up the double challenge of social implosion and political desperation thus requires a dramatic increase in civic activism.

Obama appeared on ESPN radio with host Colin Cowherd on Friday to discuss the Ray Rice controversy, athletes» roles in social activism and whether or not the Bulls have a shot to take down the Cavs this season.

Well before widespread broadband adoption, Web 2.0 and social media, we still needed to integrate online and offline communications, put out good content, give people a way to take part, and create mechanisms to keep in touch with them and encourage activism.

Lefty internet activism powerhouse MoveOn.org is now taking on Facebook, specifically over the social networking site's new features that expose even more personal information to the wider web than before.

Social activism by prominent athletes, particularly regarding issues that involve race, has taken off in the past year.

This can take a variety of forms, including teacher inquiry, as we find in Oakland, California, or social activism, as we find in Chicago, Illinois.

The social reformer takes activism to a different level because he or she focuses on eradicating the root causes of social ills.

- Take Action On Domestic Abuse: Over at Gamasutra, there's an interview with Susana Ruiz of Take Action Games, the designer of MTVu - sponsored social activism game Darfur is Dying.

In the wake of protests in Charlottesville, Va., and Boston earlier this month — and the Women's March in January — the size of which have not been seen since the Vietnam War era of the Seventies, the Whitney Museum's latest exhibition takes a creative approach to political and social activism, and how the past can inform the present.

Other exhibitions such as «It Takes a Nation: Art for Social Justice: With Emory Douglas, and the Black Panther Party, Africobra, and Contemporary Washington Artists» at American University in Washington, D.C., and «Ruddy Roye: When Living is a Protest» at Steven Kasher, make the connection between earlier black rights movements and today's Black Lives Matters activism.

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.

Known for staging radical performances, events and readings at such places at the Whitney Museum of American Art, it might take a minute to realize Pundyk's new series of abstract paintings exhibited in «The Revolution Will Be Painted» doesn't represent a continued call for feminism or social activism.

A collaboration between SFMOMA and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the exhibition will take photography as a starting point to explore visual activism and the representation of social space in South Africa.

PROTEST RALLY SOCIAL ACTIVISM HONG KONG Many protest rallies are occurring around the world this weekend, of of which are calling for the release of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, taken into custody by Chinese police last week.

In five essays, renowned art historian and critic Terry Smith describes how today curators take on roles far beyond exhibition making, to include reimagining museums; writing the history of curating; creating discursive platforms and undertaking social or political activism, as well as rethinking spectatorship.

A new technology can often create change (including social and behavioural change) where legislation and social activism have failed or are taking too long.

After attending a Climate Reality Leadership Corps training led by former Vice President Al Gore, he's taken a 21st - century approach to activism, using his sizeable and active social media following to spread the word about climate solutions and inspire thousands and thousands of his followers to stand up and speak up for their future.

It's perfect for school kids — indeed, every teacher could take this video up as a tool for instructing kids on ocean biology, environmental issues, and social activism.

Together, they will take action against the pipeline project as a reminder that generations of peaceful resistance have won change across Canada, from Indigenous rights, to environmental protection, to peace activism and social justice.