Zebracki, M orcid.org/0000-0003-0053-2093 (2020) Public artivism: queering geographies of migration and social inclusivity. Citizenship Studies, 24 (2). pp. 131-153. ISSN 1362-1025
Abstract
This article contributes an original critique at the nexus of public art, activism (i.e. public artivism) and migration alongside the promotion of inclusive change. It pushes at transdisciplinary boundaries by integrating geohumanities scholarship on socially engaged public art whilst adopting a queer theory approach to foreground and interrogate the socially marginalised. The focus is on Schellekens & Peleman’s multi-site Inflatable Refugee installation, in response to the topical migration question, and the public performances and discourses that surround the migrant figure. An in-depth critical discourse analysis drawing from an interview with the collective and key documentation critically probes into the uses of public art(ivism) to raise issues particularly around the (mis)represention of this migrant figure. The case study evinces ambiguous modus operandi of public artivist practice. Although it may promote inclusive citizenship through ‘queering’ identity politics and migrant hyper-visibility, the material and socio-spatial affordances (along with limitations) of public artivism do not necessarily develop its full potential.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Citizenship Studies. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Public art, activism, migration, queer theory, social inclusivity, Inflatable Refugee |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > SOG: Cities & Social Justice (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 20 Jan 2020 10:13 |
Last Modified: | 04 Jul 2021 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/13621025.2019.1706447 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:155773 |