What, when & where
Aesthetics of Creative Activism
Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticism, Special Issue
Guest Editors: Elspeth Tilley and Nicholas Holm
Publication date will be Spring, 2023.for Submissions: August 1, 2022
DeadlineSubmissions on any philosophically-informed exploration of artistic forms as activist interventions, including, but not limited to:
- Ethics and morality in and of artistic activism
- Relationships between aesthetic value and artistic activism
- Affect and effect in and of creative activism
- Games and gaming as artistic activism
- Aesthetics, creative activism and concepts of utopia
- Race, creativity and social justice: from jazz music to BLM and beyond
- Advancing an aesthetic theory of creative activism
- Didacticism and its discontents
- Literature and poetry; creative activism or aestheticized distraction from action?
- Pandemic shock, climate grief, and compassion fatigue: artistic responses to overwhelming topics
- Catharsis and creative activism: compatible or opposing forces?
- Creative activists as futurists: the role of artistic imagination in accelerating social change and generating future solutions
- Creative activism evaluation: how does scholarship from aesthetics and art criticism help us determine outcomes and effectiveness?
- First-order change versus second-order change: can art achieve systemic alteration or only awareness and individual empowerment?
- Critically analyzing the forms, claims and creative processes of artistic activism: avoiding art-washing, and challenging assumptions about what works, what has value, and why
- Decolonization, anti-capitalism, and the role of creative activism in resistance or transformation
Deadline & how to apply
Deadline for Submissions: August 1, 2022
Submissions should not exceed 7,500 words and must comply with the general guidelines for submissions (see “Author Guidelines” on the JAAC website). Upload submissions to the JAAC online submission website, making sure they are identified as submissions for the special issue.
Other info, Links & conditions
If you have questions please contact: Nicholas Holm or Elspeth Tilley
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