The Art of Collectivity
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The Art of Collectivity

Social Circus and the Cultural Politics of a Post-Neoliberal Vision

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eBook - ePub

The Art of Collectivity

Social Circus and the Cultural Politics of a Post-Neoliberal Vision

About this book

Amidst epidemics of youth alienation and cultural polarization, community-based artistic practices are sprouting up around the world as antidotes to policies of austerity and social exclusion. Rejecting the radical individualism of the neoliberal era, many artistic projects promote collectivity and togetherness in navigating challenges and constructing shared futures.

The Art of Collectivity is about how one such creative social program deployed this approach in service of a post-neoliberal vision. Focusing on a national social circus initiative launched by a newly elected Ecuadorean government to help actualize its “citizens' revolution,” the book explores the intersection between global cultural politics, participatory arts, collective health, and social transformation. The authors include scholars and practitioners of community arts, humanities, social sciences, and health sciences from the Global North and Global South. Sensitive to hierarchical binaries such as research/practice, north/south, and art/science, they work together to provide a multifaceted analysis of the way cultural politics shape policy, pedagogy, and aesthetic sensibilities, as well as their socio-cultural and health-related effects.

The largest study of social circus to date, combining detailed quantitative, qualitative, and arts-based research, The Art of Collectivity is a timely contribution to the study of cultural policies, critical pedagogies, collective art-making, and community development.

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Yes, you can access The Art of Collectivity by Jennifer Beth Spiegel, Benjamin Ortiz Choukroun, Jennifer Beth Spiegel,Benjamin Ortiz Choukroun in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Media & Performing Arts & Performing Arts. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. 1 Creative Collectivity: An Introduction
  7. 2 The Art of Transdisciplinary Community-based Research: A Rhizomatic Approach
  8. 3 Cultural Policy and the Buen Vivir Debate: Politics of Transition and the Development of Circo Social Ecuador
  9. 4 Pedagogy of Circo Social Ecuador: Launching the Ball
  10. 5 Through Their Own Bodies, Eyes, and Voices: Social Circus, Social Inquiry, and the Politics of Facilitating “Collectivity”
  11. 6 The Impact of Circo Social Ecuador and Other Community Arts on Health: A Longitudinal Comparative Quantitative Analysis
  12. 7 Creativity in Precarious Conditions: Embodied Social Transformation in a Changing Socio-political Landscape
  13. 8 Epilogue
  14. Illustrations
  15. Glossary
  16. References
  17. Contributors
  18. Index