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- Architecture, Art History, Cultural Studies, Art, Critical Theory, Cultural Theory, and 127 moreSocial and Cultural Anthropology, Contemporary Art, Feminist Theory, Globalization, Queer Theory, Continental Philosophy, Material Culture Studies, Visual Culture, Environmental Studies, Landscape Architecture, Critical Pedagogy, Urban Geography, Environmental Sustainability, Cultural Geography, Design Innovation, Postcolonial Theory, Urbanism, Environmental Planning and Design, Microeconomics, Critical and Cultural Theory, Ethics & Social Sustainability, Biopolitics, Art and Design Education, Structuralism/Post-Structuralism, Participatory Research, Critical Geography, Design History, Environmental Justice, Design multi-disciplinary practice, Deleuze, Urban Culture, Place (Architecture), Karl Marx, Frankfurt School, Spatial Practices, Architecture and politics, Social movements and revolution, Critical Geopolitics, Postcolonial theory (Cultural Theory), Craft Knowledge, Political Ecology (Anthropology), Global cities, Latin American culture, Politics and Post-Colonial Theory, Visual and Cultural Studies, Indigenous ecological knowledges and practices, Michel de Certeau, Sustainable Urban Environments (Architecture), Organic, Local & Sustainable Farming, Social sustainability, Actor Network Theory (ANT), Spatial Politics, Urban interventions (Architecture), Social Practice, Walking (Art), Humanitarian Design (Architecture), Community Action Projects (Art), Alternative Economies, Participatory Design (Education), URBAN SUSTAINABILITY, Environmental political theory (Philosophy), Participatory Pedagogies, Post-Development Theory, Philosophy of Environment, Radical Educational Philosophy, Critique as Political Practice, Local Food Production, Urban Design, Climate Change, Architecture and Public Spaces, The Commons, Design for Social Innovation, Design thinking, Design Research, Design education, Design Methods, Participatory Design, Design, Ethics, and Responsibility, Co-Design, Design Theory, Public Art, Art in public space, Public Space, Urban Studies, Space and Place, Postcolonial Studies, Gilles Deleuze, Rosi Braidotti, Felix Guattari, Poststructuralism, Collective Intelligence, Collaborative Systems, Self and Identity, Public Sphere, Post-Colonialism, Equity and Social Justice in Higher Education, Feminist Political Theory, Social Movements, Marxism, Philosophy, Gender Studies, Blackness, Settler Colonial Studies, Art Theory, Black Studies Or African American Studies, Ecology, Design Theory and Philosophy, Art and Activisim, Independent Art, Artist-Run Spaces, Radical Art Space, Anarchist Studies, History of Anarchism, Political Theory, Political Philosophy, Anarchism & Spanish Civil War, Environmental Political Theory, Environmental Philosophy, Political Ecology, Environmental Ethics, Environmental Sociology, Anarchism, Traditional Environmental Knowledge, David Harvey, Assemblage Theory - Manuel De Landa, Murray Bookchin, and Tyson E. Lewisedit
- Drea Howenstein is an artist, scholar, and professor emerita at School of the Art Institute of Chicago who is interes... moreDrea Howenstein is an artist, scholar, and professor emerita at School of the Art Institute of Chicago who is interested in the intersection of society, environment, and subjectivity. Her creative research focuses on critical spatial practices, multidisciplinary research, self-organizing processes, decolonizing food and medicine, and embodied projects that encourage democratic social spaces. She actively works to create alliances, collaborations and networks which broaden public dialogue. Her work connects imaginative propositions with making practices that cultivate local participation and social innovation to build equity and ecological resilience. She pays attention to emergent creative process, cultural agency, evolving intelligence, and the subjective experience and voice of participants.edit
The Wall of Respect was a highly visible community artwork that celebrated black heroes, and served as a platform for performances and rallies. Engendering a sense of collective ownership within a neighborhood, it inspired community mural... more
The Wall of Respect was a highly visible community artwork that
celebrated black heroes, and served as a platform for performances and rallies. Engendering a sense of collective ownership within a neighborhood, it inspired community mural movements in the United States, and the world. Leading up to the 50th anniversary of the Wall of Respect in 2017, this symposium invites the artists to revisit their creative political acts and to reflect on the Wall’s legacy, in conversation with other artists and educators. Through moderated roundtable discussions, panels, and open forums, the symposium addresses the Wall’s concerns.
celebrated black heroes, and served as a platform for performances and rallies. Engendering a sense of collective ownership within a neighborhood, it inspired community mural movements in the United States, and the world. Leading up to the 50th anniversary of the Wall of Respect in 2017, this symposium invites the artists to revisit their creative political acts and to reflect on the Wall’s legacy, in conversation with other artists and educators. Through moderated roundtable discussions, panels, and open forums, the symposium addresses the Wall’s concerns.
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The Wall of Respect and People’s Art Since 1967 is a symposium that launches a two-year critical conversation on the Wall of Respect that leads up to the mural’s 50th anniversary. In the summer of 1967, during a time of political... more
The Wall of Respect and People’s Art Since 1967 is a symposium that launches a two-year critical conversation on the Wall of Respect that leads up to the mural’s 50th anniversary.
In the summer of 1967, during a time of political turbulence, the visual artists of the Organization of Black American Culture (OBAC), together with muralist William Walker, painted a group mural on the side of a semi-abandoned, two-story building on the South Side of Chicago.
Known as the Wall of Respect, the highly visible community artwork celebrated black heroes, served as a platform for performance and rallies, and engendered a sense of collective ownership within the neighborhood, inspiring community mural movements around the US and the world.
Leading up to the Wall of Respect’s 50th anniversary in 2017, this symposium invites the artists to revisit their creative political acts and to reflect on the Wall’s legacy in a public conversation with other artists and educators. Through moderated roundtables, panels, and open discussions, the symposium will address the Wall’s contributions to the artistic and political movements of its time and its continuing relevance to current times.
In the summer of 1967, during a time of political turbulence, the visual artists of the Organization of Black American Culture (OBAC), together with muralist William Walker, painted a group mural on the side of a semi-abandoned, two-story building on the South Side of Chicago.
Known as the Wall of Respect, the highly visible community artwork celebrated black heroes, served as a platform for performance and rallies, and engendered a sense of collective ownership within the neighborhood, inspiring community mural movements around the US and the world.
Leading up to the Wall of Respect’s 50th anniversary in 2017, this symposium invites the artists to revisit their creative political acts and to reflect on the Wall’s legacy in a public conversation with other artists and educators. Through moderated roundtables, panels, and open discussions, the symposium will address the Wall’s contributions to the artistic and political movements of its time and its continuing relevance to current times.
