Artivism and the fight against marginalisation in the global south
Channel: Media Education Lab Webinars
Date: 2023-09-24

In this webinar, we aim at reflecting on the potential of media activism and artivism to create more sustainable connections between Global South communities and to promote a dialogue to challenge colonial legacies and promote social justice. It explores how creative digital media practices can be used as tools for youth movement building in the Global South, by a) establishing dialogical spaces for young people and b) mobilising memories and histories. We unpack those elements according to an agentive theory of change for media literacy encompassing access, awareness, capability and consequences. We achieve this by reporting the experience of two experimental animation workshops in which young artivists in Brazil and Kenya produced two artefacts: Portrait of Marielle and Homage to Wangari Maathai, to honour the legacies of two powerful Afro-feminist figures.
Learn more about our Inequalities and Media Education Webinar Series: https://mediaeducationlab.com/inequalities-and-media-education-webinar-series