Culture as catalyst
By: edited by Isolde Brielmaier
Publisher: Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Saratoga Springs, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780998242248
Copyright date: 2020
Subjects: Congresses; Art and society; Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery
Description: Culture as Catalyst' is a collection of dialogues and new writings by artists, scholars, activists, and influential thinkers on urgent issues of our time. This critical publication accompanies the 2017?2019 Accelerator Series of public conversations held at the Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College, convened by then Tang Curator-at-Large Isolde Brielmaier.0Topics include whiteness, migration, mass incarceration, feminism, monuments, citizenship, cultural appropriation, forgiveness, and food justice. The innovative thinkers that gathered for these community conversations remind us of the power of civil discourse and how genuine listening, critical thinking, and honest speaking are key to building empathy and knowledge. 'Culture as Catalyst' is a compilation of their provocations?a compendium of diverse ways to make new connections, craft pathways to understanding, and spark change.
Notes: "This publication accompanies the 2017-2019 Accelerator Series of public conversations held at The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Welcome  -- Ian Berry; title: Culture as catalyst: an introduction  -- Isolde Brielmaier; title: Whitenes and "default culture" --; title: Fuck the Grammys: the conundrum of "transcending" race ad the politics of excellence  -- Treva B. Lindsey; title: Panel discussion  -- Mathew Cooke, Treva B. Lindsey, Dara Silverman; title: Migration and borders: visible and invisible walls --; title: Books, borders and democracy  -- Tanya Selvaratham; title: Panel discussion  -- Hassan Hajjaj, Richard Mosse, Tanya Salvaratnam; title: Mass incarceration and the prison industrial complex -; title: What I would change about incarceration after thirteen years in prison  -- Johnny Perez; title: Panel discussion  -- Elizabeth Hinton, Duron Jackson, Johnny Perez; title: Technology, visual culture, and the politics of representation --; title: Decolonizing "artificial" art making: the impact of AI on the art ecosystem  -- Amir Baradaran; title: Panel discussion  -- Amir Baradaran, Farai Chideya, Michael Joo; title: #feminism?: activism and agitation in the digital age --; title: Considering a new feminism  -- Kimberly Drew; title: Panel discussion  -- Kimberly Drew, Natalie Frank, Amy Richards; title: Memory and monuments: (re)claiming public space --; title: The questions that answers hide  -- Karyn Olivier; title: Panel discussion  -- Dan Borelli, Titus Kaphar, Karyn Olivier; title: Get up, stand up: rights and responsibilities of citizenship --; title: Immigration, discrimination, and the journey to citizenship  -- Minita Sanghvi; title: Panel discussion  -- Sam Durant, Eric Gottesman, Minita Sanghvi; title: Culture now: appreciate/appropriate --; title: Exploring the limits of cultural appropriation in popular music  -- Matthew D. Morrison; title: Panel discussion  -- Jessica Andrews, Renee Cox, Matthew D. Morrison; title: On navigating forgiveness, redemption, and rejection --; title: Is forgiveness enough?  -- Lyle Ashton Harris; title: Panel discussion  -- Alexandra Bell, Lyle Ashton Harris, David Karp; title: Food futures: food justice, sustainability, and well-being --; title: Fighting metabolic dominance  -- Anthony Ryan Hatch; title: Panel discussion -- Kate Daughdrill, Anthony Ryan Hatch, Leah Penniman.