文化行動與傳播

Culture for the people, by the people, of the people 這堂課會介紹主流文化之外的文化領域,但體現了人民的創造力與行動力。課程玩過塗鴉、拼貼、搞文化反堵、體驗民眾戲劇。更邀請過移工、遊民、精神健康團體,跟我們一起分享他們策展、做音樂、拍紀錄片、搞攝影展的過程。你會感受到流行文化之外的豐富領域以及在參與中體驗文化魔力! Culture is not just monopolized by big corporation, such as FOX, Hollywood, and Facebook etc. for their own private profit. Culture is also not just controlled by state or Big Brother, for propaganda, brain wash, and work as a megaphone. There is a beautiful, inspiring, and wonderful side of culture---Culture for the people, by the people, of the people. This digital world has provided a hotbed for people to explore multiple cultural ways to express their thoughts and opinions. We are living through a period of remarkable creativity in political expression and witness flourishing cultural actions: from anticonsumerism TV ads to websites, "billboard liberation" to faux corporations, digital hijacking to antiwar sewing circles. Not to mention other forms of cultural activism with longer history, such as social realist films, social documentary, document photography etc. Cultural activism is a mash up of artistic expression and activism grounded in the need for social justice and political change. This course combines five major sections to introduce these important cultural actions. The first section focuses on analyzing the mainstream media in order to know the infringement of our cultural citizenship. The second section is the introduction of Cultural Activism and Culture Jamming. We travel back to 1960’s to see how the famous Billboard Liberation Front and other groups and individuals challenge and change the mainstream thoughts. The third section is a workshop of People’s Theater and we will invite important People’s Theater director in Taiwan to organize the workshop. The fourth section is curating and we will have curators from grass root organization and NGO to share their experiences, especially from the minority groups, such as immigrant, AIDS movement, and homeless. The last section is Art, including how artists in organize, including case introduction and new art form. .

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Class participation 課堂參與(30%) Culture Jamming 文化反堵創作(15%) Collage 拼貼 (15%) Final 期末報告 (30%) Exhibition Note 參展心得 (10%) Please visit one exhibition or cultural event which aims to advocate social justice or related to social issue and write a one-page report (500-800 words).

地點

office

時間

Wed.

聯絡方式

tai.yuhui@gmail.com