Social change and creative activism in the 21st century: the mirror effect

As the political terrain continues to change, peopleorganize, communicate, and participate in different ways than they used to. Social Change and Creative Activism in the21st Century shows how a new strand of imaginative politics is blurring theboundaries between artist and activist, and pop, prank, and protest. The authorexplores how the artistic activist is pushing the boundaries of the knownrepertoire of contention and dialogue by not only demonstrating against thestatus quo but also demonstrating how the world can be different. This bookconnects the dots from smaller performances and covert interventions topolitical campaigns, social movements and conventional party politics, and askshow provoked moments of disruption or clarity can fuse resistance and lead tomobilization. This book is a large-scale study of global creative activism thatdoes not celebrate these new social actors as bearers of better societalalternatives, but explores how they facilitate the cultivation of suchalternatives.