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π‘ Definitions
- Activism [according to Wikipedia] consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct, or intervene in social, political, economic, or environmental reform with the desire to make changes in society toward a perceived greater good.
- Activism [according to Oxford Dictionary] is the activity of working to achieve political or social change, especially as a member of an organization with particular aims
- Activist β a person who campaigns to bring about political or social change [from the book Be The Change by Gina Martin]
- Craftivism [according to Betsy Greer in Rise & Resist] is at the junction between craft and activism. Crafting, making art, volunteering, even mindfulness, all sorts of things can be 'activism' in Greer's opinion, if the intent is to take action to change the world via engaged creativity
- Visual activism [according to Nicholas Mirzoeff in Rise & Resist] is the interaction of pixels and actions to make change, like the 'Hands up, don't shoot!' meme that spread in response to the shooting, by a white policeman, of the unarmed Black teenager Michael Brown in Missouri in 2014.
- Intersectional activism is
- Performative activism (also slacktivism) is
Resources
π Books
Rise and Resist: How to change the world by Clare Press
Be The Change by Gina Martin (Join the book club on 12 April 2021)
Resist! How to be an activist in the age of defiance by Michael Segalov; Molly Crabapple
This is not a drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook by Extinction Rebellion
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