Meme Tactics: Covid-19 #26
Description
Description
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The China Residencies team proposes a walkthrough of Meme Tactics, an online exhibit in Mozilla Hubs featuring artists Elyla Sinvergüenza and Amy Suo Wu. Their creative interventions in the public sphere will launch us into a strategizing session to harness the humorous power of memes for movements. We'll share examples of dances, symbols, zines and patches from Nicaragua, India, mainland China, and beyond. You'll leave with a set of tactics specific to amplify your own messages, inspired by the way in which social movements around the world are using memes to negotiate power and assert presence.
Type: [ other activation (online exhibition) ]
Length*: [ other (for the duration of the conference 08/7-08/9) ]
Date: [ between August 7-9 ]
Duration: [ ongoing ]
Language: [ english ]
*Note: all talks will be capped at 30 minutes with time for discussion and questions
Objective
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The exhibition will explore the following questions:
What information-sharing tactics have emerged to counter direct censorship as well as dangerous or unwelcome government policies? What forms of solidarities and matters of difference arise, and how, as these tactics play out?
The exhibition
Material and Technical Requirements
Platform: [ mozilla hubs ]
Technical considerations: [n/a]
Additional considerations: [n/a]
[List technical considerations, platform, and any resources you as presenter require AND any participant materials (indicate if support is required for a purchase/cost). Include equipment, technical, and installation requirements if applicable. We will aim to accommodate where possible]
access to a browser that can run mozilla hub is all that is needed
Presenter(s)
Name: Meme Tactics curatorial team
Email: [email protected]
Url(s): https://chinaresidencies.com/news/270
Twitter: https://twitter.com/chinaresidency
GitHub: https://github.com/josdchavez
Presenter Bio
The Meme Tactics curatorial team includes Josue Chavez, a PhD student at the Hispanic Studies department in the University of Pennsylvania; Mikail Wright, independent researcher; Kira Simon-Kennedy, director & co-founder of China Residencies and An Xiao Mina, writer of Memes To Movements. China Residencies is a multifaceted non-profit that believes artists are cultural and social change-makers. To achieve this vision, China Residencies creates opportunities for artists to bring a broader cultural understanding into their work and communities.