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Craftivism: Art & Social Justice

This guide is designed to support research on the Craftivism Movement. It offers suggested reading, contemporary art examples, and helpful guides for creating.

Form + Message

The form you chose can deeply impact the message behind your work. When choosing what form your work should take consider the following: 

- Who is the audience? 

- What material would the audience be most receptive to or interested in?

- How might the material or form change your message? 

 

Example: All of these examples tell an audience about the AID epidemic. What audiences are they intended for? Does the meaning or impact of the message change across the different forms? 

 

 

  • Collins, Glenn. “FACING THE EMOTIONAL ANGUISH OF AIDS.” The New York Times, 1983, Late Edition (East Coast) edition.
  • F.A.C.T.. Fighting AIDS Continuously Together (1986 -). AIDS Memorial Quilt.
  • Gonzalez-Torres, Felix, “Untitled” (Portrait of Ross in L.A.), Candies in variously colored wrappers, endless supply, 1991.

Chicago Manual Style Citations

This assignment requires you to use the Chicago manual of style when citing your work.

 

Get the manual at the Pollak Library:

We have physical copies of this text in the High Demand collection at the first floor circulation desk. Go to the circulation desk and ask staff to retrieve the book for you. They will need the call number which is Z253 .U69 2017

Get citation help online:

If you want a quick guide to Chicago style citations online. Check out our Chicago Manual of Style LibGuide

Essential Databases

What is a Scholarly Text?

A scholarly text is a piece of writing that was written by a researcher for the purposes of expanding knowledge in a particular field. Generally these are published in academic journals or books. Scholarly texts are NOT for the purposes of entertainment, to sell a product, or the spreading news. For this reason you are not going to find scholarly texts in popular magazines or newspapers.

Here are tips for researching:

  • When in doubt, search for "peer-reviewed" articles. All "peer-reviewed" articles are scholarly texts. 
  • Do your research in a database that contains ONLY scholarly texts. JSTOR is an example of this.