Artists, Cosmopolitanism, and the Civic Imagination

Auteur

Maria Rovisco is Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Leeds, UK. She is a cultural sociologist with interests in civil society, public sphere, visual culture, cosmopolitanism, and art. She is the co-editor of Visual Politics in the Global South (2023).

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Artists, Cosmopolitanism, and the Civic Imagination unpacks the political agency of artists by looking at artists as moral, reflexive, and political agents.

Résumé
Artists, Cosmopolitanism, and the Civic Imagination unpacks the political agency of artists by looking at artists as moral, reflexive, and political agents.

Contenu

1. Introduction: Artists, Politics, and Agency

2. Cultural Encounters, Artistic Production, and Social Transformation

3. The Expressive Public Sphere Artists and the Civic Imagination

4. Acting Politically The Art of Provocation

5. The Politics of Performative Listening

6. Cosmopolitan Cinema as Ethico-Political Practice - Borders, Mobility, and Cosmopolitan Dialogue

Afterword - Performing Citizenship