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Acting for Climate: Beyond activist art to artistic activism

Vlasic, Siri Amanda LU (2022) In Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science MESM02 20222
LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies)
Abstract
Limiting the global average temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels is a major task that that requires profound societal changes. Many agree that changes in culture are the way to tackle environmental problems. Several social movements and environmental activists have tried to use art as a tool to educate, engage community in participation of decision making, and strengthen community identity, but it is still widely contested as to what degree art can change culture from a theoretical perspective. With a case study of performing arts company, Acting for Climate, this thesis explores how the group can be categorized as a social movement organization. Additionally, it examines how framing processes and performance have helped... (More)
Limiting the global average temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels is a major task that that requires profound societal changes. Many agree that changes in culture are the way to tackle environmental problems. Several social movements and environmental activists have tried to use art as a tool to educate, engage community in participation of decision making, and strengthen community identity, but it is still widely contested as to what degree art can change culture from a theoretical perspective. With a case study of performing arts company, Acting for Climate, this thesis explores how the group can be categorized as a social movement organization. Additionally, it examines how framing processes and performance have helped the organization emerge. Although Acting for Climate can be classified as a social movement organization, there is opportunity for the company to learn and grow from insights formed through the analysis using social movement theory. (Less)
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author
Vlasic, Siri Amanda LU
supervisor
organization
course
MESM02 20222
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
social movements, performance art, sustainability science, performance of opposition, Scandinavia
publication/series
Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science
report number
2022:059
language
English
id
9103023
date added to LUP
2022-11-09 16:30:31
date last changed
2022-11-09 16:30:31
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  abstract     = {{Limiting the global average temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels is a major task that that requires profound societal changes. Many agree that changes in culture are the way to tackle environmental problems. Several social movements and environmental activists have tried to use art as a tool to educate, engage community in participation of decision making, and strengthen community identity, but it is still widely contested as to what degree art can change culture from a theoretical perspective. With a case study of performing arts company, Acting for Climate, this thesis explores how the group can be categorized as a social movement organization. Additionally, it examines how framing processes and performance have helped the organization emerge. Although Acting for Climate can be classified as a social movement organization, there is opportunity for the company to learn and grow from insights formed through the analysis using social movement theory.}},
  author       = {{Vlasic, Siri Amanda}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science}},
  title        = {{Acting for Climate: Beyond activist art to artistic activism}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}