Festival Activism

For decades, festivals have been important sites of inquiry for folklorists and ethnomusicologists alike as celebrations of culture. Moving beyond traditional discussions of staged culture and multiculturalism, however, this edited volume explores how festivals may be mobilized as strategic forms of direct action.
Festival Activism is a diverse collection of case studies from scholars, performers, and arts administrators, all of whom deftly argue that festivals do more than simply celebrate culture; they also shape culture, creating new forms of aspirational community with direct political effects. Specifically, this volume addresses the many ways festivals provide resources for imagining and enacting social change, alternative citizenship, and long-term political transformation, revealing how performers, participants, and organizers encounter and challenge the myriad forms of violence that frame their worlds.
With its emphasis on activism, direct action, and social justice, Festival Activism points toward a new paradigm in festival research, one that focuses on decolonial and justice-oriented methods to illuminate festivals' latent political potential.

Contributor: David A. McDonald (Edited by), Andrew Snyder (Edited by), Jeremy Reed (Edited by), Oladele Ayorinde (Contributions by), Filippo Bonini Baraldi (Contributions by), Louise Barrière (Contributions by), Eric Fillion (Contributions by), Jennie Gubner (Contributions by), Deonte L. Harris (Contributions by), Steven Hatcher (Contributions by), Ajay Heble (Contributions by), Serene Huleileh (Contributions by), Kimberly Marshall (Contributions by), David A. McDonald (Contributions by), Ruthie Meadows (Contributions by), Miguel Moniz (Contributions by), James Nissen (Contributions by)

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