The Resource The work of art in the world : civic agency and public humanities, Doris Sommer
The work of art in the world : civic agency and public humanities, Doris Sommer
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The item The work of art in the world : civic agency and public humanities, Doris Sommer represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
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- "Celebrating art and interpretation that take on social challenges, Doris Sommer steers the humanities back to engagement with the world. The reformist projects that focus her attention develop momentum and meaning as they circulate through society to inspire faith in the possible. Among the cases that she covers are top-down initiatives of political leaders, such as those launched by Antanas Mockus, former mayor of Bogotá, Colombia, and also bottom-up movements like the Theatre of the Oppressed created by the Brazilian director, writer, and educator Augusto Boal. Alleging that we are all cultural agents, Sommer also takes herself to task and creates Pre-Texts, an international arts-literacy project that translates high literary theory through popular creative practices. The Work of Art in the World is informed by many writers and theorists. Foremost among them is the eighteenth-century German poet and philosopher Friedrich Schiller, who remains an eloquent defender of art-making and humanistic interpretation in the construction of political freedom. Schiller's thinking runs throughout Sommer's modern-day call for citizens to collaborate in the endless co-creation of a more just and more beautiful world."--Publisher's description
- Traces the connections between art, activism, and social transformation
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 222 pages
- Contents
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- From the top : government-sponsored creativity
- Press here : cultural acupuncture and civic stimulation
- Art and accountability
- Pre-texts : the arts interpret
- Play drive in the hard drive : Schiller's poetics of politics
- Isbn
- 9780822355724
- Label
- The work of art in the world : civic agency and public humanities
- Title
- The work of art in the world
- Title remainder
- civic agency and public humanities
- Statement of responsibility
- Doris Sommer
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- "Celebrating art and interpretation that take on social challenges, Doris Sommer steers the humanities back to engagement with the world. The reformist projects that focus her attention develop momentum and meaning as they circulate through society to inspire faith in the possible. Among the cases that she covers are top-down initiatives of political leaders, such as those launched by Antanas Mockus, former mayor of Bogotá, Colombia, and also bottom-up movements like the Theatre of the Oppressed created by the Brazilian director, writer, and educator Augusto Boal. Alleging that we are all cultural agents, Sommer also takes herself to task and creates Pre-Texts, an international arts-literacy project that translates high literary theory through popular creative practices. The Work of Art in the World is informed by many writers and theorists. Foremost among them is the eighteenth-century German poet and philosopher Friedrich Schiller, who remains an eloquent defender of art-making and humanistic interpretation in the construction of political freedom. Schiller's thinking runs throughout Sommer's modern-day call for citizens to collaborate in the endless co-creation of a more just and more beautiful world."--Publisher's description
- Traces the connections between art, activism, and social transformation
- Cataloging source
- NcD/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sommer, Doris
- Dewey number
- 700.1/03
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- NX180.S6
- LC item number
- S623 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Arts and society
- Arts
- Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Aktivismus
- Künste
- Soziales Engagement
- Konst och samhälle
- Konst och politik
- Konst och politik
- Label
- The work of art in the world : civic agency and public humanities, Doris Sommer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-214) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- From the top : government-sponsored creativity -- Press here : cultural acupuncture and civic stimulation -- Art and accountability -- Pre-texts : the arts interpret -- Play drive in the hard drive : Schiller's poetics of politics
- Control code
- ocn854945310
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 222 pages
- Isbn
- 9780822355724
- Lccn
- 2013029330
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780822355724
- (OCoLC)854945310
- Label
- The work of art in the world : civic agency and public humanities, Doris Sommer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-214) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- From the top : government-sponsored creativity -- Press here : cultural acupuncture and civic stimulation -- Art and accountability -- Pre-texts : the arts interpret -- Play drive in the hard drive : Schiller's poetics of politics
- Control code
- ocn854945310
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 222 pages
- Isbn
- 9780822355724
- Lccn
- 2013029330
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780822355724
- (OCoLC)854945310
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