SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

What are they?

• Main characteristics:
 Iconoclasm
• What is iconoclasm?
• Do you think is there a correct way to protest?
• Name 2 or 3 examples of iconoclasm
• Why people choose iconoclasm in their social movements?
 Re writing history
• The destruction, removal and re-interpretation of monuments has
drawn the world’s attention and they have often been flash points for
intense political and social debate as public symbols of white
supremacy. 

• How do monuments work?

• How do monuments oppress through visual culture?
• What is the future for monumental sculpture?
Links
• Bringing Down Statues Doesn’t Erase History, It Makes Us See It More
Clearly (thewire.in)
• The Black Lives Matter Movement and the Black Public Art Tradition, P
art 2 – Booked Solid (dallaslibrary2.org)