ARTivism: From feeling to resisting Melissa Chacón, Mora Fernández, and Harriet Gray
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Discover the impact of art as a form of protest.
Our powerful exhibition and accompanying talk bring resistance against gender-based violence into the spotlight. Learn how a York-Mexico City collaboration is foregrounding the work of diverse ARTivists from across Mexico, and view photographs and a zine generated as part of an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)-funded project.
Join Melissa Chacón and Harriet Gray of the University of York and Mora Fernández of La Casa Mandarina – an independent non-profit organisation based in Mexico City devoted to ending sexual violence through ARTivism.
The talk is pre-bookable, but you can drop in to see the exhibition in the Garden Room anytime between 11am to 4.30pm.
Image credit: Malena Ríos
About the speakers
Dr Melissa Chacón is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of York, UK. Her research focuses on the intersections of gender, sexuality, and violence. She has extensive experience designing qualitative and participatory methodologies and teaching experience in feminist, queer and decolonial theories, as well as critical approaches to mental health and its relationship to social justice. She holds a PhD in Gender Studies from the London School of Economics, UK.
Mora Fernández is a Mexican ARTivist, gender equality consultant, human rights defender, survivor and advocate for victims of child sexual abuse with 25 years of international experience creating innovative, disruptive, and radical advocacy and artistic projects to end sexual violence, heal trauma and change public policies. She is the Founder and CEO of La Casa Mandarina AC and co-director of FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture, a Baltimore collective widely known for creating public art to disrupt rape culture.
Dr Harriet Gray is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of York, UK. Her research to date has focused mainly on gender-based violence in armed forces and conflict spaces, as well as on the place of art and of memorialisation in social movements resisting gender-based violence across war and peace. Her work has been published in multiple journals including European Journal of International Relations, International Feminist Journal of Politics, and Security Dialogue; she has written for The Conversation and has been quoted in the Guardian and the Observer. She is an Associate Editor of Critical Military Studies and of Political Studies and a co-editor of the Routledge book series Experiencing War.
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