About this Research Topic
The field of gender and body politics, particularly in relation to migrant women and their artistic expressions, is a dynamic and complex area of study. The body, as a site of political negotiation, often transgresses the boundaries of dominant discourses, creating spaces of (dis)order. This is evident in the artistic productions of migrant women and in works that challenge artistic, aesthetic, medical, scientific, psychological, and gender norms. Recent studies, such as Patteri (2022), have highlighted the role of migrant female art and corporeal manifestations as spaces of subversion and resistance against symbolic borders. However, there is a need for a more comprehensive investigation into the connections between social disorder, art, and everyday border life.
This Research Topic aims to advance scientific understanding of the emerging logics of artivism, resistance, identity claims, and confrontations with social inequality. The focus is on analyzing performances at various frontiers - of bodies, identities, genders, nationalities - to explore the differences and possibilities of action in the public sphere. The goal is to observe practices within specific social, cultural, political, and personal contexts that aim to transform these spaces, often through the use of the body itself. This includes analyses of (dis)orders in the context of migration, especially female migration, and works that use bodies in plural territorialities as a political tool to challenge hierarchies of corporeality.
To gather further insights into the intersections of migration, body politics, and artivism, we welcome articles addressing, but not limited to, the following themes:
• Displaced bodies in female migrations
• Dissident bodies that demarcate political spaces
• Women artists and their bodies
• Contemporary corporeal artivism.
This Research Topic is multidisciplinary, inviting contributions from a wide range of academic fields including sociology of culture and arts, anthropology, urban studies, art history, geography, psychology, cultural studies, media studies, politics, fashion, languages and linguistics, art and design, fashion studies, film studies, journalism studies, fine arts, sound studies, and visual cultures.
This Research Topic aims to advance scientific understanding of the emerging logics of artivism, resistance, identity claims, and confrontations with social inequality. The focus is on analyzing performances at various frontiers - of bodies, identities, genders, nationalities - to explore the differences and possibilities of action in the public sphere. The goal is to observe practices within specific social, cultural, political, and personal contexts that aim to transform these spaces, often through the use of the body itself. This includes analyses of (dis)orders in the context of migration, especially female migration, and works that use bodies in plural territorialities as a political tool to challenge hierarchies of corporeality.
To gather further insights into the intersections of migration, body politics, and artivism, we welcome articles addressing, but not limited to, the following themes:
• Displaced bodies in female migrations
• Dissident bodies that demarcate political spaces
• Women artists and their bodies
• Contemporary corporeal artivism.
This Research Topic is multidisciplinary, inviting contributions from a wide range of academic fields including sociology of culture and arts, anthropology, urban studies, art history, geography, psychology, cultural studies, media studies, politics, fashion, languages and linguistics, art and design, fashion studies, film studies, journalism studies, fine arts, sound studies, and visual cultures.
Keywords: Arts, Artivism, Women, Dissident Bodies, Migration, Contemporary Displacements, Gender, Body, Migrants, Art, Social Disorder, Resistance, Identity, Social Inequality, Bodies, Nationalities
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