Abstract
Part of larger Symposium: Double symposium Acting on the Margins: Art as Social Sculpture Alternative EERA Network: 07. Social Justice and Intercultural Education Topics: NW 29 Special Call: Reconfiguring Art*Education Institutions Keywords: contemporary art, social margins, education, social change, research Double Symposium, Part 1.
Acting on the Margins: Art as Social Sculpture 1 Chair: Marie Fulkova (Charles University) Discussant: Maria Huhmarniemi (University of Lapland) This symposium presents a collection of results from the activities of the Horizon2020 AMASS project (Acting on the Margins, Art as Social Sculpture) - a project which has been established specifically to address the need for a coherent, pan-European understanding the critical potential of the arts in generating radical, alternative or unconventional solutions to social challenges and how these can further influence policy development. The aim of AMASS is in how we might rigorously investigate the use of arts-based methods - which move from Research to Innovation and then Action - so that we are then able to locate and determine those underlying structures and concepts which influence how art can and does function to address the challenges we currently face.
AMASS looks to both directly confront our most pressing geopolitical challenges and address the needs they create among marginalised communities across Europe: the future of work across creative, cultural and other sectors; the rise of populism, radical ideologies and extremism; a lack of participation in civil society, societal polarisation and stratification; and the ongoing pressures of migration.