Public art revitalizes community by giving voice to silenced groups

Evidence

Art, especially public art, brings people together and gives voice to underrepresented or silenced groups. Among the many examples of how the arts strengthen community, Public Art Workz and Matrix Theatre Company in Detroit stand out for the work they do to specifically address revitalizing the commons in partnership with teachers and students. — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 1822

Categorization

• XREF: Connects arts-based commons work to the storytelling/interpretation thread shared across the polyad courses. — connects to: Demanding minority art speak for its community reinforces that community’s marginality — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 161; Public art that frames existing context beats conspicuous sculptural works; A diversity of listeners enables speakers to voice public-spirited ideas they otherwise suppress — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics: how Americans…, 1472 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• The arts render racial fears speakable and keep political identity dialogues open #corroborates (0.88) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 906
• Demanding minority art speak for its community reinforces that community’s marginality #complicates (0.85) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 161
• A diversity of listeners enables speakers to voice public-spirited ideas they otherwise suppress #corroborates (0.85) — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics, 1472
• Creative artists lead postcolonial social transformation by seizing representation #corroborates (0.80) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3441
• Invoking individual creative freedom obscures the social hierarchies behind minority protest #complicates (0.80)
• Community theatre transforms isolated audiences into creators of original work #exemplifies (0.78) — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 1829
• Public art that frames existing context beats conspicuous sculptural works #qualifies (0.75)
• Public disremembering of historic wrongs trades collective unity for minority silence. #corroborates (0.75) — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 277
• Recognition from peer groups converts a local fight into valued public citizenship #expands (0.72) — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics, 1475