Theory in Action, the journal of the Transformative Studies Institute (quarterly publication print ISSN: 1937-0229 electronic ISSN: 1937-0237), is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal, whose scope ranges from the local to the global. Its aim is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and the discussion of current research (qualitative and quantitative) on the interconnections between theory and action aimed at promoting social justice broadly defined.

The journal editorial board does not privilege any particular theoretical tradition or approach and there are no word or page limits for its articles. TIA publishes papers that connect academic scholarship with activism, what R.K. Merton calls ‘theories of the middle range.’ TIA values radical and unconventional ideas, expressed in different styles, whether academic or journalistic. Continue reading

Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution - Assembled by Andrew Boyd with Dave Oswald Mitchell:

From Cairo to cyberspace, from Main Street to Wall Street, today’s social movements have a creative new edge that’s blurring the boundaries between artist and activist, hacker and dreamer. But the principles that make for successful creative action rarely get hashed out or written down.

Until now.

Beautiful Trouble brings together ten grassroots groups and dozens of seasoned artists and activists from around the world to distill their best practices into a toolbox for creative action. Continue reading

The reSource for transmedial culture, a new framework for the transmediale festival, aims to create a distributed platform for networking, curating and research throughout the year 2012 and beyond by envisioning the festival as a peer-production context of sharing knowledge and practices. Continue reading

Artists!

The US Congress is about to pass an internet censorship bill written by the copyright and corporate music and film lobbies, claiming that this bill is written in your name to “protect creativity.” The law would allow the government or corporations to censor entire sites — they just have to convince a judge that the site is “dedicated to copyright infringement.”

In fact, PROTECT-IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) are backed and largely written by the Hollywood film industry, namely the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), which is trying to sell goods and ideas that are already free. Continue reading

Low Lives: Occupy! :: March 3, 2012 :: Open Call for Artists and Presenters - Deadline: February 6, 2012

Low Lives launches new program in partnership with Occupy With Art and The Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics.

On March 3rd, 2012, Low Lives: Occupy! an international platform designed to enable artists, audiences, and presenters in alliance with the Occupy movement to support the occupation, will transmit live performances, actions, and happenings online as they occur in real time around the world. Participating artists, artist collectives, Occupy groups, and presenters worldwide will expand the reach and visibility of the Occupy protests by broadcasting to an international community and audiences. Continue reading

Artivistic Promiscuous Infrastructures (Phase 2) :: March 9 - April 14, 2012 :: Opening: March 9; 5:00 pm :: Skol, Montreal :: Call for Submissions -Deadline: February 4, 2012.

As part of its project entitled Promiscuous Infrastructures, the Artivistic collective invites submissions for the second phase of the project.

Artivistic is currently in the research-creation phase of a publication tentatively entitled Promiscuous Infrastructures: experiments in art + information + activism. Rooted in the work of Artivistic’s friends, allies, and past participants, the publication sets its sights on “autonomous infrastructures” by looking at radical education & the production of knowledge, intergenerational support systems, as well as sustainable financing. Continue reading

[Image: The Aesthetic Face(s) of Anonymous, owni.eu) AMT Lecture Series: Gabriella Coleman – e pluribus Anonymous: in lulz we trust :: November 10, 2011; 5:00 pm :: Parsons New School for Design, Room #1200, 12th Floor, 6 E16th Street, New York City. Continue reading

[Pro-test Lab at the Occupy Boston, Dewey Square, Boston, 2011. Photo by Nomeda Urbonas.] Disobedience Archive Continue reading

[Public Movement, 2010. Performance documentation: The Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon] Positions by Public Movement: (1) November 4, 2011; 1:00 pm :: Washington Square Park :: (2) November 6; 1:00 pm :: Union Square South, New York City.

This November, the action and research group Public Movement will present Positions, a choreographed demonstration that invites people to take a stand on any number of urgent issues. Presented in Warsaw, Holon, Bat-Yam, Eindhoven, Heidelberg, Stockholm, and now New York, the Movement invites the public to embody their preferences, aspirations, and beliefs — manifesting political and philosophical ideas as physical positions in Washington Square Park and Union Square South. This will be Public Movement’s first presentation in the United States. Continue reading