Category: Decolonization

The American Monument in 2020

What should we do with unwanted American monuments? Our answer will hinge on the social and historical contexts surrounding the monument and on the ideological stances of those involved in the debate – who doesn’t want them, who does, and why?  In the summer of 2020, this question became unavoidable as millions of Americans called for the removal, destruction, recontextualization, or preservation of Confederate and colonial monuments across the United States.1 In […]

Laying on the Line: Media Coverage of #StopLine3

Art is central to the Indigenous-lead actions against the construction of the tar sands pipeline Line 3 in Minnesota and Ojibwe territory. Using large-scale puppets, costumes, traditional clothing and performance, Water Protectors fight to represent the human and non-human lives threatened by the pipeline. Their consistent documentation, live-streaming, press-releases, and social media campaigning around these art dominant actions spread awareness of the violence imposed by Line3 while celebrating the sacredness of the Minnesota, Ojibwe, and Aanishinabe lands.