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social movements

Time to Change : A Case Study

In my guest lecture video, Caroline Woolard talks extensively about the movement to social and economic equality coming not from a new revolution, but rather from accepting and connecting the smaller movements already in place. In order to understand this idea better, I figured I’d take a look at a smaller social movement that I …

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What is Fluxus?

In lecture 1 of 1.2, Pedro mentions something called “Fluxus” when discussing artist interest in communications technologies and social media platforms. However, no description is given and it isn’t mentioned again. Fluxus was an art movement that took place in the 1960s and 70s. At the time, human culture was becoming increasingly strict and rigid …

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