Readings

Required readings are available online and linked from this page, or accessible here as PDFs and require a password (see Syllabus).

Alexiou, Joseph. “Prologue.” Gowanus : Brooklyn’s Curious Canal. NYU Press, 2015. (PDF)

Baker, Kevin. “Where our New World Begins: Politics, Power, and the Green New Deal.” Harpers. May 2019.

Boal, Augusto. “Invisible Theater,” in Cohen-Cruz, Jan, ed. Radical Street Performance: An International Anthology (121-124). London: Routledge, 2008. (PDF) 

Boyd, Andrew, and Dave Oswald Mitchell. Beautiful Trouble : A Toolbox for Revolution. New York: OR, 2012. Ebook. (Library Login required for off-campus access)

“Bread and Puppet Cheap Art Manifesto:”  http://breadandpuppet.org/cheap-art/why-cheap-art-manifesto

“Bread and Puppet Theater Podcast” (Audio Interference): https://interferencearchive.org/audio-interference-46-bread-and-puppet-theater/

Curtis, Kimberly. “Climate Refugees Explained.” UN Dispatch, April 24, 2017.

Del Signore, John. “Spotting Signs of Life on the Poisoned Waters of Newtown Creek.” Gothamist, May 1, 2018.

Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne. 2014. “Introduction” and “‘Indian Country’” in An Indigenous People’s History of the United States. New York: Beacon Press.  

Dowling, Kathleen, Laura Marte Piccini, and Matthew Schofield. The Show Must Go On! American Theater in the Great Depression. Digital Public Library of America. February 2014. https://dp.la/exhibitions/the-show. 

Greenwald, Dara, and Josh MacPhee, eds. Signs of Change: Social Movement Cultures, 1960s to Now. Ak Press, 2010. (PDF)

Jackson, Janine. “People With a Lot of Money Are Really Determining What Culture Is: Counterspin Interview with Amin Husain on Decolonizing Museums.” FAIR. May 2019

Kilgannon, Corey. “Why a Hamptons Highway is a Battleground over Native American Rights.” The New York Times (May 27, 2019).

Knight, Suzanna “All Weeds are Welcome Here.” Let it Grow, November 2017.

Kurtz, Dan (Director). “Superfundland.” Youtube.

Lane, Jill. “Reverend Billy: Preaching, Protest, and Postindustrial Flânerie,” TDR 46(1) (Spring 2002): 60-84. (highlighted portions only) (PDF)

LES Community Gardens (Audio Interference Podcast): https://interferencearchive.org/audio-interference-47-lower-east-side-community-gardens/

“Letter from Mobile Print Power:” http://www.mobileprintpower.com/images/LETTER_FROM_MPP.pdf

Mobile Print Power (Audio Interference Podcast): https://interferencearchive.org/audio-interference-13-mobile-print-power/

Next Epoch Seed Library (Video): https://vimeo.com/195514276

“Portraits” https://www.thecpcp.org/catalyst-portraits

Reeves, Carolyn. “Climate Change Theatre is LIT: A Study on the Performing Arts and Climate Change Engagement.” Howlround. 27 March 2019. 

Reverend Billy Videos:

Seeding Sovereignty Zines: https://seedingsovereignty.org/resources

Smith, Phil. Counter-Tourism: The Handbook. Devon: Triarchy, 1993. Ebook. (Library Login required for off-campus access)

van Heeswijk, Jeanne. “The Artist Will have to Decide who to Serve,” in Phillips, Fulya and Cruz, eds. Actors, Agents and Attendants. Social Housing–Housing the Social: Art, Property and Spatial Justice. 2012. (PDF)

Waller, Marguerite. “Border Boda or Divorce Fronterizo?” in Cohen-Cruz, Jan, ed. Radical Street Performance: An International Anthology (86-89). London: Routledge, 2008. (PDF)

Yeginsu, Ceylan. “Climate Protests in London Occupy Major Landmarks.” The New York Times (April 17, 2019).