Interpreting mobilization dynamics through art: A look at the DREAMers Movement. (January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Vélez-Vélez, Roberto; Villarrubia-Mendoza, Jacqueline
• Is Part Of: Current sociology. Volume 67:Number 1(2019)
• Page Start: 100
• Page End: 121
• Publication Date: 2019-01
• Subjects: Art -- DREAM Act -- DREAMers -- migration -- social movements; Art -- DREAM Act -- DREAMers -- migration -- mouvements sociaux; Arte -- DREAM Act -- DREAMers -- migración -- movimientos sociales; Sociology -- Bibliography -- Periodicals; Social problems -- Bibliography -- Periodicals; 301.05
• DOI: 10.1177/0011392118807517
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0011-3921

Abstract

Most research on art and social movements focuses on the representational aspect of art, leaving untouched how artwork informs audiences and actors on the mobilization dynamics permeating the field of action. In this article the authors contend that the analysis of art in social movements should pursue the ways in which collective actors place art as part of their interpretative lens to act upon changing social conditions. The article's analysis of art around the DREAMers Movement suggests that artwork allows for movement actors to change the limits of their cultural context and affect the repertoires of articulations conceived within that context. This analysis moves beyond the notions of art as representation and presents art as a field to challenge the forms and dynamics of mobilization.