Dr Gillian Whiteley
Small Group Project 2016-17
Art Activism and Political Violence
With Ruth Kinna
This project explores the intersections of art activism and political theory to examine conceptions of political violence. We are seeking to organise an interdisciplinary workshop to ask the question: What can art activism do to shape public debates on the ethics of political violence and how does that public debate shape art activism?
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Biography
Gillian Whiteley is an Honorary Fellow at Loughborough University. Previously, she was a Senior Lecturer in Art History and Visual Culture with an MA Sculpture Studies and doctorate from the University of Leeds.
With a background in community arts/theatre and education, she previously taught at the Open University and in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds.
Gillian's research interests include historical and contemporary theories and countercultural practices of creative dissent, ludic and performative protest, art activism, sites of transitory utopia, bricolage and detritus, focusing on trans-disciplinary practices and cultural production within socio-political contexts. With members of the Politicized Practice Research Group, Anarchist Research Group and Theatre and Performance Research Groups at Loughborough, she works on collaborative projects around Re-imagining Citizenship and Political Violence and the Visual Arts (with Prof. Ruth Kinna, following an Independent Research Foundation flexible grants award for a two-day workshop in 2016, Gillian is working on a co-edited book, for Routledge’s Interventions series).
With a background in community arts/theatre and education, she previously taught at the Open University and in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds.
Gillian's research interests include historical and contemporary theories and countercultural practices of creative dissent, ludic and performative protest, art activism, sites of transitory utopia, bricolage and detritus, focusing on trans-disciplinary practices and cultural production within socio-political contexts. With members of the Politicized Practice Research Group, Anarchist Research Group and Theatre and Performance Research Groups at Loughborough, she works on collaborative projects around Re-imagining Citizenship and Political Violence and the Visual Arts (with Prof. Ruth Kinna, following an Independent Research Foundation flexible grants award for a two-day workshop in 2016, Gillian is working on a co-edited book, for Routledge’s Interventions series).
Biographical details correct as of 21.05.26