Vancouver
The future of creative activism: An open conversation and book launch for Beautiful Trouble
7:00pm
- 9:35pm
Tuesday May 15 2012
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To celebrate the launch of this creative activists' toolkit, Purple Thistle will convene a conversation among local activists and the co-editors and contributors of Beautiful Trouble about the state and future of creative activism.
Join us at 7:00 pm for a brief presentation by Beautiful Trouble co-editors Andrew Boyd and Dave Oswald Mitchell followed by an open discussion of the state and future of creative activism and Informal conversation and good-hearted plotting with your fellow beautiful troublemakers.
Books will be on hand for purchase (cash only). Children are welcome at this event.
Sponsored by the Purple Thistle Center and Next Up; media sponsorship by Rabble.ca.
Beautiful Trouble is a book and web toolbox that puts the accumulated wisdom of decades of creative protest into the hands of the next generation of change-makers. Copies of the book will be available for purchase.
Learn more about the project at http://beautifultrouble.org/
About Beautiful Trouble:
Why now?
From the Arab Spring to the American Fall and beyond, a new global people's movement is being born. The impossible suddenly seems possible, and all around the world ordinary people are trying out new tools and tactics to win victories where they live. In the shadow of austerity and ecological crisis, the urgency of this political moment demands resources that will transform outrage into effective action. Beautiful Trouble is a toolbox for the next revolution.
Who is it for?
Beautiful Trouble is both sophisticated enough for veteran activists and accessible enough for newbies. Both artists and activists will find it useful, as it showcases the synergies between artistic imagination and shrewd political strategy. Beautiful Trouble is for everyone who longs for a more beautiful, more just, more livable world – and wants to know how to get there.
Is it a book or a website?
Both! The project consists of short, interrelated modules – creative tactics, action design principles, case studies, and theoretical frameworks – that together comprise an accessible matrix of best practices and ideas in creative campaigning. The website will soon include the core content of the book as well as a growing array of additional modules, resources, profiles, debates and much more. With your help, the site will evolve in real time with new social movements and their latest tactical innovations.
What makes it unique?
Beautiful Trouble not only presents cutting-edge content in an innovative modular structure, it was assembled in a unique collaborative and distributed manner. With many contributors from around the world participating, the entire project was assembled in the cloud, in an open, collaborative process. We also hosted four "book sprints" – weekend-long gatherings where we gathered face-to-face and locked ourselves in a room to write, write, write! Beautiful Trouble’s publisher is OR Books, a nimble, progressive, independent publisher with an innovative post-print business model.
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