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art and activism

Technologies of friendship and technologies of confrontation: Not even one square meter of sociability?

About the experience of visual artists in the Social Science Faculty working with student activists in the context of social and political conflicts,

by Syd Krochmalny

Situation


By the end of 2008, the activists of the student center (CECSO) [1] decided to take over the three campuses of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires [2].The strike was founded on the demands for structural improvements, a higher budget, and the completion of the new multi-department center. All academic activity within the university building was suspended and classes were held in the streets. The students held assemblies, public classes, and demonstrations [3].

Location

Argentina
34° 35' 12.9264" S, 58° 23' 32.6544" W
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