From Theory to Practice (and back): Lessons for the Arts in Contexts of Transitional Justice

Guests:
Manfred Nowak
Human rights lawyer

Marijana Grandits
Co-founder of the Vienna Master and Senior Academic Advisor

Marilyn Volkman
Vienna Master of Arts in Applied Human Rights

Michael Orwicz
Robin Greeley
Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut

Thomas Keenan
Director of the Human Rights Project

Tania El Khoury
Director of the Center for Human Rights and the Arts

Oscar Predraza Vargas
Historian and anthropologist

Hannah Meszaros Martin
Artist, filmmaker and writer

Jose Falconi
Artist, curator, art critic, writer and editor


In collaboration with Vienna Master of Arts in Applied Human Rights, OSUN Center for Human Rights and the Arts, Bard College and Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut.

Human rights and the arts is a new field of study, and the first programs pioneering this approach will meet for the first time at Documenta to share approaches and speak about their future agendas.

Drawing from cases in which art has intervened effectively in transitional justice contexts, the participants in this workshop will be encouraged to envision and plan their own interventions.


PREREQUISITE & PREPARATION:

Workshop participants must register ahead of time, and are required to attend 2 events as a prerequisite:
1)‘The Intersections of Human Rights and the Arts’ on 24 June, and 2) ‘The Art of Transitional Justice’ on 25 June

Participants are limited to 30 maximum.
Registered participants will be asked to arrive with a lot of energy and ideas, plus having completed a small task from the day prior.