Policing has become a contentious subject globally, with systemic injustices prompting diverse responses of resistance and revolt. In turn, protest movements around the world have increasingly turned to art as a dynamic tool for resistance, awareness and advocacy for change.
In this context, the Centre for Socially Engaged Theatre (C-SET) at the University of Regina launched the Ar(c)tivism and Policing digital archival research project as part of a five-day Festival of Art and Discourse.
This “living archive” initiative documents and analyzes the role of protest arts in addressing police brutality and systemic injustice through digital ethnography — the study of cultural and social aspects of human interaction through online technologies.
