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Interdisciplinary Arts Activism

Type: Calls For Papers [View all]
Posted by: Boston University
Deadline: Sun, March 15th, 2026

On December 9, 2014, the release of Ezell Ford’s autopsy report inspired an 18-day protest held in record-breaking cold in front of LAPD headquarters. The evidence confirming that Ford had been shot by police at close range inspired a group of dance activists, led by Black Lives Matter founding member Dr. Shamell Bell, not only to occupy space but also to move within it. The protest represented what she coined as “street dance activism” based on “radical joy" and “collecting freedom dreaming” through movement. 

Impact, the journal for the Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning at Boston University, invites submissions for a special issue on arts activism. We ask: Who are the leaders of arts activismtoday? How has arts activism responded to our current political moment? How can an understanding of past movements help us navigate the present? How does arts activism interact with or transcend other forms of protest? How are students and educators embracing the “artivism” movement in creative, educational, and social ways?

We seek scholarly, experimental, and/or experiential work on all forms of arts activism, including: street art/community installations; music and composing; public performance; use of architecture and design/space to support movements, philosophies, and community engagement; somatic activism; comedy and activism; digital/social media; recent resurgence of zines/pamphlets; comics; and more. 

We also solicit work on the convergence of arts activism and revolution; how forms of creative expression drive social and/or policy change in areas affecting human rights, systemic inequality, and climate change, etc. 

We welcome articles with video or audio components, as well as projects that incorporate movement, somatic practices, theater and performance into the classroom or curriculum.

Submissions through Scholastica here: https://impact.scholasticahq.com/for-authors.

Deadline to submit is March 15, 2026.

Please send any questions to Impact editor at dpines@bu.edu.

Posted on Thu, February 5th, 2026
Expires on Sun, March 15th, 2026

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