Ellen Mueller

Some Social Practice

by Ellen Mueller on September 14, 2020, no comments

$25.00

This book started as a compilation of a series of zines created to introduce students to the field of social practice. This book expands and adds to each of these zines while compiling all of the history examples into a single timeline for easy reference.

PLEASE NOTE: Book production has been impacted by COVID-19 and printing will typically take 7-10 business days after the order is received.

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This book started as a compilation of a series of zines created to introduce students to the field of social practice. This book expands and adds to each of these zines while compiling all of the history examples into a single timeline for easy reference.

FEATURES:

  • A list of exercises for in and out-of-class use
  • A sample syllabus, adaptable to 10 and 15-week terms
  • Challenging discussion questions
  • Charts to explain intersecting fields of study and spectrums in the field
  • Social practice book list
  • Tips for effective social practice

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

  • v – Introduction
  • 7 – Definitions of Social Practice
  • 13 – Spectrums, Continuums, & Variations in Social Practice
  • 17 – Some Intersecting Fields of Study Related to Social Practice
  • 21 – Some Systems / Topics Social Practice Frequently Touches On
  • 25 – Some Forms / Approaches / Strategies of Social Practice
  • 29 – Useful Skills for Social Practice
  • 33 – Some Tips for Effective Social Practice
  • 37 – Some Discussion Questions in Social Practice
  • 41 – Evaluating Social Practice Projects
  • 47 – Intersection of Craft and Social Practice
  • 51 – A Social Practice Book List
  • 57 – An Incomplete Survey of Social Practice (or Similar) Programs
  • 61 – Some Social Practice History
    • 61 – Early 1900s
    • 69 – 1950s
    • 75 – 1960s
    • 83 – 1970s
    • 91 – 1980s
    • 99 – 1990s
    • 111 – 2000s
    • 125 – 2010s
  • 149 – Appendix
    • 150 – Sample Syllabus
    • 152 – Sample Exercises
    • 154 – Exercise Resources

From Jorge Lucero:

“Occasionally THEJORGELUCEROSTUDYCOLLECTION acquires a volume that we want to recommend to everyone. You know how you all assign that Pablo Helguera book when you’re trying to introduce socially engaged art to your students? Well, today I received the other book that will now become an essential resource when mapping out a “definition” around this form with your students.

Ellen Mueller’s “SOME SOCIAL PRACTICE” is a robust literature/textual review that will open up the permissions of socially engaged art for you and your students. Yes, maybe when you flip through this book, you might say, “Hey, here’s a bunch of stuff I recognize and talk about all the time”, but now you have it all collected and curricularized for you in one simple–easy to use–volume.

NOTE: when I say “curricularized” I’m not saying you’ll find anything pre-packaged or pre-scribed here. What I mean is that many of the “threads” on the topic have been laid bare for you and your students to pull on through their own work. This book is SO USER FRIENDLY while fairly reflecting/teasing the complexity and profundity of the form. Get it here NOW”