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global civil society events 2007/8
workshop
02-04-May-2008, TISS, Mumbai, India
Global Civil Society and Poverty
Pictures of the event (click on thumbnails to enlarge pictures)
exhibition
11-Oct-29-Nov-2007, Atrium, LSE
Voices of Global Civil Society - an exhibition of political cartoons, comic strips and graphic novels
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Voices of Global Civil Society - an exhibition of political cartoons, comic strips and graphic novels
11-Oct-29-Nov-2007, Atrium, LSE
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The work of renowned cartoonists Steve Bell, Gado (Godfrey Mwampembwa) and Liza Donnelly
was amongst those displayed at an exhibition of political cartoons, comic strips and graphic novels at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). The exhibition
sought to provoke debate about the importance of the artists as key actors in global civil society, and will be on display from Thursday 11 October. Hosted by the Centre for the Study of Global Governance at LSE, ‘Voices of Global Civil Society’
was displayed from Thursday 02 November to Thursday 29 November in the Atrium, Old Building, LSE.
Recent events such as the Danish cartoon controversy point to the increasingly sensitised global environment in which cartoonists, political actors in their own right, operate. In a world characterised by accelerated and new modes of communication, and a growing concern about global issues, the graphic medium of cartoons, graphic novels and comic strips represents an increasingly significant political phenomenon. The work of renowned editorial cartoonists such as Bell, Gado and Donnelly, and celebrated graphic novelists Marjane Satrapi and Joe Sacco,
was showcased alongside a new generation of African comic artists, Pahé (Essono Patrick) and Didier Viode, and Indian community activists who use comic art as a campaign tool.
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on thumbnails to enlarge cartoons)
Voices of Global Civil Society’ is linked to the Global Civil Society Yearbook, the annual publication of the Centre for the Study of Global Governance, which for 2007-08 takes the theme of communicative power and democracy. Including the work of 41 artists from 24 countries, the exhibition is organised into seven key themes of concern to global civil society: democracy, conflict, human rights, HIV and AIDS, accountability and transparency of institutions, voices (freedom of expression and the media), and environment.
Paresh Nath, chief editorial cartoonist at The National Herald, Delhi and Khaleej Times, Dubai, said: ‘The cartoon is a powerful medium which proposes, preaches and pinches; informs and entertains. My aim is to highlight the political and social changes taking place in the society, to bring out the weakness and inconsistencies in the pronouncement of leaders as compared to the high principles to which they profess, to amuse the reader by bringing out incongruities in various aspects of life in global, political and social environment, be it human rights or trade or health concerns. I wanted to be involved in this initiative because the exhibition intends to highlight these issues for awareness in a unique way.’
Liza Donnelley, staff cartoonist at The New Yorker whose work will be amongst the exhibits: ‘Humour - which is a very powerful tool - gets overlooked very often. I am honoured to be in the exhibition with so many incredible artists from around the world.’
Contact:
Fiona Holland,
phone: 020 7955 7434,
f.c.holland@lse.ac.uk
exhibition
11-Oct-29-Nov-2007, Atrium, LSE
Update on the Voices of Global Civil Society Exhibition
The exhibition was very well received at LSE, where it was on public view 11 October-29 November 2007 in the Atrium, the School's pre-eminent public space and student services centre. This public showing followed a lively opening night and launch of Global Civil Society 2007/8, which is themed on communicative power and democracy and contains a snapshot of the exhibition. News of the initiative was publicized on the LSE website.
We included a message board in the exhibition to encourage visitors to the post their comments. Here is a selection:
Love the cartoons! A great way to show global civil society. Amazing how you managed to get so many cartoonists.
Steve Bell rocks!
Makes for delighted reading! Very thought provoking! If even one person seriously thinks about your messages, I think your purpose is achieved.
Yay! Art! More art@LSE please
The comics are great - they should be up all the time!
Why Bother?
(And in response to the above)
Hmm….why not? It was most entertaining, thank you.
Can we have some proper science subjects?
The most creative art I have yet seen!
Good inspiration to all who draw comics with some serious content. Thanks very much!!
Love the theory of whales and global warming! (a Stephff cartoon). More art 4 LSE please!
A brilliant exhibition - I needed a ladder and more light!
Excellent. We need conscious thought-provoking art!
As part of LSE's public events programme in Autumn 2006, CSGG organised a panel discussion, 'Frivolous entertainment or potent tool of communication? The role of cartoons and graphic novels in a global age', which featured cartoonist Steve Bell, graphic novelist Bryan Talbot, Andrea Marchesini Reggiani, Africa Comics project coordinator, Anita O'Brien, curator of the Cartoon Museum, London and Angela Phillips, senior lecturer at Goldsmiths College. The fair-sized audience was engaged and the panel interaction engendered some interesting exchanges.
Such has been the interest in this initiative that we have arranged a panel discussion on the role of cartoonists at the International Studies Association Conference in San Francisco in March 2008, during which a version of the exhibition will be shown. Two American artists who contributed to the exhibition, Liza Donnelly and Keith Knight, have kindly agreed to participate in the panel, a report of which will made available here in April.
Through a partnership with India's Tata Institute of Social Sciences, we will launch Global Civil Society 2007/8 in Mumbai in May 2008. As part of this event we would also like to mount the exhibition, which contains the Indian cartoonist Paresh Nath, and we are seeking funding to that end.
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