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Tipping Points - Toppling and installing statues - Seminar Presentation for the Public Pedagogies Institute 2021 Conference

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presented by Debbie Qadri,  (Debbie Qadri and Deborah Madden Seminar 1, October 8, 2021 2021 Public Pedagogies Institute Annual Conference) My research interest is art in public space made by community   But the focus of this presentation is: community members or members of the public  becoming agents and curators of public art through statue toppling or statue installation In particular I am going to look at: The toppling of statues during the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020   and The Peace monuments which Commemorate the Survivors of Militarized Sexual Abuse in the Asia-Pacific War  Tipping points and moments of change Materials used to install or topple statues -  Methodology Exploration of the topic led and biased by my own research interests: community making public art, public art, public space and public pedagogy Drawing of photographs (a method of noticing)  Short outline of the Toppling movement that gained momentum in 2020 First of all we...