Recs if you like The Quilt: Stories from the Names Project...
Memory : Narratives and Monuments
A list of books about how we remember, or avoid remembering history.
Commemoration, memorials, monuments, narratives, and rhetoric.
Philosophical, creative and social justice themes. Decolonization focused.
Considering statues, museums, journalism, books, etc. with nuance and depth.
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Art is Political!
Creative expression x political themes
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Radical Craft History
Nonfiction on critical theory + political history of art & craft.
SISTER LISTS: When Artists Go to Work | You Should Start a Zine | Opting Out of Fast Fashion
(In progress)
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Niche History: HIV/AIDS
Books that focus on the AIDS epidemic (mostly US, mostly the 80s-90s - though not exclusively). This includes history, sociology, cultural criticism of the time, and even fiction. This is such an important era to understand modern politics - especially queer politics and the LGBTQ+ community
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