The Gulf : high culture, hard labor /

"On Saadiyat Island, just off the coast of Abu Dhabi, branches of iconic cultural institutions, including the Louvre, the Guggenheim, the British Museum and New York University, are taking shape to the designs of starchitects such as Frank Gehry, Jean Nouvel, Zaha Hadid, and Norman Foster. In t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: Gulf Labor Coalition (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Ross, Andrew, 1956- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : OR Books, [2015]
Subjects:
Gulf Labor Coalition.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Migrant labor > United Arab Emirates > Abū Ẓaby.
Arts > Political aspects > United Arab Emirates > Abū Ẓaby.
Cultural policy.
Art and social action.
Travailleurs migrants > Émirats arabes unis > Abū Ẓabī.
Arts > Aspect politique > Émirats arabes unis > Abū Ẓabī.
Politique culturelle.
Art et action sociale.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Arts > Political aspects.
Migrant labor.
Kunst
Ethik
Kulturpolitik
United Arab Emirates > Abū Ẓaby.
Abu Dhabi
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Sarah Leah Whitson
  • Leveraging the brand: A history of Gulf Labor / Andrew Ross
  • Gulf dreams for justice: Migrant workers and new political futures / Paula Chakravartty and Nitasha Dhillon
  • Art out of joint: Artists' activism before and after the cultural turn / Gregory Sholette
  • The emergent wave of artworld activism / Guy Mannes-Abbott
  • Who builds your architecture? An advocacy project / Mabel Wilson, Jordan Carver and Kadambari Baxi
  • Why Gulf Labor? Statements of intent / Walid Raad, Naeem Mohaiemen, Hans Haacke, Ayreen Anastas, Rene Gabri and Doris Bittar
  • On direct action: An address to cultural worker / Global Ultra Luxury Faction
  • G.U.L.F.
  • Six occupations of a museum (and an alternative plan) / Global Ultra Luxury Faction
  • G.U.L.F.
  • Observations and recommendations after visiting Saadiyar Island an related sites (March 14-21 2012) / Gulf Labor
  • '52 weeks' and engaging and disengaging / Mariam Ghani and Haig Aivazian
  • Dossier of '52 weeks' projects (October 2013-October 2014)
  • "For security resaons": A Gulf Labor report (July 2015)
  • 'Tea Break' (Selections) / Paual Chakravarratty, Nitasha Dhillon and Amin Husain.

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