Discuss the ways in which ai weiwei used activism

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Assignment:

Please answer the following questions:

1. The Concepts for this unit identified two types of censorship. Discuss both types of censorship in relationship to ways in which The Masses was censored. One or two paragraphs.

2. Do you feel that any newspaper or magazine is under an obligation to publish views it feels are too controversial or are inconsistent with its mission or the values of its readership, such as the Doonesbury abortion comic strips? (In answering this, you could consider an issue you are passionate about). One or more paragraphs.

3. What are your thoughts, reflections, or opinions about book censorship? Are there books you would support banning? If so, under what circumstances and why? If you wouldn't support any book ban, why? One or more paragraphs.

If you watched Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry:

4. Discuss the ways in which Ai Weiwei used activism, art, and social media to address the deaths of school children in Sichuan, China. Be sure to touch on all three. Two or three paragraphs.

5. What actions has the Chinese government taken to censor Ai Weiwei? A list is fine, or one or more paragraphs.

If you watched Smothered:

4. The Concepts for this unit identified two types of censorship. Which type or types of censorship applies to actions taken against the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour? Illustrate your answer with two examples. Two or more paragraphs.

5. Censorship of artists escalates during times that a country is at war, even in a country such as the US whose Constitution's First Amendment expresses free speech as a right. Using your own analysis, reflect on why this is the case. Do you find this problematic or unproblematic? One or more paragraphs.

Sources; Video: Nationwide effort to ban books challenges freedom of speech opens in new window (PBS NEWS HOUR) (6:41)

4. Short clip (1:54) of Toni Morrison opens in new window, Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, discussing her thoughts on art and social justice.

5. Film: Choose one of the following documentaries to watch.

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012).

Ai Weiwei is a contemporary, internationally known Chinese activist-artist who has been both imprisoned and beaten for his political activism.

Smothered opens in new window (2002) Stream free (YouTube).

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour was a 1960s TV show that started out as a benign comedy/variety show, but quickly began to use humor and satire to criticize America's involvement in Vietnam. The show was heavily censored and eventually cancelled.

"The Masses on Trial," chapter 10, A People's Art History of the United States (Book)

This article on controversial Doonesberry cartoon (2012): Doonesbury Strip on Texas Abortion Law (2012).

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