Michael Grenfell publications on Pierre Bourdieu

Adjunct Professor Michael Grenfell is a leading scholar on Pierre Bourdieu. This bibliography is a list of his publications on Bourdieu and his work.

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Art and Human Rights: Contemporary Asian Contexts 

By Caroline Turner and Jen Webb 

This Bibliography of select readings is provided to suggest key sources and further reading related to the themes of this book.

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Written at the start of the 'Asian century', the book addresses a topic of enduring interest for artists, art historians and scholars of cultural history: what is the role of art in society; what is the relationship between art and society? Focusing specifically on contemporary Asian art through the lens of human rights discourse and practice, it contributes knowledge about a specific moment in art history: when Asian art burst onto the world scene, in the late twentieth century. Artists selected for focus include those with a history of significant political activism, those whose work consistently reflects on or gives witness to human rights abuses and those who explore ethical relationships with others and with the natural environment. This is one of the first surveys of the contemporary art of the region, and is organised into chapters that focus on activism, war, divided societies, the impacts of decolonisation and globalisation and the role of art in worldmaking. It makes explicit both the contexts for art and the contributions of Asian artists, within and beyond their region, to these enduring issues of humanity. 

Jen Webb is the former Director of the Centre for Creative and Cultural Research in the Faculty of Arts and Design, 91Porn.

Caroline Turner is an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in the Research School of Humanities and the Arts, Australian National University.