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Building Positive Relations: A Manifesto for the Arts, New Materialism, Posthumanism & Human Rights

Partnerships & Participation

This arts and human rights project led by Oonagh E. Fitzgerald as principal investigator and co-chaired by 233 | Ramon Blanco-Barrera 233art.com was developed as the second arts and human rights conference of the  Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) of the University of Ottawa.  


In January 2022 there were two preparatory workshops, 1. What are Human Rights in the Posthuman Age of the Anthropocene?, and 2. The Arts and Human Rights in the Context of Being Cyborgs, Living Speculative Futures. These led to a two-day Symposium in April 2022 entitled, Building Positive Relations: The Arts, New Materialism, Posthumanism and Human Rights.


Artistic works, experiences and ideas shared among participants enriched our understanding of how to build positive relations between the arts, new materialism, posthumanism, and human rights. Over the summer participants provided feedback on an initial draft of ideas for a manifesto, which were incorporated in this finalized version, provided in English, French and Spanish. 


Participants include human rights, philosophy and arts teachers and advocates and practising artists, story tellers, dancers and musicians from around the world, generously sharing their insights, understanding and vision. Brief biographical information about participants can be found in the reports of the workshops and symposium (below).


In partnership with HRREC, Concordia University’s Milieux and LeParc, Universidad de Sevilla, and Emergent Art Space (EAS), a multimedia exposition ARTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS: CONVERSING MULTIPLICITIES will be held from May 29-June 10 at Video Performance Studio (EV-10-760) Concordia Engineering And Visual Arts (EV) Bldg. 1515 Saint-Catherine St West, Montreal animate and illuminate these themes. 


A special invitation is extended to artists aged 35 or younger to join the conversation by submitting visual art works on the theme of Art and Human Rights to the Emergent Art Space Call (deadline April 1 2023). EAS will select up to 30 artists’ works to include in a virtual exhibition on the EAS website and in the live exposition in Montreal. 

Manifesto (English text)

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Manifeste (texte français)

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Manifiesto (texto español)

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Video of Day 1 of Arts & Human Rights Symposium 2022

I. Building Positive Relations: The Arts, New Materialism, Posthumanism & Human Rights

Session 1. New Materialism, Post Humanism and Human rights

Session 2. 4 Decades and 40 Years of Art, Philosophy and Human Rights

Session 3. Globalization, Human Rights and Art 

Video of Day 2 of Arts & Human Rights Symposium 2022

II. Building Positive Relations: The Arts, New Materialism, Posthumanism & Human Rights

Session 4. Sustainability, Equity and Justice in Teaching Human Rights and Art

Session 5. Anti-Coloniality, Intersectionality, and Identity

Session 6. Healing from Human rights and Anthropocene Trauma through Art\Creation

Final Symposium Report

This is the final report of the April 12-13 2022 symposium

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The Posthuman Age of the Anthropocene

this is the report of the first preparatory workshop

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Being Cyborgs Living Speculative Lives

this is the report of the second preparatory workshop

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