About ACT UP!

ACT UP! aims to promote civic engagement and participation in response to the climate emergency and associated social impacts, thereby critically exploring how citizenship can be 'performed' in new ways focusing specifically on urban space as a site for democratic expression and negotiation of common values. ACT UP! uses innovative theatre-based educational methods within a transdisciplinary context and develops and implements the ACT UP! methodology, in the cities of Groningen, Viljandi, Narva, Oslo and Cape Town. Urban spaces in these cities provide key learning arenas, moving educational approaches from the academy into the streets, developing capacity for navigating urban climate politics ‘on the ground’.