Recommended readings

• Arendt, H. (1998) [1958]. The Human Condition (Second ed.). University of Chicago Press
• Bronfman, P., & Alvarez, R. (2023). Youth Comparsas in Valparaíso (Chile): Artivism, Performativity and Repertoire of Ecological Political Action. Youth and Globalization, 4(2) (pp. 259-279). 
• Butler, J. (2015) Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly, Harvard University Press 
• Malzacher et al. (2014) Truth is concrete: a handbook for artistic strategies in real politics. Sternberg Press 
• Pather, J (ed) (2025). Restless Infections: Public Art and a Transforming City. Johannesburg: Wits University Press
• Sachs Olsen, C., & Van Hulst, M. (2024). Reimagining urban living labs: Enter the urban drama lab. Urban Studies, 61(6), 991-1012 
• Serafini, P. (2018) Performance action: The politics of arts activisim. Routledge.
• Snyder-Young, D., & Omasta, M. (2022). Impacting theatre audiences : methods for studying change. Routledge.
• Stammen, L., & Meissner, M. (2022). Social movements’ transformative climate change communication: extinction rebellion’s artivism. Social Movement Studies, 23(1) (pp. 19–38). 
• Williams-Burnett, N. J., & Skinner, H. (2017). Critical reflections on performing arts impact evaluations. Arts and the Market, 7(1), 32–50.
• Woynarski, L. (2020). Ecodramaturgies. Theatre, Performance and Climate Change. Macmillan.
• Zebracki, M. (2020). Public artivism: queering geographies of migration and social inclusivity. Citizenship Studies, 24(2)