Global justice buzz : the visual rhetoric of the Beehive Design Collective

In this thesis, I examine how the Beehive Design Collective's artistic methods and politics function within the context of the global justice movement, postcolonial critiques and transnational feminist theory. I argue that the Bees' creative use of material rhetorics that combine art with political storytelling should be valued as an effective form of visual rhetoric, and that learning from their methods could help other activists and academics better articulate their critiques of globalization and neoliberalism. The Bees find and create kairotic moments to effectively interrupt teleological narratives of homogenized globalization and �progress� on Western terms; further, they show these interruptions as real sites of community resistance, celebration and possibility. I conclude that their in person presentations are especially effective ways to critically explain complex transnational economic and social issues, and that their presentations and art can cultivate critically important community discussions.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English (MU)

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Missouri--Columbia

Year dc:date.issued

2014

Author dc:creator

• Zapp, (Molly) Mary Catheryn

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Dingo, Rebecca

• Author supplied: global justice movement, visual rhetoric, neoliberalism, beehive design collective, transnational, feminist

Language dc:language.iso

eng, English

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10355/44346

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:mospace.umsystem.edu:10355/44346