THROUGH THE RUINS: TALKS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AN THE ARTS 1 is the inaugural volume in a series of publications dedicated to exploring creative tools of resistance. THROUGH THE RUINS is based on public talks presented at the OSUN Center for Human Rights and the Arts at Bard College (CHRA) by Faustin Linyekula (Kisangani); The White Pube (London); Cassils (LA); Emily Johnson (New York); Border Forensics (London); Ashmina Ranjit (Nepal); Mark Sealy (London); and Hamed Sinno (Philadelphia). In the...

THROUGH THE RUINS gathers talks by activists, academics, and artists, each moving through inherited ruins, proposing something generative and transformative. They ask how we can work in between the mechanismsof oppression to create new imaginaries where renewed language and perspective grow out of our interwoven journeys.