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Welcome to the Arts and Humanities Social Action Lab!

The Arts & Humanities for Social Action Lab at Northeastern promotes generative collaborations between grassroots community organizers and university-based arts and humanities scholars, in the pursuit of new knowledge and praxis for social justice.

Welcome

The Arts & Humanities for Social Action Lab at Northeastern connects the transformative potential of arts and humanities methods with grassroots community activism.

AHALab is launching the Vibrancy of Needs Residency in October 2024. Learn more here.

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Announcements

During the month of October 2024, Kenneth Bailey (Founder and Co-Director, ds4si) and Judith Leemann (Ecologies of Thought Lead, ds4si & Professor, Fine Arts 3D, MassArt) of The Design Studio for Social Intervention – the renowned Dorchester-based artist research and community development group – join as Visiting Fellows at Northeastern University’s Arts & Humanities Social Action Lab, in a collaboration with Kris Manjapra (Stearns Professor of History and Global Studies, Northeastern University). They will host a first StudyLab at the Center for Design, October 2-4, and a second one in Uphams Corner at the ds4si storefront space, 545 Columbia Road, Dorchester, October 24-26.

For more information, please access the event webpage Here.

For more information on Arts and Humanities Tech Week and the schedule of events, access the link below.

Arts and Humanities Tech Week.

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