Greenham Common’s archival webs: towards a virtual feminist museum
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Kokoli, A. 2023. Greenham Common’s archival webs: towards a virtual feminist museum. British Art Studies. (24). https://doi.org/10.17658/issn.2058-5462/issue-24/akokoli
Type | Article |
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Title | Greenham Common’s archival webs: towards a virtual feminist museum |
Authors | Kokoli, A. |
Abstract | The Women’s Peace Camp at Greenham Common (1981-2000) was a women-only camp originally established in protest against nuclear proliferation and the Cold War ideology of deterrence that fuelled the arms race. The peace camp initiated a series of performative protest actions on and off site, including teddy bears’ picnics, and mock weddings of protesters to nuclear warheads by Shirley Cameron and Evelyn Silver. The perimeter fence of the airbase was soon transformed into a permanent if informal gallery of protest, hosting a wealth of visual and material interventions which were widely documented. The Greenham women used a range of print media to communicate amongst themselves and with the world beyond the camp, including newsletters, posters, postcards, and leaflets, most of which were richly illustrated with original artwork. |
Sustainable Development Goals | 5 Gender equality |
16 Peace, justice and strong institutions | |
Middlesex University Theme | Creativity, Culture & Enterprise |
Research Group | CREATE/Feminisms cluster |
Publisher | Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and Yale Center for British Art |
Journal | British Art Studies |
ISSN | 2058-5462 |
Electronic | 2058-5462 |
Publication dates | |
31 Mar 2023 | |
Online | 31 Mar 2023 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 27 Feb 2023 |
Accepted | 24 Feb 2023 |
Output status | Published |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Open |
Copyright Statement | Text Licence: CC BY-NC International 4.0 |
Additional information | Formats |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.17658/issn.2058-5462/issue-24/akokoli |
Language | English |
https://repository.mdx.ac.uk/item/8q494
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