"Creativity, Resistance and Social Change" International Conference

“Creativity, Resistance and Social Change” International Conference 13-14 June 2026 - Accra, Ghana / Online organised by London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research Across history and cultures, creativity has played a central role in resisting injustice, challenging dominant narratives and imagining alternative social futures. From storytelling, music and visual art to literature, performance, digital media and everyday creative practices, acts of creation often emerge in response to exclusion, oppression or crisis. Creativity can unite communities, give voice to marginalised experiences and sustain collective struggles for dignity, justice and transformation. This conference invites interdisciplinary reflections on how creative practices function as forms of resistance and catalysts for social change. We welcome contributions that explore creativity both as an expressive response to power and as an active force shaping social, political and cultural transformations. P... Read more

“Creativity, Resistance and Social Change” International Conference 13-14 June 2026 - Accra, Ghana / Online organised by London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research Across history and cultures, creativity has played a central role in resisting injustice, challenging dominant narratives and imagining alternative social futures. From storytelling, music and visual art to literature, performance, digital media and everyday creative practices, acts of creation often emerge in response to exclusion, oppression or crisis. Creativity can unite communities, give voice to marginalised experiences and sustain collective struggles for dignity, justice and transformation. This conference invites interdisciplinary reflections on how creative practices function as forms of resistance and catalysts for social change. We welcome contributions that explore creativity both as an expressive response to power and as an active force shaping social, political and cultural transformations. Possible themes Include (but are not limited to): Creativity as resistance and dissent Storytelling, memory and counter-narratives Oral traditions, folklore and cultural transmission Literature, poetry and narrative activism Music, performance and protest cultures Visual arts, street art and public space Digital creativity, social media and online resistance Youth cultures, creativity and social movements Gender, sexuality and creative resistance Indigenous, postcolonial and decolonial creative practices Creativity, migration, displacement and belonging Art, trauma, healing and social repair Creative economies, labour and social justice Education, pedagogy and creativity for social change We welcome submissions from across the humanities and social sciences, including but not limited to literature, anthropology, sociology, history, cultural studies, media and communication, psychology, education, political science and the arts.