A red poster for Pleasure Activism Means — cloud illustrations labelled HONEY, details of the online panel at UAL London College of Fashion, February 2021

Teaching & Research

Pleasure Activism and What Can a Body Do?

2021

Pleasure Activism and What Can a Body Do? — panel discussion

A panel discussion from the School of Media and Communication, London College of Fashion. Inspired by Adrienne Maree Brown’s ‘Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good’, this discussion explores how pleasure can be used for embodied actionable change and innovate new possibilities for creativity and collaboration.

During this discussion industry panellists explore new understandings of ‘activism’, agency and creative expression and the pleasures that come from personal and collective growth.

Speakers

  • Rani Patel Williams — creative industry leader and entrepreneur
  • Wilson Oryema — artist, writer, and entrepreneur
  • Delali Ayivi — LCF graduate, photographer and art director
  • Shanu Walpita (moderator) — strategic futures director and LCF lecturer