THE ACTIVISM OF DANCE PERFORMANCE IN APPALACHIA: UTILIZING THE ARTS TO ADDRESS SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS AND INJUSTICE IN THE MOUNTAINS

The Activism of Dance Performance in Appalachia: Utilizing the Arts to Address Social and Environmental Crisis and Injustice in the Mountains

For well over a century, the human and more-than-human of Central Appalachia have endured oppression and exploitation, primarily due to natural resource extraction.In spring 2008, the author led a dark touri to a mountaintop removal coalmining site in Southern West Virginia for colleagues, which included Dance Professor Deborah McLaughlin.As a resu

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