Copyright

Anna Beresin

Published On

2026-03-05

Page Range

pp. 119–132

Language

  • English

Print Length

14 pages

Talking about Colonialism in the Glue Garden

  • Anna Beresin (author)
Chapter of: Make/Unmake: Play at the Centre of Culture Change (pp. 119–132)

In this chapter the GLUE Collective artists invited some additional members of their community to come and discuss the connection between art and activism. The author joined them at their garden in Birmingham where we were invited to respond to prompts from Vanessa Machado de Olivera’s book Hospicing Modernity: Facing Humanities Wrongs and the Implication for Social Activism. The parallel processes of making things and making a more equitable future for all children is at the center of our discussion.

Contributors

Anna Beresin

(author)
Professor Emerita of Psychology and Folklore at University of the Arts
https://www.annaberesin.com

Anna Beresin is professor emerita of psychology and folklore from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She co-edits the International Journal of Play and researches children’s folklore, primate physical play, language play, and the connection between play, culture and art. Her books include Play in a Covid Frame: Everyday Pandemic Creativity in a Time of Isolation, which she co-edited with Julia Bishop, and Recess Battles: Playing, Fighting, and Storytelling. Both books earned the Opie Prize in Children’s Folklore from the American Folklore Society. Currently working on her first children’s book, Anna can be found at www.annaberesin.com.