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Since the beginning of the millennium, artistic practices have been increasingly used as a response to austerity measures and policies of social exclusion. While social movements are drawing upon creative protest techniques, community organizations are launching arts-based social programs to offer tools to youth for surviving the ubiquitous culture of alienation. Whereas policies within this late capitalist (neoliberal) era tend to promote individuality, many of those resisting market-driven governance advocate for collectivity–that is to say, for acting together to navigate the various challenges and possibilities encountered. Sometimes social movements and artistic social a programs work in tandem toward a...