Popular Artist Movement

The Popular Artist Movement (Spanish: Movimiento de Artistas Populares, MAP) was a mass organization of the Communist Party of Peru-Shining Path formed in 1988.[1] Its purpose was to utilize artists to disseminate political propaganda to the population through the art of sloganeering, with particular attention to the universities. The MAP regularly incorporated folklore in its work.[2] Although the exact connection between Shining Path's central apparatus and MAP is disputed, with some considering it as an independent development from the party, the MAP was a contributing effort to the communists' protracted "people's war."[3]

Popular Artist Movement
AbbreviationMAP
Formation1988 (1988)
Purposesloganeering, artistic creativity for the Shining Path's revolution
AffiliationsShining Path

MAP actions were carried out in universities, union halls, neighborhoods, cultural institutions and young towns.[1] Performances included theatrical performances, dance and music through sikuri groups.[3]

See Also

References
  1. "Violencia política y teatro en el Perú de los 80. El teatro producido por Sendero Luminoso y el Movimiento de Artistas Populares". pacarinadelsur.com. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  2. "EL PCP-SENDERO LUMINOSO EN LAS UNIVERSIDADES, CONCEPTO Y PRÁCTICA DEL FOLKLORE: El "Arte de nuevo tipo" en los sikuris" (PDF).
  3. "Subalternidad y violencia política en el teatro peruano: El ingreso del campesino como referente de cambio en los discursos teatrales".
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