Mapping the 60s

The 1960s were a time of radical social, political, aesthetic, and theoretical upheaval: the impact of civil rights movements, student revolts, anti-colonial liberation struggles, and the rise of pop culture and consumer society can still be felt today. For example, contemporary anti-racist and feminist movements such as Black Lives Matter or #MeToo draw on the emancipation movements of that era, and current discussions about war, media coverage, technology, consumerism, and capitalism also have their roots in the 1960s.