I think activism is really necessary for social change because if people don't speak up, problems just get ignored. Looking at Edward Said's work, he showed why it's important to challenge the way people see things and speak for people who didn't. If he hadn't written and talked about how the West saw the East in wrong ways, people wouldn't have questioned these stereotypes. Activism makes society pay attention to issues that powerful people want to ignore. While activism doesn't always have to be loud protests, it can be quieter like Edward using his writing to change minds. I believe some form of it is always needed because people with power don't usually give it up on their own. Change might happen without activism, but it would take way longer and might not happen at all for people who really need it.

Sunday Bloody Sunday is sharing a message about how violence doesn't solve anything when people fight over cultural or religious differences. The song is basically saying that it's a waste of human life when people kill each other over being Catholic or Protestant. When Bono sings "how long must we sing this song," he's frustrated that these conflicts keep happening over and over and people keep dying.

Thinking about what the song expresses, why do you believe cultural conflicts happen and sometimes grow into violence?

What do you think people, communities, or even artists can do to build peace and prevent violence when cultural differences lead to conflict?

I think this matters because it shows that cultural and religious identity should be personal and meaningful, but instead it got turned into a reason for war in Northern Ireland. The troubles weren't really about religion, they were about power and control. But regular people, including kids, died because of it. The song matters because U2 is trying to wake people up and make them realize that no cause is worth killing people over.

From what I have seen, globalization basically means artists can now check out what other artists are doing around the world through social media and the internet. So someone might mix their traditional style with something they saw online from another country. It seems like artists are borrowing ideas from everywhere but also trying to stay true to their own roots. It creates this interesting mix where you can see different cultural influences in one piece of art.

Why do you think some social or political problems become more visible when artists represent them, while others remain invisible?

I think art grabs people's attention because it makes you feel something, not just read facts. When an artist shows a problem through their work, it sticks with you more. But from what I understand, some issues don't get shown as much because maybe they're not popular topics, or the people who run galleries and museums don't want to display them. It could also be that certain problems make people in power uncomfortable, so they just don't get the same attention. So art helps bring awareness, but only if enough people actually see it.Reintentar