For some years now, a new form of world-wide activism driven by citizens (lat. civis) has been in evidence, as the word CIVIS highlighted in aCtIVISm emphasizes. It is a movement spawned by globalization, technological developments, and the expansion of art. Indeed, ever since the 1960s, art has generated new forms of audience participation in the guise of Fluxus, happenings, action art, and performance.