Join Samantha Allen for a journey through history to uncover great inventions and explore ideologies created by Black men and women that have shifted, disrupted and challenged how we see and experience the world today.
Project Category: Social Activism
Documents of Memory: South African photography in the 1980s
This talk will consider the formal qualities of photographs produced during the apartheid era in South Africa and the impact of such images in post-1994 museums, physical landscapes and public consciousness.
The History of Caribbean Carnival in Britain
Join us to explore the celebratory history and purpose of a Caribbean Carnival to understand its combination of Trinidadian roots, African traditions and Jamaican sound system culture and how it came to symbolise freedom in the face of oppression for the Afro Caribbean community in West London's Notting Hill carnival.
Eastern and Western Perspectives on Peace-building
To celebrate International Day of Peace, we will focus on some of the features of both Western and Gandhian ways of carrying out peacemaking. This will give us greater understanding on the range of perspectives of peacebuilding
Japanese Social Hierarchy: Order or Constraint?
There is a belief that a true democracy is not possible without equality and equality assumes absence of hierarchy. And at the same time, Japan offers us a different example of a working system which values subordination, democracy, duties and roles. This talk is designed to explore a possibility to see structure and constraints as a critical part for understanding freedom.
Freedom of Speech: Art as a forum for discussion
We will look at artists who use their art to hold a mirror to society and expose problems or issues around them. I'm going to bring in themes like Feminism, Black lives matter etc.
German Postwar Art: on Identity, Belonging and Peace
This session looks at how artists visualised the true aftermath of conflict: the raw emotions, the physical scars and the hope for peace. Shedding light on some of the most renowned artists of the 20th century, we will focus heavily on German artists - Gerhard Richter and Georg Baselitz.
Environmental Art: An Earth Day Talk
To coincide with Earth Month, we will be looking at artists who have been inspired by Nature when creating their sculptures, installations and paintings, but also those who have incorporated elements of the world around them, physically in their art works.
Environmental Activism: How to Take Effective Actions on Climate Change?
On the Earth Day Eve, join us for a talk and discussion on environmental activism. Jordana Belaiche will set the scene with an overview of climate actions and future methods to fight against climate change (45 mins). Then we will invite everyone for an open discussion (45mins).
The Women that History Forgot
Join us for a journey to uncover names of incredible women who had been erased from the narratives we know about greatness, innovation, power and bravery.