Human Rights and the Humanities Cluster

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Bringing together scholars and practitioners specialising in journalism, theatre-making, playwriting, filmmaking, film theory and literature, the Human Rights and the Humanities Cluster explores the role of the media and the arts in conflict and post-conflict settings around the world and in situations where disregard of human rights and statelessness are the result of political and legal actions supported by exclusionary ideological frameworks. 

Working on topics such as conflict communication, testimony, freedom of expression, statelessness and the performance of protest, a focus on lived practices is central to the cluster's approach. The cluster also brings the critical methodologies of the humanities to bear upon the aesthetics and ethics of human rights representations.

The cluster's research is outward-facing and seeks to engage with different cultural institutions and civil society groups on human rights and social justice issues.

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University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester
CO4 3SQ