Still I Rise: How Can the Language of Human Rights Challenge Injustice?

10/30/17 • 35 min

What do #TakeAKnee, #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter have in common? In this episode, we explored ongoing debates surrounding the place of rights in redressing structural injustice. We talked about the language of rights, as used by both social movements and institutions, as well as social media and legislation. What are the best practices to advance human rights in an imperfect world? All of this and more, in today's episode.

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Season 2 Prelude: Protest, Subjugation and Technology

Welcome to the 2nd season of Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast. With every episode, we’ll be exploring contemporary debates about politics and human rights with people who study them, and people who fight for them — both here in the UK and around the world. Taking on 3 thematic areas, this season focuses on 'protest', 'subjugation', and 'technologies of oppression/liberation'. Our first episode goes live on October 30th 2017 - so tune in!

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Is Reclaiming Cultural Heritage an Issue of Human Rights? (With Rodney Kelly)

What does cultural heritage mean, who can claim it, and what does it have to do with rights? With a significant number of artifacts on display in British museums having been removed from their original owners during periods of colonisation, this episode tackles the intersection between cultural artefacts, and larger issues of justice such as racial inequality, systemic injustice, and property rights. Gweagal activist, Rodney Kelly, joined us from Australia, to speak about his fight for the return of Gweagal spears and shields held by the Museum of Archeology and Anthropology in Cambridge, and the British Museum.