Oxford Brookes Unscripted

OUR AIM is to raise awareness of human rights issues through the arts including informative films, performances, talks, workshops, and exhibitions. FOUNDED in 2003 the Festival was initiated by Brookes University postgraduate students on the MA in Development and Emergency Practice (DEP) which is supported by the Centre of Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP) within the school of Architecture. THE FESTIVAL IS CURATED AND LED by students and the organising committee which is open to all undergraduates, postgraduates, staff and academics across the university. 2020 THEME is RESILIENCE. Through film, art and talks the 18th Oxford Human Rights Festival shares the voices and stories of resilient individuals. We will celebrate cultures, encourage debates and discussions and have opportunities to develop pathways to strengthen our resilience and thrive. Social Media link are https://www.facebook.com/OxfordHumanRightsFestival/ https://twitter.com/oxhrf?lang=en https://www.instagram.com/oxhrf/?hl=en

I am a Research Fellow with the Centre for Diversity Policy Research and Practice (in the Business School). My expertise is in gender within organisational structures, and I work on GEARING-Roles. This is a 4-year, EU-funded project of 10 European academic and non-academic partners. We are designing, implementing and evaluating 6 Gender Equality Plans with the firm objective of challenging and transforming gender roles and identities and work towards real institutional change. My social media handles/hashtags are: @GearingRoles @CDPRP @kateclaytonh; #genderequality #genderequalityplans #GEARINGRoles #gender #research

Rebecca is a PhD candidate researching Autonomous Moral Artificial Intelligence. The aim of the research is to investigate ways to creating robots with the capacity to make moral decisions. My twitter is @rebecca_raper.

In this podcast, Patrick Alexander talks about his new book Schooling and Social Identity: Learning to Act Your Age in Contemporary Britain. Patrick explores the history of schooling before recounting a year in the life of an Oxfordshire secondary school. In telling this story, Patrick asks why it is that schools are organised according to age categories, using the concept of 'age imaginaries' to critique our current understanding of how age works to structure social identity approach. Patrick argues that schools remain a vital part of the process of socialisation in modern society, particularly into age categories and associated ideas about how we should 'act' in order to live meaningful lives. Patrick concludes with a critique of contemporary schooling, exploring how we might think differently about schools in the post-pandemic world. My Twitter is @patgalexander

Jeremy MacClancy has done long-term fieldwork in the South Pacific, the Basque Country, and southeast Spain, near Benidorm. He talks about why he chose anthropology, some of the things he's done, the challenges he's faced, and what's the point of it all.

My podcast episode focuses on family homelessness and life in hotels and other forms of temporary accommodation. For the project, I spoke with formerly homeless families in Dublin and London about their experiences. Key findings included the devastating impact on children's nutritional health due to a lack of cooking facilities; deterioration in mental health for both parents and adults; feelings of shame; and experiences of stigmatisation from both hotel staff and the public. My Twitter handle is @melnowicki

Dr Richard Carver has been researching whether torture prevention measures actually work. International law makes detailed prescriptions for the measures that states should adopt to stop torture, but there had been no previous evidence on whether these did indeed have the intended effect. In a multi-country study, Richard and a team of more than 20 researchers discovered that the most important element of prevention is effective safeguards in the hours and days after arrest, including family notification, access to a lawyer, and medical examinations. Some other preventive measures, such as independent complaints procedures, appeared to have no impact. His research has been published as Does Torture Prevention Work? (with Lisa Handley, Liverpool University Press 2016) and, more recently, in the Journal of Human Rights Practice. Our Twitter account is @CENDEPBrookes. My own LinkedIn is https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-carver-3899a699.

Dr Susan Cheyne is a lecturer in biological anthropology and is talking about conserving Borneo's wildlife. Dr Cheyne's social media accounts are @DrSusanCheyne and @BorneoNature for Twitter.