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2018

The theme of the 2018 Festival was IDENTITY. We presented a programme of films, performances,  talks and workshops exploring what it is that makes us who we are. Themes included gender, sexuality, mental health, disability, nationality, race, and socioeconomic status. We had speakers and panel members from as far afield as Tibet, Palestine, and Syria, and we also showcased the research and work being done here at Oxford Brookes in our lunchtime seminars series.

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Events
Monday 12 March 2018
13:00 Lunchtime seminar: Dr. Mark Burgess - Who are we?
17:00 Performance: Delta 7
19:30 Screening: Loving Vincent, followed by a panel discussion on mental health.
Tuesday 13 March 2018
13:00 Lunchtime seminar: Dr. Supriya Akerkar - Age and disability in disaster relief.
18:30 Screening: 13th, followed by an open discussion.
Wednesday 14 March 2018
13:00 Lunchtime seminar: Professor Peter Edge - Can companies have religious human rights?
18:30 Screening: In Between with open discussion on perceptions of national identity with Brookes students from Palestine.
Thursday 15 March 2018
13:00 Lunchtime seminar: Intersectionality@Brookes
19:00 Screening: City of Joy (with Oxford Brookes Documentary Club)
Friday 16 March 2018
13:00 Lunchtime seminar: Rev. Kate Harford - Gender, sexuality and the scriptures.
16:00 Workshop: Emma Slade 
17:00 Lecture: Alexander Norman, Director of the Dalai Lama Centre for Compassion.
19:00 Screening: Little Tibet, with film maker Sonam Anja-Tsang.
Saturday 17 March 2018
12.30 Workshop: Identity and [Affordable] Housing, with Transition by Design and Oxford Community-led Housing research project (Oxford Community Foundation, Community First Oxfordshire and Oxford Community Land Trust)
14:30 Talk: Tented Dreams  with UK based charity Souriyat Across Borders.
17:00 Performance: Borderline
19:30 Screening: The Other Side of Hope with lead actor Sherwan Haji.

Looking back at 2018
The 16th annual Oxford Human Rights Festival took place here at Oxford Brookes University from 12th to 17th March 2018, with the exhibition in the Glass Tank. The theme of the Festival was IDENTITY and we explored this in terms of gender, race, nationality, disability and health, and sexuality. We welcomed artists from around the world and from here in the UK, starting with an explosive set from "advocates for social change disguised as Rock Stars" Delta 7, and also including Tibetan film maker Sonam Anja-Tsang, Syrian Finnish actor Sherwan Haji, a series of talks showcasing research and support here at Brookes around the theme of IDENTITY, and a performance of the powerful play Borderline, a  tragi-comedy based in and devised by people who have experience of the Calais Jungle. You can catch up on many of the talks and discussions on our YouTube channel.

2018 Exhibitons

The theme of the 2018 Festival was IDENTITY. We presented a programme of films, performances,  talks and workshops exploring what it is that makes us who we are. Themes included gender, sexuality, mental health, disability, nationality, race, and socioeconomic status. The centrepieces of this year's Festival were two exhibitions, in the Glass Tank and just across the Abercrombie Atrium in The Lab.

Troubled Eyes
5 - 23 March 2018
Troubled Eyes, featured the photography of Andrew McNeill. Andrew is a humanitarian photographer concentrating on the human condition. He has worked alongside NGOs throughout Asia and in some of India's worst slums. 15 years ago, Andrew made the first of what was to become countless trips to the Asian continent. Traveling light and with just a camera, he began to seek out the most interesting faces he could find. A copy of his book Under The Bridge is now in the Brookes Library.

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Tented Dreams
5 - 23 March 2018
We were honoured to have artwork and artefacts produced by Syrian artists and children who are refugees in the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan working with the UK based charity Souriyat Across Borders. Souriyat is the phonetic spelling in English of the Arabic word for “female Syrians”.
Their four primary objectives are:
Providing physical and occupational rehabilitation for the Syrian war wounded;
Providing humanitarian and medical aid;
Providing education, training, and vocational support;
Empowering vulnerable refugees.
The children’s paintings were done on the canvas of their tents in the refugee camp and some of their statements describe how they feel about being forced to leave the homes they love.

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