Theme: Social Justice
Social Justice
Social justice is a prevalent topic of discussion in the media and across the globe, and a call to action, focused on the assurance of equity, fundamental rights and fairness across and within societies. The United Nations defines social justice as foundational, addressing it as “an underlying principle for peaceful and prosperous coexistence within and among nations.”
This theme invites consideration of the role creative practitioners have in seeking social justice across societies. How can the creative arts tackle injustices, and how, in the past, may the arts have supported them? What does justice look like, and what barriers restrict access to this? What structures reinforce inequalities and how can these be highlighted and tackled? How is social justice perceived and communicated across different societies?
Through sub-themes including ideas of identity, inclusivity, narratives, bodies, play, education, action and communities, our students have worked on projects that tackle these questions head on.
35 Projects found
Our project, Female reproductive rights & health, investigates the link between contraceptive medicine and the female body.
Our diverse team explores walking as political and poetic acts of resistance, migration, and identity, visualising journeys through maps and stamps.
The bride price is tradition and transaction, love and conflict. We reveal its cultural weight in modern China through table rituals and performance.
Our project focuses on identifying factors contributing to accessibility and longevity issues of third places.
A toolkit of reflections, workshops and site visits exploring social justice through co-research, conversation and learning beyond the institution.
Temporal Emotions of the Environment combines emotions, sustainability, and interaction through a planter and magazine.
How can we use craftivism and performative action to connect people and resist against gender based violence?
Instagram: @draw_a_line_RCA
The world's first free market solution to address income inequality, housing scarcity and social justice!
A deep dive into the lives of caregivers and the impact of compassion that drives their lives.
A zine compiling conversations with the ESEA Community Centre, exploring migration, identity, belonging, and lived experience.
Behind the Seen is a collective fostering networks of healing through collaborative, immersive experiences that merge food and intersectionality.
Looking at luck, class and social justice through the five senses.
A group publication.
Exploring the identities of individuals experiencing homelessness through sentimental objects that reflect their character and personal story.
How stories shape societies - a reaction to the fragmentation caused by the post-truth world.
CaturA is a parody social media model that highlights a participant’s weakness to attention farming online.
A socio-environmental protest project, criticising Thames Water through eco-feminist embroidered banners displayed on the banks of the river.
Traditional Food / Culture / Identity / Knowledge / Recalling
An interactive exhibition exploring how music conveys social justice messages through metaphors, inviting audiences to uncover hidden voices.
Transforming hostile design into an experiential critique, compelling policymakers to physically confront the discomfort they impose on others.
Art Tool is an initiative designed to challenge ongoing marginalization and denigration of emerging artists within the Art World and its institutions
Downward freedom is not freedom, and the "down" here is not a moral judgment, but an unfair downward position brought about by the tilted balance of
Invisible Structures is a manifesto that examines the subliminal language and covert systems of the Gallery space.
We look at the power of the toilet wall, offering a response to historical, social, and spatial violence within the often overlooked space
We explore the gap between emotional reactions to social injustice and effective action through wearable zines that integrate psychological framework
Our project is concerned with storytelling, particularly stories told to children, and how these expose and reproduce patriarchal values.
Rediscovering the intangible emotions we face as international students, and introducing these intangibles to the public through objects or exhibits.
An alt-dictionary using symbols to resist global censorship, reclaiming erased terms — especially those silencing minorities and women.
A performance exploring gender visibility through fashion, movement and storytelling which traces identity from the 1950s to a speculative future.
This project is rooted in ecofeminism, exploring the connection between environmental degradation, agriculture, and gender inequality.
Miss Information challenges myths and biases shaping women’s lives, from marriage and consent to deepfake crimes, urging reflection and change.
When the Public/Homeless are rejected from public space, who will cry out for this?
A symbolic room offers escape through sound-making with tools. Signing an RCA absence form reframes rest as intentional, reflecting quiet resistance.
A long-term online project uses the act of caring for a potted plant, Green, as a metaphor to explore surveillance and privacy rights.
Exploring how notions of cleanliness reflect power structures in religion and state, aiming to promote understanding and reflection on social justice.