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Master of Arts [M.A] [Human Rights, Culture and Social Justice] From Goldsmiths, University of London

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Master of Arts [M.A] (Human Rights, Culture and Social Justice)

1 year
Full Time

Field of Study

£18,290/Yr

£18,290 /Yr

Human rights mobilise millions of supporters across borders, inspiring passion and hope. And they operate at and between all the scales involved in globalisation: local, national, international, transnational. They are moral claims to justice. Although often associated with law, human rights are not the same as legal rights Ð human rights can be claimed where no legal rights are codified, even if changes in the law are invariably called for as part of attempts to realise human rights in practice.Ê

Human rights are carried by different actors:

  • grassroots social movements, small Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and huge International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs)
  • lawyers and judges
  • bureaucrats and experts in Inter-Governmental Organisations (IGOs) even, sometimes, national politicians
  • journalists, novelists, translators, artists, filmmakers

These different actors are often at odds with each other in defining and defending particular justifications of what human rights are and should be.Ê

In this Human Rights, Culture and Social Justice programme, offered by Goldsmiths, University of London,Êyou will learn about how human rights are constructed, exploring framings of human rights through case studies; and you will begin to practice some of the methodologies and methods that are currently used in NGOs and grassroots activist networks trying to remedy global injustices.ÊÊ

The focus on culture that runs through the programme makes for an emphasis on concrete, situated practices and meanings. Can human rights contribute to a global culture in which injustices figure as ÔwrongsÕ? Or are human rights invariably skewed, constructing injustices in ways that suit international elites better than they suit people who are suffering? Do human rights do violence to local cultures? Are they an appropriate response to local violence? In this MA we contextualise the study of how human rights are constructed in micro-processes, in the media and face-to-face in relation to debates over macro-structures, processes of globalisation and the institutions of global governance.Ê

In terms of social justice, the MA is set up to study human rights beyond narrow, legalistic definitions. We look at what really makes a difference in terms of realising human rights in practice. Can human rights really be constructed in ways that challenge and overturn established social structures? Can rights be claimed in such a way that they can really protect us as human beings against the Ôcreative destructionÕ of global capitalism, state repression, the subjugation of women, and hatred and violence against minorities of all kinds Ð sexual, ethnic, religious?

Careers

As issues of globalisation and justice are frequently in the media, and government policy in the UK, US, and elsewhere in Europe is now supposed to be guided by considerations of humanitarianism and human rights, there is a need for graduates with knowledge of human rights.Ê

There are openings for careers in organisations including charities, humanitarian and human rights NGOs and even multi-national corporations, many of which are now concerned with their image in terms of human rights.Ê


Tuition Fees

Year1st Year Fees
Tuition Fees£18290 (GBP 18290)

Scholarship Grants & Financial Aids

NameScholarship Per StudentLevel of StudyType
GREAT ScholarshipScholarship per student£ 12,499/Yr$12,499Level Of StudyMasterTypeCollege-Specific
VueVille Future Technology ScholarshipScholarship per student£ 1,000/Yr$1,000Level Of StudyBachelorTypeMerit-Based
Monica Cole Research GrantScholarship per student£ 1,291/Yr$1,291Level Of StudyApprenticeshipTypeMerit-Based
Commonwealth Master’s ScholarshipScholarship per studentVariable AmountLevel Of StudyMasterTypeMerit-Based
1st Formations Business ScholarshipScholarship per student£ 800/Yr$800Level Of StudyBachelorTypeMerit-Based
(ISC)² Women’s Cybersecurity ScholarshipsScholarship per studentVariable AmountLevel Of StudyBachelorTypeMerit-Based


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