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MA Human Rights, Culture & Social Justice

Goldsmiths, University of London

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Goldsmiths, University of London

Course options

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  • Qualification

    MA - Master of Arts

  • Location

    Goldsmiths Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    21-SEP-26

  • Duration

    1 Year

Course summary

This MA examines contemporary issues concerning justice. You will learn how to conceptualise and study the possibilities of human rights, going beyond legal formulations to look at the conditions in which human rights claims are made.In this Masters you will learn about how human rights are constructed, exploring framings of human rights through case studies. You will begin to practise some of the methodologies and methods that are currently used in NGOs and grassroots activist networks trying to remedy global injustices.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 ‘wrongs’? 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. 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 ‘creative destruction’ of global capitalism, state repression, the subjugation of women, and hatred and violence against minorities of all kinds – sexual, ethnic, religious?This course covers the disciplines of sociology, politics, anthropology, law, geography, English, literature, cultural studies, and criminology.

Tuition fees

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£ 22,000per year

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University information

Goldsmiths, University of London

Goldsmiths, University of London

  • University League Table

    71st

  • Campus address

    Goldsmiths Campus, New Cross, London, London, Greater London, SE14 6NW, United Kingdom

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Law

    89th out of 112 7

  • Entry standards

    / Max 235
    121 51%

    57th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    71.0 71%

    80th

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.23 81%

    20th

    14

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