Recent globals events have been a long overdue wake up call that we need to tackle inequality on a global scale. We also need to do this interconnected with other areas we need to work on globally, such as climate change, hunger, poverty, and qualitative shelter for the most vulnerable. To do this we need […]
Category: Diversity & Inclusion
The continuing discrimination of Disabled Artists, Writers & Creatives
Frequent and deliberate discrimination is faced by disabled artists in the arts and creative industries… still! why? Disabled artists continue to face discrimination and underrepresentation in the art industry. Despite being the world’s largest minority, disabled artists, authors, film-makers and creatives remain underrepresented in museums and galleries. Studies examining audience diversity in museums and art galleries […]
Can AI play a part in reducing bias in journalism?
Artificial Intelligence, or ‘AI’ has the potential to revolutionise the way news and media are presented to the public. By using AI to identify and correct bias in journalism, we can ensure that stories are presented in a more balanced and objective manner. With AI technology, it is now possible to detect subtle differences, the […]
We need to talk about stereotypes.
Stereotypes are something we all can think off, and consciously or unconsciously we all use. The idea that everyone within a certain community shares the same characteristics, physical, emotional and behavioural. There are some obvious ones, the ones about women, different races, cultures or faiths. They don’t just appear out of nowhere – they are […]
The Pandemic of hate speech
The COVID-19 has lead to exposure of many areas of our society’s inequality. It has created little but enhanced the underlying lack of equity in the world we have built. Over 84 governments across the world have used the pandemic to justify violating the human right of free speech, and peaceful assembly. This is not […]
Doris Brabham Hatt, an inspiration.
I’m always learning about new artists, old and new, recently I have discovered Doris Brabham Hatt, whom excitedly I discovered lived in Clevedon, not far from where my own art studio is located. Doris stood out not just for her wonderful art, which really pushed boundaries of composition and colour in modern art, but also […]
Human Rights in the new world ahead. -Pandemic recovery
We enter a new world. There is no longer a ‘normal’, there never was. We always enter a new world each day. Our views and ideas have shifted, through the great awakening that is the pandemic we have, mostly, opened our eyes not only to the inequalities of society but also for the need to […]
Closing the Gap Between Rich and Poor
Our world is increasingly interdependent, but I wonder if we truly understand that our interdependent human community has to be compassionate; compassionate in our choice of goals, compassionate in our means of cooperation and our pursuit of these goals. The first of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals is No.1 NO POVERTY it is an […]