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# Project Description The Wall Project: Reclaiming University Space for Students Expression Chiara Portinari Summary Final work I am a social impact designer working with multimedia art. I am interested in exploring the sense of belonging for peaceful coexistence and collective growth. I am a social impact designer working with multimedia art. I am interes... College London College of Communication Course MA Design for Social Innovation and Sustainable Futures Graduation year 2024 The Wall Project is an initiative to transform the 7th-floor walls of the Tower Block of LCC into vibrant, interactive displays showcasing student work addressing social justice topics. With a podcast and some gifs, I walk you through what inspired this project and the intention to create a more connected university by reclaiming space for students' expression . Final work Wall Project, a Case Study by Chiara This podcast talks about the Wall Project and the possibilities that reclaiming university space for students' expression can open. Born from a desire to create more inclusive, student-led spaces at LCC, the Wall Project transforms the 7th-floor corridor of the Tower Block into a living gallery of student work. Co-created by LCC Changemakers, staff, and students, the project challenges traditional academic displays by centering themes of climate, racial, and social justice—inviting conversation, connection, and curiosity beyond the classroom. View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery Research and process Bibliography Ahmet, A. (2020). Who is worthy of a place on these walls? Postgraduate students, UK universities, and institutional racism. Area , 52 , 678-686. doi: 10.1111/area.12627 Brazant, K. J. (2023). Disrupt the Discourse: An eLearning Course and Digital Toolkit to aid the Development of an Anti-Racist Pedagogy. Decolonial Subversions. Butler, J. (1990). Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity . Routledge. Cook-Sather, A. (2002). Authorizing students' perspectives: Toward trust, dialogue, and change in higher education. Educational Researcher. Freire, P. (1970). Pedagogy of the Oppressed . Continuum. Fung, D. (2017). A connected curriculum for higher education . UCL Press. Gilken J. M. & L. Johnson H. L. (2019): Implementing a Peer Feedback Intervention within a Community of Practice Framework, Community College Journal of Research and Practice . hooks, b. (1994). Teaching to transgress: Education as the practice of freedom . Routledge. Johnson, D. W., & Johnson, R. T. (1999). Learning together and alone: Cooperative, competitive, and individualistic learning (5th ed.). Allyn & Bacon. McConlogue, T. (2015). Making judgements: investigating the process of composing and receiving peer feedback. Studies in Higher Education . Neary, M., & Winn, J. (2009). Social knowledge and the university in the age of creative destruction. Review of Social Economy . Noddings, N. (1984). Caring: A feminine approach to ethics and moral education . University of California Press. Palmer, P. J. (1998). The courage to teach: Exploring the inner landscape of a teacher's life . Jossey-Bass. Popenici, S. and Brew, A. (2013). Reading Walls on University Corridors: Transitional Learning Spaces in Campus. In Vicars, M. and McKenna, T. (Eds.) Discourse, power, and resistance Down Under: Volume 2 (pp. 145-156). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. Rendón, L. I. (2009). Sentipensante (sensing/thinking) pedagogy: Educating for wholeness, social justice and liberation . Stylus Publishing, LLC. Rollock N., & Gillborn D. (2011). Critical race theory (CRT). British Educational Research Association. https://www.bera.ac.uk/publication/critical-race-theory-crt Sedgwick, E. K. (1990). Epistemology of the Closet . University of California Press. Sullivan, N. (2003). A Critical Introduction to Queer Theory . NYU Press. Share this project The Wall Project is an initiative to transform the 7th-floor walls of the Tower Block of LCC into vibrant, interactive displays showcasing student work addressing social justice topics. With a podcast and some gifs, I walk you through... A link to this page has been added to your clipboard
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