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What I’ve looked at in right to roam!

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Most recently looked at the American Flag, its association with patriotism and how it has become heavily politicised. Interested in the comparison of the American vs British flag and their representations and interpretation. In November I went to PMQs in the HoC and I’ve kept up with how Labour has been changing (and not changing) the country. I’m really interested in legalised death and the varying contexts and opinions such as the Assisted Dying Bill in the UK and the death penalty in the US.

Is housework unpaid labour

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Southport stabbings

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John Hopkins article

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Conflict of plastic being feminist or anti-feminist

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OnlyFans and feminism

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How have feminists become polarised? Debates have now arisen of whether embracing sexuality is contributing to the patriarchy rather than dismantling it. Other feminists believe the rejection of sex is the better approach.

Assisted Dying in the UK

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Human Rights Lawyer on the Death Penalty in USA

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Reflective writing of assessment criteria

k2414661 — 2025-03-03 09:15:44 UTC

I wish to develop my evaluation and review further in FMP. Developing this will allow my work to improve and reach a higher standard, reminding myself to go back and improve my work after feedback and managing my time more effectively will allow me to do this. Moving Parts was one of my weaker projects as a result as I struggled to go back and review where I could improve and felt stuck in my direction and development. Improving my evaluation and review would’ve allowed me to establish where I was at with the work and give myself more of a sense of direction and stop myself going down irrelevant rabbit holes. Improving my evaluation and review will be beneficial for me in FMP as giving myself a moment to stop and see where I’m at will prevent me from getting stuck or becoming obsessive over an area that is less relevant or should be left. Moments I have gone back to evaluate have proved to have created stronger and more relevant outcomes such as in I Love it When A Plan comes together as we had to continually look back at shots and look at how to improve in the moment. Improving my evaluation and review will also be helpful when I feel lost or stuck as it will allow me to see my work as a whole rather than singular particular aspects. Having moments of evaluation after feedback has provided me with more focus and direction and made me more confident in my work. I need to make sure I have better time management to allow myself to have time to make these improvements after evaluating and reviewing. Improving my self-directed practice then also would assist this as having better organisation and time management would allow me to have more space for evaluation and review.

Reflective Summary (subject area I wish to take forward for FMP)

k2414661 — 2025-03-03 09:17:04 UTC

I would like to take forward the subject of political polarisation and its effects on our societies for FMP. I have chosen this subject matter as I am heavily interested in politics and enjoy intertwining it and exploring it in my work. I became interested in the concept of polarisation from observing environments around me and having experienced it myself from social media and seeing how influential this can be. This research task has allowed me to push this exploration further than social media and recognise other places where polarisation is created and comes from. After my presentation feedback, breaking this subject down into categories would allow me to effectively look at the topic as a whole. Mini subjects I think would be worth exploring would be: polarisation in America, polarisation in the UK, how social media has polarised politics, polarisation before social media, causes of beliefs and Brexit. The research task and presentation feedback has given me more direction and focus of what I would like to explore and how. Having started simply looking at how tik tok has polarised politics this has evolved to be broader as other factors also do contribute to political polarisation. It would be interesting to look also at areas where politics is much less polarised, such as in local governments and where unlikely coalitions have arisen, to fully assess all areas of debate. I’d like to explore this topic as it is something I feel that is growing in our societies yet is significantly overlooked, I see potential in making work highlighting that. Pushing my research into this subject will broaden my thinking myself and provide an understanding of concepts and ideas I am less aware of. Exploring this will benefit me in the future as I like the idea of going into journalism and this would benefit me in this area.

Presentation feedback

k2414661 — 2025-03-03 09:22:04 UTC

See all sides

Don’t trick myself

Rephrase questions

Break down

Narrow slightly different look at it in broad then separate question by Brexit in America

Don’t just look at digital media

Less polarisation in local politics

Unlikely coalitions

Trump and Polarisation

k2414661 — 2025-03-03 09:27:46 UTC

This source explores polarisation in America and how politics has become further polarised due to Trump. This source provides a good starting place for exploring polarisation in America and the world stage.

John Hopkins article

k2414661 — 2025-03-03 09:31:50 UTC

Explores how TikTok and social media have increasingly polarised politics in the modern world. Using this source allows me to explore how and the extent these apps have at distorting political opinion.

Parliament PMQs

k2414661 — 2025-03-03 09:59:34 UTC

Went to PMQs, beneficial to see a debate in action, question from Nigel Farage highlighted how Brexit has polarised British society. First PMQs after Trump won election, second with Badenoch as leader of opposition.

Anti-Brexit Protesters outside Westminster

k2414661 — 2025-03-03 10:02:57 UTC

Talking to people at protests and marches will provide insight from those with passionate views. Provides an insight also to scale of issues and what people continue to care about. People continue to protest about Brexit, highlights how polarising this issue was though years later. Talking to the people outside parliament that continue to protest against Brexit will help with looking at string polarising views.

Interview Reform UK MP

k2414661 — 2025-03-03 10:08:33 UTC

Interviewing people on the inside could provide a scope that the public is not aware of and give explanation of why things have changed or continued. I’d like to interview those in Reform UK as having been a party thats grown increasing in popularity in recent years and arguably having contributed much to polarisation.

Interview people by age

k2414661 — 2025-03-03 10:11:28 UTC

Meeting people in a variety of places with a variety of views feels essential to understanding the current political landscape and to what extent it’s polarised. This is a way to gather information that would inform my project directly from the source. Interviewing people by age would allow me to gain a scope of whether the extent of polarisation has changed over time.

Empathy

k2414661 — 2025-03-03 10:16:22 UTC

How much has empathy got to do with politics and polarisation? Is polarisation ultimately an effect of a lack of empathy?

Peter Kennard: Archive of Dissent

k2414661 — 2025-03-03 10:20:46 UTC

Visiting this exhibition will allow me to gain inspiration of execution and explore how politics has been presented in art and design. Following multiple aspects of political history I can explore also how polarisation has presented itself in the past.

Assisted Dying in the UK

k2414661 — 2025-03-03 10:24:08 UTC

Current issue, removed from party politics. Would be interesting to explore this as it an anomaly in the political landscape and appears to be heavily individual, though still polarising in many ways.

Polarisation after Brexit

k2414661 — 2025-03-03 10:45:05 UTC

Key area to investigate, having remained divisive years later.

Southport Stabbings and Riots

k2414661 — 2025-03-03 10:46:47 UTC

Were the southport riots ultimately an effect of polarisation in the UK?

Jackie Weaver Parish Zoom Call

k2414661 — 2025-03-03 10:52:48 UTC

The big debates in lower level politics. Does this highlight what people really care about?

Causes of Polarisation on a global scale

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Starting point to investigate reasons for polarisation on a global scale.

Does democracy come under threat with polarisation?

k2414661 — 2025-03-03 10:57:05 UTC

Looking at democracy being threatened as an effect to polarisation.

Polarisation of death penalty

k2414661 — 2025-03-04 09:57:52 UTC

Provides insight from lawyer about death row in America. How is this a polarising issue? Why is this not a polarising issue in the UK

Hyde Park Speaker’s Corner

k2414661 — 2025-03-05 10:04:36 UTC

Visiting Speaker’s Corner will give insight to the current issues people are talking and care about. Considered to be as part of the beginning of free speech, visiting here could significantly contribute to my project.

The British Library

k2414661 — 2025-03-05 10:07:15 UTC

Visiting the British Library will allow me to access many resources during research. This would provide historical and contemporary insight into my project.

Tate Modern

k2414661 — 2025-03-05 10:10:21 UTC

Explore areas of “art and activism” and how artists and designers have responded to political issues in the past. Investigate what the effects of these pieces of work were.

Ted Talk on reasons for polarisation

k2414661 — 2025-03-05 10:16:32 UTC

Jake Teeny discusses what contributes to political polarisation. Simple breakdown of political scope.

How Polarisation effects social lives

k2414661 — 2025-03-05 10:18:29 UTC

Film suggests political polarisation can even affect dating. Polarisation is perhaps making people loose connections, or preventing them from being gained.

Report on Brexit Identity

k2414661 — 2025-03-05 10:21:49 UTC

Report investigates whether people identify strongly with a party anymore. Instead people identify more with whether they’re a “leaver” or “remainer”, highlighting Brexit to be the more polarising issue now in the UK.

Overview of Polarisation in UK

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Source evaluates the extent of polarisation in the UK. Also provides comparison to the global world, such as the US.

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