# Arts & Social Changes

- Institution: Gresham College
- Taught by: Professor Rachel Potter, Professor Tamar Garb
- Year: 2025
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics, History, Literature and writing, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/arts-social-changes)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The right to free expression is severely threatened in many places in the world, yet it has also never been so passionately defended. This lecture focuses on the recent history of banned literature. It considers the changing nature of literary censorship, arguments in defence of free expression, why literary writers have so frequently pushed the boundaries of the acceptable, and the impact of technology on censorship and free speech.

## Lectures

1. [Banned Books and Freedom of Expression](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-arts-social-changes/e5b8822fa56e) (Audio)
2. [Documentary Photography in Apartheid South Africa](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-arts-social-changes/52b3303962d3) (Audio)