Hornsey sit-in

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education reform protest social movement event student protest university occupation

The Hornsey sit-in was a landmark 1968 student and staff occupation at Hornsey College of Art in London that became a symbol of radical educational and cultural reform in Britain.

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Hornsey sit-in canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	education reform protest ⓘ social movement event ⓘ student protest ⓘ university occupation ⓘ
aimedAt	curriculum reform in art schools ⓘ democratization of art education ⓘ greater integration of theory and practice in art education ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
documentedIn	Hornsey College of Art ⓘ surface form: Hornsey 1968: The Art School Revolution
field	art education ⓘ higher education ⓘ
genre	political protest ⓘ
hasCause	critique of art education structures in Britain ⓘ demands for educational reform ⓘ desire for greater student participation in decision-making ⓘ opposition to bureaucratic control of art schools ⓘ
hasDuration	several weeks ⓘ
hasEffect	increased public debate on art education in Britain ⓘ influence on radical educational reform discourse in the UK ⓘ inspiration for later student occupations in Britain ⓘ
hasLocation	England ⓘ Hornsey College of Art ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London United Kingdom ⓘ
hasParticipant	staff of Hornsey College of Art ⓘ students of Hornsey College of Art ⓘ
hasTheme	critique of institutional power in art schools ⓘ participatory democracy in education ⓘ student–staff collaboration ⓘ
historicalPeriod	postwar Britain ⓘ
mediaCoverage	British national press ⓘ television news in the United Kingdom ⓘ
movement	1960s counterculture ⓘ New Left ⓘ
opposedBy	education authorities in London ⓘ governing bodies of Hornsey College of Art ⓘ
opposedTo	authoritarian governance of educational institutions ⓘ traditional art school curricula ⓘ
organisedBy	students of Hornsey College of Art ⓘ
relatedTo	May 1968 protests in France ⓘ student movements of 1968 ⓘ
significance	landmark event in British art education history ⓘ symbol of cultural reform in Britain ⓘ symbol of radical educational reform in Britain ⓘ
startTime	1968 ⓘ
supportedBy	some staff of Hornsey College of Art ⓘ
temporalContext	1968 student protests ⓘ late 1960s ⓘ

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