Bio-DIVERSITY is a collaborative inquiry between BA(Hons) Graphic Communication students at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, and the Archival and Records Department at the world famous Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The project allowed graduating year students to explore Kew Gardens extensive botanical archives to uncover hidden plant histories that reveal some of the harmful effects of colonialism and historical exclusionary practices. Students visited Kew and looked at records and images from the 19th and early 20th century which depicted instances of past colonial attitudes towards indigenous peoples and the plant knowledge they possessed. Through additional exposure to a series of workshops and talks from academic and professional collaborators within a broad range of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion roles, students learnt how to champion diverse and equitable issues to consider a more inclusive and empathetic future-based society.

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