Speaker
Description
Scholars and activists from the Global South, particularly People of Color and Indigenous Peoples, have presented significant critiques regarding how knowledge production, especially within Western academic institutions, is intertwined with colonial hierarchies and power asymmetries. This workshop uses these critiques, often summarized as post- and decolonial perspectives, as a starting point to critically reflect on our own positionality within academic institutions and the power dynamics inherent in knowledge production. After providing a brief overview of the (im)possibilities of decolonizing research, the workshop will offer a series of tools designed to help expose the colonial implications within our own research—an essential precondition for any transformation toward more egalitarian knowledge production.
The workshop is divided in two sessions. Participation in both sessions is highly recommended but not required.
