Decolonising Universities - Syed Farid Alatas Excerpt from the presentation of Syed Farid Alatas at the Multiversity International Conference on Decolonising Our Universities held in Penang, Malaysia, 27-29 June 2011. Professor Alatas, who teaches sociology at the National University of Singapore, speaks about the neglect of ideas that originate outside the West and the need to master Western thought so as to critique it and determine what aspects of it may be useful. He also urges social scientists of the Global South to confront problems in their own locales, including meddling by politicians and other forces outside the universities. The complete presentation is available at the TV Multiversity channel on Vimeo: Conference proceedings, as well as other Multiversity related programs, are part of the broadcast lineup for the TV Multiversity channel on TVU Networks: And for related readings, visit the TV Multiversity blog, updated weekly: If you like this video, please copy and share it! Knowledge needs people and it needs to be free.
Afrikan Development Studies 2012 12 19 LECTURE 9 [PART 1] Afrikan Development Studies 2012 12 19 LECTURE 9 [PART 1] TOPIC: PROBLEM-SOLVING AS DEVELOPMENT SPECIALISTS I. National Ethics, Governance and Development • Nation-building and its challenges: Integration of National and Ethnic Identity- Afrikan Cultural Commonalities • Violent Conflicts within States and their implication to Development • Western Domination: Machinations, Interference • Cultural Basis of Leadership Ethics, Corruption and Counteractive measures-- Solution: Traditional Afrikan Ethos Readings: The Wretched of the Earth [Frantz Fanon] Chapter 1 -- Concerning Violence Chapter 2 -- Spontaneity: Its Strengths and Weaknesses Chapter 3 -- The Pitfalls of National Consciousness Chapter 4 -- On National Culture How Europe Underdeveloped Africa [Walter Rodney] Maldevelopment [Samir Amin] Black Power: A Moral and Political Imperative [Dr. Amos N. Wilson] Why are they so poor? [Rudolf Staham] Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature [Ngugi Wa Thiongo] The Healing Wisdom of Africa: Finding Life Purpose Through Nature, Ritual, and Community. [Malidoma Patrice Somé] Dr. Ambakisye-Okang Olatunde Dukuzumurenyi Lecturer, Faculty of Business and Economics Associate Director, Research & Publication Editor-in-Chief/Managing Editor East Afrikan Journal of Research Tumaini University Iringa University College Tanzania, East Afrika
Decolonising our Policies, Valuing local pedagogies In this presentation, Harry shares an ongoing research that investigates features of context-appropriate ESL methodology in Cameroon by building on an enhancement paradigm that challenges trainers and pedagogic authorities to revisit the current approach to innovation enactment and implementation. Drawing from the perspectives and practices of teachers and learners, he argues for a bottom-up approach to policy development that recognises the role of local pedagogies in (re)defining global perspectives in ELT.
Decolonising Universities - Sue-San Ghahremani Excerpt from the presentation of Sue-San Ghahremani Ghajar during Session Six at the Multiversity International Conference on Decolonising Our Universities held in Penang, Malaysia, 27-29 June 2011. A faculty member at Al-Zahra University in Tehran, Iran, Ghahremani spoke along with Hamid Mirhosseini on 'Decolonising Language Education Research in Iranian Universities. She suggests that having to use the neutral language of academia is restricting when speaking about experiences in teaching and learning, and calls for questioning these dominant academic trends, especially in the global industry of English language teaching. The complete presentation is available at the TV Multiversity channel on Vimeo: Conference proceedings, as well as other Multiversity related programs, are part of the broadcast lineup for the TV Multiversity channel on TVU Networks: Further information about the conference and participants, including a selection of papers read at the Penang conference, is available at the conference webpage: For related readings, visit the TV Multiversity blog, updated weekly: If you like this video, please copy and share it! Knowledge needs people and it needs to be free.
Balu: Introduction to Dharma & Ethics 2011 - 1/4 Prof. SN Balagangadhara introduces the 5th Dharma & Ethics conference: Decolonising the Social Sciences - part 1 of 4.
Afrikan Development Studies 2012 12 12 LECTURE 8 Afrikan Development Studies 2012 12 12 LECTURE 8 Topic: I. Gender and Development • Gender Concepts • WE ALL BEGIN AS FEMALES: The Inductor Theory of Primary ***ual Differentiation • Pre-Colonial & Post-Colonial Position of Women in Afrikan Society • Women in Politics and Development: As the Woman Goes So Goes the Nation. Readings: How Europe Underdeveloped Africa [Walter Rodney] Maldevelopment [Samir Amin] Chapter 8 - A polycentric world favourable to development: a possibility? Black Power: A Moral and Political Imperative [Dr. Amos N. Wilson] Why are they so poor? [Rudolf Staham] Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature [Ngugi Wa Thiongo] The Healing Wisdom of Africa: Finding Life Purpose Through Nature, Ritual, and Community. [Malidoma Patrice Somé] Dr. Ambakisye-Okang Olatunde Dukuzumurenyi Lecturer, Faculty of Business and Economics Associate Director, Research & Publication Editor-in-Chief/Managing Editor East Afrikan Journal of Research Tumaini University Iringa University College Tanzania, East Afrika
Intro to Decolonising the Mind « Litquake Litquake hosts Nobel-nominated Kenyan author and activist Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o in conversation with his son, Cornell professor Mukoma Wa Ngugi. Moderated by author and professor Sarah Ladipo Manyika, the conversation spans politics, language, aesthetics, writing, and more. -- October 7th, 2012 -- • Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o: • Mukoma Wa Ngugi: • Sarah Ladipo Manyika: • Museum of the African Diaspora: • Litquake: • Find more at http
Afrikan Development Studies 2012 12 11 LECTURE 7 Afrikan Development Studies 2012 12 11 LECTURE 7 Topic: I. Environmental Issues and Development Nature/NTR AFRIKAN ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION • Types of environmental degradation and contributing factors • Environment and sustainable development • Environmental conservation/sustainability and impact assessment Readings: How Europe Underdeveloped Africa [Walter Rodney] Maldevelopment [Samir Amin] Chapter 6 - Political and social conditions for alternative development in the third world Chapter 7 - Inter-African and south-south co-operation Black Power: A Moral and Political Imperative [Dr. Amos N. Wilson] Why they are poor [Rudolf Staham] Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature [Ngugi Wa Thiongo] The Healing Wisdom of Africa: Finding Life Purpose Through Nature, Ritual, and Community. [Malidoma Patrice Somé] Dr. Ambakisye-Okang Olatunde Dukuzumurenyi Lecturer, Faculty of Business and Economics Associate Director, Research & Publication Editor-in-Chief/Managing Editor East Afrikan Journal of Research Tumaini University Iringa University College Tanzania, East Afrika
Decolonising Universities - Cheng-Feng Shih Excerpt from the presentation of Cheng-Feng Shih during Session Seven at the Multiversity International Conference on Decolonising Our Universities held in Penang, Malaysia, 27-29 June 2011. Professor of Political Science, Department of Indigenous Development and Social Work, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan, his paper was jointly written by Pei-Ing Wu on the topic of 'Academic Colonialism and the Struggle for Indigenous Knowledge in Taiwan.' The paper makes the point that promotions are based on notions of 'productivity' that are biased toward the natural sciences, and that faculty are pressured to publish in highly selective American journals, which in turn causes young scholars to lose interest in regional and indigenous issues. The complete presentation is available at the TV Multiversity channel on Vimeo: Conference proceedings, as well as other Multiversity related programs, are part of the broadcast lineup for the TV Multiversity channel on TVU Networks: Further information about the Penang conference and participants, including a selection of papers, is available at the conference webpage: For related readings, visit the TV Multiversity blog, updated weekly: If you like this video, please copy and share it! Knowledge needs people and it needs to be free.
Balu Responds - Secularisation - 1/3 Balu responds to Jakob De Roover's talk on secularisation and the growth of the social sciences - 5th Dharma & Ethics conference: Decolonising the Social Sciences - part 1 of 3.
Decolonising Universities - Shadrack Gutto Excerpt from the presentation of Shadrack Gutto during Session Five at the Multiversity International Conference on Decolonising Our Universities held in Penang, Malaysia, 27-29 June 2011. Head of the Institute for African Renaissance Studies at the University of South Africa, Gutto speaks about the legal system in Africa that was transplanted from Europe by the colonisers, and which is still following the lead of the former colonial powers. He noted that African universities are producing half-educated lawyers within this system and called for developing legal curricula that will give African lawyers the tools to develop laws and seek justice on their own terms. The complete presentation is available at the TV Multiversity channel on Vimeo: Conference proceedings, as well as other Multiversity related programs, are part of the broadcast lineup for the TV Multiversity channel on TVU Networks: Further information about the Penang conference and participants, including a selection of papers, is available at the conference webpage: For related readings, visit the TV Multiversity blog, updated weekly: If you like this video, please copy and share it! Knowledge needs people and it needs to be free.
Ngugi wa Thiong'o : On the Meeting of Cultures Ngugi wa Thiong'o speaks at the University of Wyoming. Here, he speaks of hierarchy, language, and the meeting of cultures. (4/7/09) Shot by University of Wyoming Television; Camera: Ali Grossman
Decolonising Universities - Mohideen Abdul Kader Excerpt from the presentation of Mohideen Abdul Kader, Director of Citizens International, during Session Eight at the Multiversity International Conference on Decolonising Our Universities held in Penang, Malaysia, 27-29 June 2011. He spoke on 'Integrating the Sacred into University Education,' and reminded participants of the terribly narrow vision of life inculcated by a typical university education today, which might be good to produce managers and 'cogs in the machine' but which is virtually useless when it comes to ethics and morality. The complete presentation is available at the TV Multiversity channel on Vimeo: Conference proceedings, as well as other Multiversity related programs, are part of the broadcast lineup for the TV Multiversity channel on TVU Networks: Further information about the Penang conference and participants, including a selection of papers, is available at the conference webpage: For related readings, visit the TV Multiversity blog, updated weekly: If you like this video, please copy and share it! Knowledge needs people and it needs to be free.
Afrikan Development Studies 2013 1 02 LECTURE 9 [PART 2] Afrikan Development Studies 2013 1 02 LECTURE 9 [PART 2] TOPIC: PROBLEM-SOLVING AS DEVELOPMENT SPECIALISTS I. National Ethics, Governance and Development • Nation-building and its challenges: Integration of National and Ethnic Identity- Afrikan Cultural Commonalities • Violent Conflicts within States and their implication to Development • Western Domination: Machinations, Interference • Cultural Basis of Leadership Ethics, Corruption and Counteractive measures-- Solution: Traditional Afrikan Ethos Readings: The Wretched of the Earth [Frantz Fanon] Chapter 1 -- Concerning Violence Chapter 2 -- Spontaneity: Its Strengths and Weaknesses Chapter 3 -- The Pitfalls of National Consciousness Chapter 4 -- On National Culture How Europe Underdeveloped Africa [Walter Rodney] Maldevelopment [Samir Amin] Black Power: A Moral and Political Imperative [Dr. Amos N. Wilson] Why are they so poor? [Rudolf Staham] Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature [Ngugi Wa Thiongo] The Healing Wisdom of Africa: Finding Life Purpose Through Nature, Ritual, and Community. [Malidoma Patrice Somé] Dr. Ambakisye-Okang Olatunde Dukuzumurenyi Lecturer, Faculty of Business and Economics Associate Director, Research & Publication Editor-in-Chief/Managing Editor East Afrikan Journal of Research Tumaini University Iringa University College Tanzania, East Afrika
Decolonising Universities - Pavan Varma Excerpt from Pavan Varma's keynote address from the second session of the Multiversity International Conference on Decolonising Our Universities held in Penang, Malaysia, 27-29 June 2011 under the auspices of Universiti Sains Malaysia and Citizens International. The conference brought together academics and activists from Asia, Africa, the Mideast and elsewhere to address the problem of Eurocentrism in universities of the Global South. Pavan Varma, Ambassador of India to Bhutan, spoke about 'The Assault on Culture through Education,' emphasizing that the deepest kind of colonisation is that of the mind and that under colonialism the culture of the ruled was systematically devalued and denigrated, resulting in alienation toward one self and a feeling of awe toward the colonizers, further adding that to achieve this first thing that the colonisers took away from the people of India was language. The complete keynote address, along with an introduction by Professor Tan Sri Dato Dzulkifli Abul Razak, President of Universiti Sains Malaysia, and responses from Hossein Mohammadi Doostdar (Iran), Ashis Nandy (India), Mani Shankar Aiyar (India), Joan Rocafort Valenzuela (Philippines), Ahmad Murad Merican (Malaysia) and Lee Seunghwan (Korea), is available on the TV Multiversity channel on Vimeo: Additional information about the conference is available at: For related readings visit:
Advice for white Indigenous activists in Australia (Robbie Thorpe) Veteran Aboriginal activist Robbie Thorpe explains the do's and don't's for white activists who are aspire to work as allies in the Indigenous struggle for justice. Filmed during the public discussion forum: 'Deactivating Colonialism / Decolonising Acivism' convened by Clare Land at MAYSAR (Melbourne Aboriginal Youth, Sport and Recreation), Fitzroy: August 31st, 2010. For more info about Robbie:
Luo - Black People - Decolonise the African Mind African ancestors had their own Spiritual Beliefs and Identity.
Gary Foley: 'Educate YOURSELF, then educate the people' Aboriginal historian, activist and leader, Gary Foley, explains the do's and don't's of white activism. 100% Juice from an inspiring orator, and priceless advice for all would-be allies of Indigenous people in the struggle for justice. Filmed during the public discussion forum: 'Deactivating Colonialism / Decolonising Acivism' convened by Clare Land at MAYSAR (Melbourne Aboriginal Youth, Sport and Recreation), Fitzroy: August 31st, 2010. For more info about Foley, visit:
De Roover discusses Secularisation - 2/3 Dr Jakob De Roover discusses secularisation and the growth of the social sciences at the 5th Dharma & Ethics conference: Decolonising the Social Sciences - part 2 of 3.
People of The Rock extended interview: Fabian Picardo (GSLP) An extended interview from "People of The Rock" with Fabian Picardo, member of the Gibraltar Socialist Labor Party. Gibraltarian Identity & British Identity: 0:00 Gibraltarian views on Spaniards: 1:47 Decolonising Gibraltar: 3:05 Ceuta & Melilla: 6:18 Gibraltar's future: 9:05 For more updates visit or /peopleoftherock
Decolonising the Mind • Two Generations in Conversation « Litquake Litquake hosts Nobel-nominated Kenyan author and activist Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o in conversation with his son, Cornell professor Mukoma Wa Ngugi. Moderated by author and professor Sarah Ladipo Manyika, the conversation spans politics, language, aesthetics, writing, and more. -- October 7th, 2012 -- • Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o: • Mukoma Wa Ngugi: • Sarah Ladipo Manyika: • Museum of the African Diaspora: • Litquake: • Find more at http
Decolonising the Mind • Two Generations in Conversation « Litquake « 3 Litquake hosts Nobel-nominated Kenyan author and activist Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o in conversation with his son, Cornell professor Mukoma Wa Ngugi. Moderated by author and professor Sarah Ladipo Manyika, the conversation spans politics, language, aesthetics, writing, and more. -- October 7th, 2012 -- • Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o: • Mukoma Wa Ngugi: • Sarah Ladipo Manyika: • Museum of the African Diaspora: • Litquake: • Find more at http
"Decolonising the Holocaust" An interview with Professor Ramon Grosfogual. The Professor is talking about the topic of his paper: "Decolonising the Holocaust", which he presented at the third annual Genocide Memorial Day. This event took place on Sunday 22 January 2012 at the Brunei Gallery, SOAS University of London.
Decolonising Universities - Vishram Gupte Vishram Gupte, a writer based in Goa, India, speaking on 'The World Social Science Report 2010: Some Non-Eurocentric Observations' at the Multiversity International Conference on Decolonising Our Universities held in Penang, Malaysia, 27-29 June 2011. Complete sessions from the conference are available at the TV Multiversity channel on Vimeo: You can also watch TV Multiversity on TVU Networks: And find some related readings on our blog: If you like this video, please copy and share it! Knowledge needs people and it needs to be free.
Balu Responds - Secularisation - 3/3 Balu responds to Jakob De Roover's talk on secularisation and the growth of the social sciences - 5th Dharma & Ethics conference: Decolonising the Social Sciences - part 3 of 3.
Decolonising Universities - Molefi Kete Asante Excerpt from the presentation of Molefi Kete Asante, Professor of Africology at Temple University in the USA, during Session Nine at the Multiversity International Conference on Decolonising Our Universities held in Penang, Malaysia, 27-29 June 2011. He outlined 'The Philosophical Bases of an African University,' pointing out that in the imposition of the Eurocentric worldview in higher education 'there was a Greek at every corner' but that the Greeks themselves 'were but children to Africa, and to India and to China.' The complete presentation is available at the TV Multiversity channel on Vimeo: Conference proceedings, as well as other Multiversity related programs, are part of the broadcast lineup for the TV Multiversity channel on TVU Networks: Further information about the Penang conference and participants, including a selection of papers, is available at the conference webpage: For related readings, visit the TV Multiversity blog, updated weekly: If you like this video, please copy and share it! Knowledge needs people and it needs to be free.
Decolonising Universities - Anwar Fazal Excerpt from the Closing Session of the Multiversity International Conference on Decolonising Our Universities held in Penang, Malaysia, 27-29 June 2011. In a departure from usual academic conference structures and proceedings, this concluding session, introduced and chaired by Anwar Fazal of the Right Livelihood College in Penang, featured university students responding to the themes of the conference, several of which are included in this short segment. The complete session is available at the TV Multiversity channel on Vimeo: Conference proceedings, as well as other Multiversity related programs, are part of the broadcast lineup for the TV Multiversity channel on TVU Networks: Further information about the Penang conference and its participants, including a selection of papers, is available at the conference webpage: For related readings, including conference summaries, visit the TV Multiversity blog: If you like this video, please copy and share it! Knowledge needs people and it needs to be free.
Development and human rights: An unsustainable marriage? Professor Sundhya Pahuja delivers the 2012 Alice Tay Lecture on Law and Human Rights. She examines the twin challenges presented by the rapid approach of the earth's biophysical limits and increasing global inequality. She argues that addressing these two challenges at the same time will be critical to global security. Professor Pahuja puts these two challenges in their historical perspective, and considers whether the institutional solutions being proffered are adequate to the task. Sundhya Pahuja is jointly Professor of International Law at the University of Melbourne, and Research Professor in Law at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London. Her most recent book, Decolonising International Law: Development, Economic Growth and the Politics of Universality (Cambridge University Press, 2011) was awarded the 2012 American Society of International Law Certificate of Merit. This lecture is presented by the Herbert & Valmae Freilich Foundation in the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences.
Ngugi wa Thiong'o Moving the Center World-renowned as a novelist, playwright, and critic whose oeuvre forms a bridge between earlier African writing and a younger generation of post-colonial writers, UC Irvine Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o has authored a number of acclaimed works of fiction. Series: "Humanitas" [5/2004] [Humanities] [Show ID: 8671]
Genocide = ecocide Veteran Indigenous activist Robbie Thorpe explains the do's and don't's for white activists who are aspire to work as allies in the Indigenous struggle for justice. Filmed during the public discussion forum: 'Deactivating Colonialism / Decolonising Acivism' convened by Clare Land at MAYSAR (Melbourne Aboriginal Youth, Sport and Recreation), Fitzroy: August 31st, 2010. For more info about Robbie:
The Queen in Australia: rebranding the British Commonwealth in the Pacific 23-11-12 Institute of English Studies John Coffin Memorial Lecture by Jane Landman, '"The Queen in Australia": rebranding the British Commonwealth in the Pacific' Introduced by Brian Winston (University of Lincoln) Moving images of British monarchs traverse the history of film and television, from documentary footage of Queen Victoria dating from 1897, to the Commonwealth Film Unit's extensive archive of royal visits to far flung colonies, to Madonna's recently released WE on the Wallis Simpson-Edward VIII romance. This Jubilee year seems the appropriate time to consider the historic past and current effusion of film and television representations of the British monarchy. To mark this occasion, Jane Landman will consider a classic of colonial cinema, the Commonwealth Film Unit's documentary of the Royal Tour of 1953-4, "The Queen in Australia". Extravagantly praised at the time for its contribution to 'world affairs', this tribute to the Crown stages each floral genuflection as the act of a unified free world, marshalling Fijians, Tongans and New Zealanders as well as Australians into a Cold War homage to both Elizabeth II and the king of the British Documentary Movement, John Grierson. Dr Landman will bring to this presentation her acuity and expertise in the iconic repertoire of national narrative in postwar Australian film and television. This lecture will be hosted by the Institute of English Studies in collaboration with the University ...
Vincent Liegey - Degrowth - Decolonising our imagination ... With a hammer in your head all the problems look like a nail ... The religion of economics ... how should we get rid of it? Degrowth or forced recession? What new economic models can help us to avoid enviromental wars, a growing number of social ills and the collapse of our civilization? The changes are going on already: alternative answers with the idea of appropriating locally: community initiatves of sustainability, transition movement, alternative non-speculative local currencies, voluntary simplicity and many more ...
Balibo Five Movie Trailler In October 1975, five Australian-based journalists were sent by TV Channels 7 and 9 to investigate Indonesian military attacks against a newly decolonising East Timor. Malcolm Rennie, Brian Peters, Greg Shackleton, Tony Stewart, and Gary Cunningham were keen to cover what was then the biggest, emerging event in the region - acts of aggression by a military dictatorship against a democratising society, the collapse of the decolonisation process and the threat of invasion. After filming an attack on the border town of Balibo, the five unarmed journalists were murdered while surrendering to a force comprising 100 red beret Kopassandha (Special Forces secret warfare) troops led by a then-Captain Yunus Yosfiah. This Movie Relates the history of these 5 journalists who were murdered Searching for the whys!!! BALIBO 5 _ MOVIE TRAILLER CLLIP ARRANGEMENT BY DÁLIA
Decolonising Universities - Claude Alvares Excerpt from the presentation of Claude Alvares, Coordinator of Multiversity and Director of the Goa Foundation in India, during Session Ten at the Multiversity International Conference on Decolonising Our Universities held in Penang, Malaysia, 27-29 June 2011. He provided an overview of 'Alternatives to Current (Ancient) University Pedagogy,' questioning the usefulness and effectiveness of conventional university teaching methods based on lecturing, textbooks and compulsory attendance, asking 'does anybody anywhere learn anything under compulsion?' The complete presentation is available at the TV Multiversity channel on Vimeo: Conference proceedings, as well as other Multiversity related programs, are part of the broadcast lineup for the TV Multiversity channel on TVU Networks: Further information about the Penang conference and participants, including a selection of papers, is available at the conference webpage: For related readings, visit the TV Multiversity blog, updated weekly: If you like this video, please copy and share it! Knowledge needs people and it needs to be free.
Balu Responds - Secularisation - 2/3 Balu responds to Jakob De Roover's talk on secularisation and the growth of the social sciences - 5th Dharma & Ethics conference: Decolonising the Social Sciences - part 2 of 3.
Advice for white Indigenous activists in Australia (Gary Foley) Aboriginal historian, activist and leader, Gary Foley, explains the do's and don't's of white activism. 100% Juice from an inspiring orator, and priceless advice for all would-be allies of Indigenous people in the struggle for justice. Filmed during the public discussion forum: 'Deactivating Colonialism / Decolonising Acivism' convened by Clare Land at MAYSAR (Melbourne Aboriginal Youth, Sport and Recreation), Fitzroy: August 31st, 2010. For more info about Foley, visit:
Professor Ramon Grosfogual - Genocide Memorial Day 2012 Professor Grosfogual speaking at the third annual Genocide Memorial Day event. His paper is entitled: "Decolonising the Holocaust " IHRC held the third annual Genocide Memorial Day on 22 January 2012 between 4 - 8pm at the Brunei Gallery, SOAS in London. For more information please log on to or email gmd@. Date: 22 January (Sunday) 2012 Time: 4pm - 8 pm Venue: Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H
De Roover discusses Secularisation - 3/3 Dr Jakob De Roover discusses secularisation and the growth of the social sciences at the 5th Dharma & Ethics conference: Decolonising the Social Sciences - part 3 of 3.
TEDxFlanders - Olivia U. Rutazibwa - Decoloniser Olivia Umurerwa Rutazibwa is a PhD researcher at the Centre for EU Studies in Ghent University, where she works on the problematics of EU policies on human rights, democratisation and development in Africa and elswhere. In her research and teaching activities she links these issues with concepts of decolonisation and post-colonial theory, whiteness studies and critical race theories. At the same time Olivia is a journalist at MO*, a monthly magazine that focuses on globalization, international politics and sustainable development. She is the Africa desk editor as well as being a specialist in the European Union and issues of diversity, racism and discrimination and the diaspora communities in Belgium and Europe. Why listen to her? With her call to 'Decolonize the western minds', Olivia will enrich the debate on diversity and development both in the West and the Global South. The minds of both the majority and the minority, influenced by decades of dominant western thought, need a profound transformation to cope pragmatically and inclusively with today's globalization processes. In response to the sentiments of fear and anger that globalization evokes for many, Olivia presents alternative and better fitting ideas for a society model in the globalized world. These ideas are based on her personal experiences as a second generation Rwandese in Flanders and her professional research activities on diversity and the post-colonial relations between Europe and Africa. In the ...
Decolonising Universities - SM Mohamed Idris Excerpt from the welcoming address of SM Mohamed Idris at the opening session of the Multiversity International Conference on Decolonising Our Universities held in Penang, Malaysia, 27-29 June 2011 under the auspices of Universiti Sains Malaysia and Citizens International. The conference brought together academics and activists from Asia, Africa, the Mideast and elsewhere to evaluate the problem of Eurocentrism in universities of the Global South. In his address, Idris, chairperson of Citizens International, reminded participants that colonialism is not just a political and economic system, but that it is a malady that has afflicted peoples of the Global South on the level of culture. He also called for the development of social sciences relevant to the lifeways of people in the Global South. The complete address and other speeches from the opening session can be seen at the TV Multiversity channel on Vimeo: Information about the conference is available at:
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paulrogers002: @VividRicky Victims of their era - irony that as rest of the world was decolonising, Israel founded in ruthlessly colonial manner.
TheAandTheE: @ShareefaEnergy "decolonising the mind" love that ..
victordlamini: That he is RT @ngidianele: @victordlamini "Weep not Child", "Decolonising the mind" a beautiful orator and a true lover of his people!
ngidianele: @victordlamini "Weep not Child", "Decolonising the mind" a beautiful orator and a true lover of his people!
MabotheSheilah: African philosphy & decolonising its' religion
Ally_Nuttall: RT @jonanamary: This is what I mean when I say that decolonising my mind from internalised misogyny, ableism, racism, etc will be the work of a lifetime.
jonanamary: This is what I mean when I say that decolonising my mind from internalised misogyny, ableism, racism, etc will be the work of a lifetime.
landkatia: RT @kaupapamaori: A week of teaching Summer School 'Being Maori Thinking Theory' & it has been a decolonising experience as I teach & learn.Time for the book.
kaupapamaori: A week of teaching Summer School 'Being Maori Thinking Theory' & it has been a decolonising experience as I teach & learn.Time for the book.
jayeshji: Decolonising The brainwashing of Indian Universities in Science and Maths
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FelixMeritis: Read http://t.co/kgXB6dpp "Decolonising ***ual citizenship" by #ColinRobinson from @CAISOTT, speaker at #GlobalisationLecture on January 26
busrep: decolonising countryside http://t.co/sz5stYuZ
Mokoka_Makhura: He was 'decolonising' the African mind, whatever that means...haha"@jontymark: Then again, I thought President Zuma didn't like dogs?"