Decolonisation Hub Resources
Academic Journals and Essays:
Jo Hall, Vedrana Velickovic, Vy Rajapillai University of Brighton
A case study examining the student-staff partnership to co-develop a process for decolonising the curriculum in the School of Humanities. This article celebrates numerous successes while also detailing challenges they encountered while trying to build partnerships within the technocratic structures of the HE sector.
See examples of successful pilot cases within Arts and Humanities subjects.
Argues students involved in decolonisation work need to be paid, and will, through their efforts, encourage partnerships within HE "in which students are equal participants.”
https://journals.studentengagement.org.uk/index.php/studentchangeagents/article/view/1036
Richard Hall, Lucy Ansley, Paris Connolly, Sumey Loonat, Kaushika Patel, and Ben Whitham
Heavy on academic jargon and theory, this article examines fundamental conflicts between Universities that support decolonisation and effective processes for achieving it.
"The Master's tools will never dismantle the master's house" (Audre Lorde)
This eloquent, powerful, applicable essay by Audre Lord, and its general messages about exclusion, identity politics, and the need for unity across differences, are helpful to understanding the need for decolonisation.
Articles and Blogs:
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/decolonise-education-we-need-ask-different-questions
For a critical examination of the problems associated with decolonisation efforts in universities, whose efforts to measure successes and outcomes hinders the process, see: Manvir Grewal, “To ‘decolonise’ education, we need to ask different questions.”
Why it’s time to retire equality, diversity, and inclusion
Pathik Pathak, for WONKHE argues Equity, Diversity, and Belonging should replace problematic EDI paradigm.
Video Resources:
Watch this YouTube video "Anti-Colonial Science,” by Dr Max Liboiron. Dr Liboiron is Associate Professor of Geography (Memorial Univ of Newfoundland) and employs feminist and anti-colonial methodologies in her research on marine plastic pollution.
