Category: Creativity
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Summary of Inputs for the 2nd Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (30 May – 2 June 2023, NYC)
Attending the inaugural session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent in Geneva (5-8 December 2022) provided an opportunity to hear the celebrated Ghanaian/Ewe poet and literature scholar Professor Kofi Anyidoho present a formal statement calling for the “reclamation of African ancestral memory” on the continent and throughout the diaspora. His…
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Daffodils and Snow: Whose Language Matters? Part 2. Considering Issues of Affect and Emotion within Decolonial Work
In Part 2 of this blog, three members of the Decolonial Dialogues co-editorial team continue their conversation about decolonising approaches to language teaching, learning, communication and research, within and beyond the academy. Furthering their responses to the initial provocation – “Whose language matters?”– particular emphasis is placed on issues of affect, emotion, vulnerability and care…
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Daffodils and Snow: Whose Language Matters? Part 1. A Conversation about Decolonising How We Teach, Learn, and Research
Three multilingual members of the Decolonial Dialogues co-editorial team – Riadh Ghemmour, Maica Gugolati and Carol Ann Dixon – present December’s jointly authored blog in order to critically reflect on the question, “Whose language matters?” Their research perspectives are informed by the decolonial praxis and scholar-activism of key luminaries – including Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Gayatri…
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‘Deconstructing Institutional Racism through a Decolonial Lens’ (recorded event) – 14 October 2020
On Wednesday 14 October 2020, Decolonial Dialogues and Race, Ethnicity and Education Network (REEN), University of Exeter, UK hosted a virtual artist’s talk, featuring musician and activist, Pravini Baboeram producer of the documentary ‘The Uprising’ Within this joint virtual artist’s event, Pravini and all correspondents discussed the genesis of the movie, and shared, in details,…
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Decolonial Ecology: Holistically Addressing Environmental, Social, and Political Challenges for a Fairer and more Sustainable World
Book review: Ferdinand, M (2019), Une écologie décoloniale. Penser l’écologie depuis le monde Caribéen, Paris: Le Seuil, 432p. Disclaimer: This book review is based on some core ideas developed by Malcolm Ferdinand. Nonetheless, I selected the ones that resonated the most with me and my research. Therefore, the way I presented the argument developed by…
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Doing a PhD from the ‘Middle’
By Dr. Wafa Zekri (University of Tlemcen, Algeria) I am Wafa Zekri. I have done a PhD on language and identity in a foreign language context. I graduated from the University of Northampton in 2020. One of the most significant challenges during the first year of my doctoral studies was the struggles I encountered writing…
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But forest bathing is not new to Indigenous communities: it is a way of life!
Picture taken on 28 February 2019 by Indigenous (Kabyle) friend, Koceila Ait Slimane. View showing a part of his Indigenous village (Tassaft) and the snowy mountains of Djurdjura (Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria) By Riadh Ghemmour (PhD candidate, University of Exeter, UK) In this current blog, I discuss how the global pandemic affected the psychological wellbeing of many…
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Political Pandemics: Online Organizing and Collective Initiatives
Salma Shaka’s new blog post for Decolonial Dialogues discusses recent contributions to two creative, collaborative initiatives: the podcast Diaspora Disorientate; and the online book club and reading group, Palestine Writes Back.
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Black In Post-Sec Reflections on Documentary by BIPS Exec Team
This submission to Decolonial Dialogues is intended to offer a written reflection by the Black in Post-Sec Executive team. The reflection seeks to state the intention behind the “Black In Post-Sec” Documentary, it’s purpose, to thank those that engaged with the project, and honour those whose work inspired it. “Black In Post-Sec” was borne from…
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Art & Activism: Lessons Learned from The Uprising
Pravini Baboeram A few years ago I participated in “decolonizing the mind” courses. I remember a sense of shock when I realized how everything I thought I knew, was actually based on what the colonizer wanted me to know. After the shock faded, I remembered all the new information I learned and a feeling of…
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