ScienceMarchDC and decolonization in academia Show more
@thebestsophist I am loosely familiar with the term decolonize, but not in this context.
—
Color me Intrigued. In what ways is academia colonial? How would one go about decolonizing it? Enlighten me, please.
@NthTensor you could have very well Googled this but here, a couple of links to start: http://honisoit.com/2016/04/decolonising-%EF%BF%BCacademia/
https://goodmenproject.com/education-2/decolonising-the-curriculum-the-only-way-through-the-process-is-together-wcz/
@creatrixtiara @NthTensor
I'm at the DC march but I don't consider decolonizing anything more than a niche issue explained by other societal problems.
@TheDistinction it's @yellowibowtie@witches.town that's organising things
A lot of communities who are still suffering from the effects of colonization and neo-imperialism would argue otherwise, I talked about a few of them in the original birdsite thread—and I’ve been in/around science advocacy/policy for almost a decade. But also:
http://harlot.media/articles/1058/we-need-a-decolonized-not-a-diverse-education
http://www.aaihs.org/race-history-and-the-sciencemarch/
@creatrixtiara Thank you. I looked around, but found little.
—
This is very interesting. Thank you.