Decolonial Subversions

We are delighted to announce that our Annual Volume 2023 entitled 'Thinking Other-wise: Decoloniality and the Global Racial Order' edited by Ibtisam M. Abujad has now become available! https://lnkd.in/edDXnyYn The list of contributions is as follows: Editorial: Thinking Other-wise: Decoloniality and the Global Racial Order Ibtisam M. Abujad Disrupt the Discourse: An eLearning Course and Digital Toolkit to Aid the Development of an Anti-Racist Pedagogy Kevin Brazant, SFHEA The Circus Princess: De-Orientalisa Layachi El Habbouch العياشي الحبوش Layachi El Habbouch “Trying to Find a Place to Call Home” in the Maelstrom: An Interview with Artist Jenny Lee Jenny Lee Unleashing Abolitionist Logic on International Aid Nora Lester Murad The Creation of the Subaltern Subject in Luigi Pirandello’s “Madam Mimma” Giordana Poggioli-Kaftan “Donna Mimma” di Luigi Pirandello come segno di resistenza alla creazione di un soggetto subalterno Giordana Poggioli-Kaftan The Art of De-Idealizing Victorian Female Servitude in Wide Sagrasso Sea and Jane Eyre Muhammed F. Salem Congratulations to Ibtisam and the contributors! As always, we'd like to acknowledge and thank all the reviewers, proofreaders and members who volunteered time to bring this to fruition. A shout out to Chris Anand, our web expert in India, without whose help we could not achieve this publication. #DecolonialSubversions #AnnualVolume #2023 #decolonisation #antiracism #pedagogy #art #poetry #subalternstudies #internationalaid #abolitionistlogic #Victorianfemalehood #Bronte #

If you missed the online launch of the @Co-Pro Futures call for evidence on #cocreation of research in the university (https://lnkd.in/eNj8AWwD), find below a visual summary of what was covered and how you can submit evidence. (shared with permission by the leads Beth Perry Liz Richardson and Catherine Durose) On behalf of the leads, and the Inquiry panel (which I am a member of) we would love your help in circulating these, sharing with networks in #HEI, getting posts on sites, and spreading the word that the Inquiry is open for collecting collective intelligence on the challenges of co-creating research in universities to 'get our house in order.' The Inquiry is inviting people to submit evidence via: Email: coprofutures@gmail.com LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/eNj8AWwD Collective Intelligence Gathering Form: https://lnkd.in/eaRiq829 You can also find the Inquiry leads on Bluesky: @coprofutures.bsky.social #coprofutures #HEI #university #culturechange #processes #practices Beth Perry Liz Richardson Catherine Durose

For those interested in #decolonisation and #decoloniality, and the work we do at Decolonial Subversions as a #multilingual #publishing #platform, consider joining us at our next online Reading Group meeting, facilitated by our brilliant member Vincenzo Cammarata. The next Reading Group discussion will focus on the recently published book Colonising the Mind: The Witchcraft of the Global Class System. An Ethnography of African Christianity, Neoliberalism, and the British Academic System by Ioannis Kyriakakis. Join us to explore this compelling book, which discusses key concepts in #anthropology, provides insight into the #lived #realities of #Ghanaian #society and critically examines how #western faith in #science and #culture underpins global #capitalism. This virtual event will take place on Thursday, 5th December, at 3:00 PM UK time. Please join us through the Zoom link below: Join Zoom Meeting https://lnkd.in/eChbA362 Meeting ID: 936 8125 1596 Passcode: RbGFyuj1UH We look forward to a lively and thought-provoking conversation with you!  Vincenzo, Romina and Monika

Dr Romina Istratii approach to addressing #DomesticViolence through the Project dldl/ድልድል presents a profound shift in methodology, actively dismantling norms in traditional development research. Listen to her interviewed: https://lnkd.in/eSDEwmPd Working directly with religious and community leaders, her team challenges Eurocentric frameworks often applied to gender and domestic violence in non-Western societies. Instead, they center #community perspectives and #beliefs, respecting #cultural and religious viewpoints. This approach prioritizes co-creation, embedding a deep sense of cultural relevance into both the research methods and interventions. In the #podcast Dr Romina Istratii highlights how the project actively involves men, as well as women, to build a #holistic understanding of #IntimatePartnerViolence (#IPV) dynamics. The research found that many men interviewed chose not to be abusive because of their desire to act righteously within their religious framework. This insight steered Project dldl/ድልድል to use religious language and #beliefs as tools for behavior change. Training male researchers empowers local teams to lead sensitive research on domestic violence, ensuring continued community engagement beyond the project’s lifespan. This commitment to fostering local expertise reflects the project’s #decolonial ethos—focusing on leaving lasting #capacities rather than solely gathering #data. Project dldl/ድልድል maintains #equitable #collaboration by structuring work in a way that supports mutual #knowledge transfer. They prioritize reversing the traditional knowledge flow from the West by learning from Ethiopian practices and adapting these lessons for use with faith-based migrant communities in the UK. This vision of #decolonizing #development #research aligns with its practice- emphasising the project’s foundation in 💥 #local knowledge, 💥 cultural #respect, and 💥 sustainable impact. Project dldl/ድልድል,#Intersectionalfeminism #feminist #africa #ethiopia #participation #power #agency #IPV #GBV #SGBV #VAWG #intersectional #intersectionality #decolonise #decolonize #antiracist #socialjustice #partnership Jessica Oddy-Atuona Eyob Balcha Gebremariam, PhD Womankind Worldwide CREA Gender and Development Network April Pham Anne Marie Goetz Laura Martineau-SearlePriya D. UN Women Louise Allen #EndDomesticViolence

Work on climate justice with me! I am #hiring to a fab part time role working closely with me and other colleagues committed to making Climate, Racial and Social Justice part of every UAL course. You’ll work research and resource development, comms and design projects, and on the governance of our dynamic committee group. If you'd like to have a chat with me about this role, feel free to drop me a message. Know anyone who might be interested? Please share! This role may particularly suit early career researchers or creative graduates with an interest in climate justice. #hiring #education #research #decolonise #climatejustice #socialjustice #racialjustice #antiracism #highereducation #sustainability #socialimpact #design #graduate

Are you a UK Research and Innovation #FutureLeadersFellow or a research fellow with any other research council in the UK/Europe? Are you interested in #climateaction? Have you felt that this is a #wickedproblem that requires a multidimensional, systems-thinking, inclusive and reflexive #sensemaking approach? Do you take epistemological bias (bias related to one's positionality/frame of appraising the world) seriously and seek to achieve a more inclusive and diversified analysis of climate issues? Then this event is for you! My brilliant colleague Dr Maru Mormina and I recently received some seed funding from the Future Leaders Fellows Development Network to test a new approach to collective deliberation around wicked problems. We teamed up with another FLF, the brilliant Graeme MacGilchrist, to pilot our approach with the Climate Connections Community of Practice that he currently coordinates. If you have missed it, there are still seats to register! The workshop will take place Nov 29 at the lovely BMA House in London. Come along for a reflective, participant-led session that will challenge you to ‘think together’ and ‘think differently’ about the interrelationships, tensions, overlaps and synergies between mitigation and adaptation strategies within the broader landscape of sustainable development. Employing systems thinking and Socratic dialectics we aim to unleash the power of collective intelligence by fostering reflection, collaboration and innovation, recognising that the big picture emerges, and system change happens, when we start seeing the world through the eyes of another (kudos to Dr Maru Mormina for this sentence!). Register now: https://lnkd.in/eyke5VnQ Note: **If you are not part of the FLF Development Network, email me at ri5@soas.ac.uk to share the event details and register you for the event. #FLF #DevelopmentNetwork #fellowled #creativeflexiblegrant #pilot #participantled #climateaction #connections #critical #dialogical #epistemologicalreflexivity #multidisciplinary #systemsthinking #wickedproblems

Many guests on the podcast "The Power Shift: Decolonising Development" have emphasised reflexivity and personal transformation as the starting point for anyone involved in the #shiftthepower movement. https://lnkd.in/esvDifjw and detailed links below For Dr Romina Istratii, she thought long and hard about what it means to take a decolonised and anti-racist approach when researching internationally. She has worked in a long-term partnership with Project dldl/ድልድል and has sensitively reviewed research design to challenge #eurocentric #epistemologies, ensuring #context awareness and #cultural sensitivity. Her work has challenged #whitefeminism and worked with men and faith leaders to identify entrypoints for norm change around #IPV (intimate partner violence, domestic violence, violence against women and girls). With policy and programmatic advice for #Ethiopia and the UK, this research flips the script and delivers #southsouth and #circularlearning #decolonise #decolonize #eurocentric #epistemology #research #GBV #VAWG #IPV #intersectionality #intersectionalfeminism #feminisms #patriarchy #masculinity #masculinities

We can ALL contribute to #decolonisation. But our role and what we have to offer depends on our #identity, #privilege and #positionality. This awareness is applied in Dr Romina Istratii's attempt to #decolonise #research with Project dldl/ድልድል in #Ethiopia which takes innovative approaches in its work on intimate partner violence (#IPV, #domesticviolence, #VAWG) finding ways to support male #normchange in both #Ethiopia and the UK. Listen to Dr Romina Istratii talk to Dr. Nompilo Ndlovu (Ph.D) and Kate Bird on our #podcast https://lnkd.in/eSDEwmPd And learn more about the approach that Project dldl/ድልድል takes to work with men (including community and faith leaders) to change norms around male violence. #decolonise #decolonize #antiracist #shiftthepower #eurocentric #mixedmethods #research #domesticviolence #SGBV #GBV #IPV #southsouth #circularlearning #power #positionality #agency #normchange #masculinity #misogyny #patriarchy

#Men are often excluded from conversations about #domesticviolence - with a single-minded focus on #survivors. Dr Romina Istratii takes a different approach - working with #men, #communityleaders and #faith leaders to understand what might be most effective to reduce #violence against #women and #girls. Her work with #partners in #Ethiopia creates opportunities for #southsouth and #circularlearning - applying evidence based approaches in #Ethiopia and in the #UK too. Listen to her describe her work https://lnkd.in/esvDifjw #decolonise #decolonize #research #intersectional #intersectionalfeminist #intersectionalfeminism #shiftthepower #VAWG #SGBV #GBV #violenceagainstwomenandgirls #genderbasedviolence #IPV #intimatepartnerviolence #malebacklash #backlash #toxicmasculinity #masculinities #patriarchy #gender #equity #genderequity #power #empowerment #agency #feminist