Tag: Decolonization
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Institutional Transformation in South Africa and Germany
An Interview with Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni in conversation with Katharina Schramm Katharina Schramm (KS): In your book “Epistemic Freedom in Africa: Deprovincialization and Decolonization”, you make reference to W.E.B. Du Bois, who famously stated in “The Souls of Black Folk” that the problem of the twentieth century is the color line. Du Bois explicitly addresses racism…
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Positive irritations, creative approaches and spaces for discussion – a student project on post- and decolonial theories
Background and Motivation In the summer semester of 2020 we, Vanessa and Semina (BA students at the University of Bayreuth), attended the seminar “Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies”, offered at the Chair of Social and Cultural Anthropology by Thiago Pinto Barbosa. In the last session of the seminar, we discussed different possibilities to engage with social…
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“Eine Geste reicht nicht aus”
Gastbeitrag von Katharina Schramm Thema des Tages: “Deutschland hat über ein Jahrhundert gebraucht, um dem Genozid an den Herero und Nama selbst als Völkermord zu bezeichnen. Jetzt liegt der Entwurf für ein Abkommen vor, das die Schuld betont und Geld an die Nachfahren fließen lässt. Doch der Ethnologin Katharina Schramm geht das nicht weit genug.…
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Workshop “Neoliberalism and the Global South” by the Decolonisation Group, Utrecht University
27-28 May 2021, Online For the full program, click here. Digital Walk-in DAY 2 (2:00-2:30 PM Amsterdam-Brussels time – 30 MIN) A time to double check technical issues, have a chat and get to know each other a bit already before the workshop begins. You can drop in at any time. Panel III – Green…
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Wissenschaft und Universität zwischen kolonialer Vergangenheit, postkolonialer Gegenwart und dekolonialer Zukunft
Online Workshop, 19-21 June, University of Tübingen This 3-day workshop at the University of Tübingen featured a range of formats (lectures, panel discussions, labs, and presentations) around issues of epistemology, knowledge production, and the university as they concern colonial continuities and decolonial futures. The keynote lecture and other recorded events are available as livestream recordings…
ANTHROPOLOGY OF GLOBAL INEQUALITIES 