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Event Details
This workshop will take place at the University of Sheffield from 9.30 am – 16.00 pm on Thursday 27th June in Arts Tower Seminar Room 1318 and 1319. A vegetarian and vegan lunch and refreshments will be provided, and the location is wheelchair accessible. Spaces are limited.
The debate on decolonizing the ethics of Academic research within the structures of the University has been ongoing for decades. Rooted in notions of social justice, this debate locates ‘colonisation’ at the core of its critique. It challenges the eurocentric culture of education, problematizes the lack of diversity, and takes ‘difference’ seriously. Intrigued by recent contributions to this debate such as, Decolonizing the University and Dismantling Race in Higher Education, this one-day workshop contributes to the debate by exploring the ethics of decolonial research through the university. Keeping a reference to the university conventional procedures, this workshop is structured around two main aspects of decolonizing research; (inward) the institution of the university and (outward) to the field. (Inward) involves the procedures, hierarchies, gate-keepers, visibility, recognition. (Outward) involves the positionalities, accountabilities, responsibilities, decisions, etc. Whereas each of the terms inward and outward cites a directions and a trajectory, the aim is to think of how these critiques could move between the inside and the outside in order to shake the grounds of the colony.
Featuring:
- Professor Jenny Robinson (University College London)
- Dr Lata Narayanaswamy (University of Leeds)
