Questions academics can ask to decolonise their classrooms: Asking questions can create new ways of teaching and learning. StepanPopov/ShutterstockThe curriculum is not just the “stuff” that students must learn to be knowledgeable and skilled in a particular discipline. It’s about more than just content. Sociologists of education argue that “curriculum” is a highly ideological … [Read more...] about Questions academics can ask to decolonise their classrooms | The Conversation
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What would it mean to decolonise palaeontology? Here are some ideas | The Conversation
What would it mean to decolonise palaeontology? Here are some ideas: The fossil of a Mesosaurus tenuidens, which provided important clues about tectonic shifts. Courtesy of Philippe Loubry - CNRS/MNHNThe call by students to “decolonise science” still rings in many South African academics’ ears. But discussions about what t might entail, or even if it’s necessary, are fraught. … [Read more...] about What would it mean to decolonise palaeontology? Here are some ideas | The Conversation
Fela’s music can decolonise international law in African universities | The Conversation
Fela's music can decolonise international law in African universities: From Fela Kuti's album, 'Beast of No Nation'. Beast of No Nation LP.International law in African universities is still taught within a rigid Eurocentric context. Changing this is important, but also incredibly difficult given how entrenched the current approach is. Surprisingly Nigerian musician … [Read more...] about Fela’s music can decolonise international law in African universities | The Conversation
What a new university in Africa is doing to decolonise social sciences | The Conversation
What a new university in Africa is doing to decolonise social sciences: It's time for students to see Africa differently. ShutterstockIt’s not often that you get to create a new university from scratch: space, staff – and curriculum. But that’s exactly what we’re doing in Mauritius, at one of Africa’s newest higher education institutions. And decoloniality is central to our … [Read more...] about What a new university in Africa is doing to decolonise social sciences | The Conversation
Universities can’t decolonise the curriculum without defining it first | The Conversation
Universities can't decolonise the curriculum without defining it first: ShutterstockAcademics are trying to rid South Africa’s universities of the procedures, values, norms, practices, thinking, beliefs and choices that mark anything non-European and not white as inferior. Decolonising the curriculum forms part of this work. But what does this … [Read more...] about Universities can’t decolonise the curriculum without defining it first | The Conversation
