What Does Decolonizing Knowledge Mean from Different Geographical and Disciplinary Positions?
The Global Humanities Alliance Working Group on Decolonizing Knowledge will run two roundtables in 2025 on the topic on What Does Decolonizing Knowledge mean from Different Geographical and Disciplinary Positions?
The first roundtable hosted by the University of Melbourne will include speakers from Ashoka University, Mahidol University, Universitas Gadjah Mada and the University of Melbourne
Thursday March 20, 18:00 – 19:30 GMT +11, for different time conversions across the GHA see here ugm.id/TimeZoneGHA
The second roundtable hosted by the University of Nairobi will include speakers from the University of Toronto, Manchester University, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and the University of Nairobi
The purpose of these roundtables is to share across the GHA membership a range of different interpretations that scholars apply to the topic of decolonising knowledge. Participants will reflect on what decolonizing knowledge means from the different geographical locations of scholars and the countries they study in terms of the histories of each country in relation to colonialism, ongoing forms of colonialism or coloniality and considerations of the nexus between colonialism and Indigenous knowledge. This could include discussion of what terminology works best in each context. Participants will also consider what decolonizing knowledge means for their particular discipline and what the most pressing issues are across different domains of knowledge including social sciences and humanities perspectives. To make clear how a range of scholars apply the concept of decolonising knowledge participants will also share an example either from their research or talk about an important thinker in the field for their research.
Panelists
- Dr Lynda Ng, The University of Melbourne, Australia and Literature
- Dr Luqman-nul Hakim, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia and International Relations
- Dr Nuntamon Kutalad, Mahidol University, Thailand and museum studies
- Professor Projit Mukharji, Ashoka University, India and the history of science
Chair
Professor Kate McGregor, Co-chair of the Global Humanities Alliance
