Sandew Hira November 4, 2016 Introduction Early 2015 white students and staff from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) occupied the administrative buildings as a protest against announced budget cuts. They demanded more democracy: election of the university board, referendums and an open debate on budget cuts. In the wake of this movement students of colour … Continue reading Divergent research methodologies – Diversity and decolonization at the University of Amsterdam →
Sandew Hira, June 7, 2017 Introduction In previous contributions I offered an analysis of two theories of liberalism that are popular among anti-racist activists: one on intersectionality and its application in decolonizing the university and one on the concept of white privilege. This article takes a critical look at another popular theory of liberalism: the … Continue reading The theory of everyday racism: which racism is not everyday, but only in the weekend? →
November 2016. Editor Sandew Hira: sandew.hira@iisr.nl See the list of events on decoloniality and islamophobia in december 2016 Divergent research methodology: diversity and decolonization at the University of Amsterdam Early 2015 white students and staff from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) occupied the administrative buildings as a protest against announced budget cuts. They demanded more … Continue reading Newsletter November 2016 →
September 2017. Editor: Sandew Hira Five misconceptions on terrorism Sheher Khan, bring us an excellent analysis about the five commonly heard misconceptions in the West. The popular imagination of terrorism doesn’t always correspond to the actual developments. One such a misconception is that most terrorist attacks in the West are committed by al-Qaeda, Daesh and … Continue reading Newsletter →
Contributions to decolonial theory are made from different parts of the world and from different disciplines. Every month this sections bring two contribution to decolonial theory. November 2016 On August 19 2016 Ramon Grosfoguel and Sandew Hira gave a joint lecture on intersectionality at the University of South Africa, Department of Anthropology & Archaeology, as … Continue reading Decolonial theory →
