Title:
Blaming decolonisation for limiting free speech is a red herring
Authors:
This blog was kindly contributed by Dr Sylvie Lomer, Parise
Carmichael-Murphy and Dr Jenna Mittelmeier from the University of
Manchester in response to a blog posted on Decolonisation by Professor
Doug Stokes, University of Exeter, which you can read here.
Published:
Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), UK, 25 March 2021
From the blog post:
A recent HEPI blog written by Professor Doug Stokes argues that the decolonisation movement in higher education is ‘illiberal and authoritarian’, describing recent comments from the Minister of State for Universities that decolonisation is ‘censoring history’ as ‘a defence of key academic values’. While we certainly respect the author’s right to freely express their opinions, we believe the blog perpetuates several fundamental misunderstandings about curriculum decolonisation that should be addressed.