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Saturday, June 12, 2021

GLOBAL - Decolonial science: Towards more equitable knowledge practices (by Jess Auerbach) [University World News, June 2021]

Title:
GLOBAL - Decolonial science: Towards more equitable knowledge practices 
 
Author:
Jess Auerbach  
 
Published:
University World News, 3 June 2021
 
From the article:
Critique alone does not address university problems. Concrete actions are also needed if we are to interrupt received systems and redress a global hierarchy that equates south with underneath.  
 
In a recent paper in Nature, Ecology and Evolution entitled ‘Decoloniality and Anti-Oppressive Practices for a More Ethical Ecology’, my colleagues Christopher Trisos, Madhusudan Katti and I develop five concrete interventions for shifting practice in the production of scientific knowledge.