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Understanding of Ecological Justice through Adivasi Women’s Writings

21/10/2026

16 pages long

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Understanding of Ecological Justice through Adivasi Women’s Writings

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This paper explores how Adivasi women writers and scholars from Jharkhand, India, express ecological justice, gender consciousness, and decolonial knowledge through their literary and activist works. By closely analysing the writings of Adivasi women, the study reveals that their works offer an alternative epistemology that is deeply rooted in community life, land, forest, and spirituality. […]

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Deaf cultures: towards decolonisation of body, disability, and deafness

12/12/2023

14 pages long

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Deaf cultures: towards decolonisation of body, disability, and deafness

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The article discusses the concept of disability, body, and deafness in the context of colonialism, and Brahminism. In this paper, I argue that Deafness is not limited to hearing loss, but it's a “social and cultural condition.” The authoritative/medical model of the body is rooted in colonialism, it has created an ‘idealness’ for all the […]

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Forever fields: studying knowledge practices in the global North: a view from the global South

12/12/2023

17 pages long

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Forever fields: studying knowledge practices in the global North: a view from the global South

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While there is a multitude of academic work with respect to cross-border collaborations between South Asian countries and the US, almost all of it is produced by scholars located in US universities, either as tenured faculty or as doctoral students. Much of this work is predicated upon the access these scholars have to stakeholders in […]

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Who knows, who writes, and who decolonises? Dialogues about collaborative partnerships of a rural education initiative in post-accord Colombia

12/12/2023

20 pages long

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Who knows, who writes, and who decolonises? Dialogues about collaborative partnerships of a rural education initiative in post-accord Colombia

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Recognition and preservation of local knowledge, practices, and ways of being are tenets of decolonial practices. However, understanding how, in which ways, and – mainly – who does the decolonial work is still unclear. The Education, Land, and Reconciliation Project (EDUCARE in Spanish) is an action-research initiative co-created between former guerrilla members who are reincorporating into Colombian society while […]

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Decolonising knowledge production: the experience of the Syrian Female Journalists Network (SFJN)

12/12/2023

19 pages long

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Decolonising knowledge production: the experience of the Syrian Female Journalists Network (SFJN)

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This article delves into the Syrian Female Journalists Network’s (SFJN) approach to decolonise knowledge production, focusing on a multi-faceted deconstructive framework. Through an examination of our analytic and deconstructive process of media language and discourse, our methodology centres on identifying and challenging prevailing patriarchal and colonial power dynamics and binaries within language, particularly in the […]

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A flurry of feminist knowledge production in the SWANA region and the emergence of a robust young intersectional movement

12/12/2023

15 pages long

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A flurry of feminist knowledge production in the SWANA region and the emergence of a robust young intersectional movement

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This article is based on a collaboratively built dataset of locally sourced and produced feminist knowledge, and offers valuable insights into feminist knowledge production in the SWANA region while promoting solidarity and community building. The recommendations aim to address gaps and further enhance the breadth and depth of knowledge production in the region. This dataset is […]

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Gender diversity and inclusive representation as a means to decolonise museums

12/12/2023

19 pages long

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Gender diversity and inclusive representation as a means to decolonise museums

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Decolonising museums has become a popular issue in recent years as many museums have recognised the need to address how they have historically perpetuated colonialism and exclusion. One way in which museums can work towards gender diversity and inclusion is by actively seeking and amplifying the voices and perspectives of women and under-represented groups. This […]

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Women in community-based museums of memory in Colombia. Their struggle for peace building

12/12/2023

19 pages long

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Women in community-based museums of memory in Colombia. Their struggle for peace building

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Institutional strengthening, securitisation, free market promotion, and development policy implementation are foundational elements of liberal peace. However, the creation of an inferior colonisable other sustains this link and has justified programmes of violent repression and silencing. Decolonial, post-liberal, localised, and feminist peace-building stances condemn those power structures and promote alternative means of achieving well-being and […]

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The archive and the cafezinho: challenging (disembodied) histories by embodied archival experiences at Acervo Bajubá, an LGBT+ community archive in Brazil

12/12/2023

21 pages long

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The archive and the cafezinho: challenging (disembodied) histories by embodied archival experiences at Acervo Bajubá, an LGBT+ community archive in Brazil

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This article examines the challenges faced by Acervo Bajubá, an LGBT+ community archive located in São Paulo, Brazil. Departing from the observation of a disconnect between the recognition of the archive’s importance in terms of the content it holds and its consideration as a community epistemological project, the article argues for a paradigm shift in […]

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Dancing with decolonial praxis: LBQ women and non-binary people’s subcultures in Lusaka, Zambia

12/12/2023

16 pages long

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Dancing with decolonial praxis: LBQ women and non-binary people’s subcultures in Lusaka, Zambia

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This article explores the subcultures and experiences of LBQ (lesbian, bisexual, and queer) women and non-binary individuals in Lusaka, Zambia, against the backdrop of draconian anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and rising homophobia in Africa. Drawing upon decolonial feminist methodology, the study investigates how these marginalised communities navigate hostile environments where their sexual orientation is criminalised and stigmatised […]

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