Enjoying thinking about the value of different perspectives and knowledge production in a university context with @CamUniGeography this afternoon #decolonising #geography
#humility #respectfulness and learning from existing bodies of work, in particular African studies, is an opening theme.
Influences the everyday and across generations - need to recognise the 'colonial present'.
Decolonising can be 'enriching and additive' rather than being a zero-sum game; however, requires reflection on terminology used and 'one's own privileges to ensure exclusions aren't reproduced'
Means bringing black stories into the foreground, but also about the make up of the undergrad/pgrad student body, the organisation of the dept, forms of assessment...
Given the democratisation of mapping, information and greater transparency, interesting to think about who are today's colonial powers. The FANG tncs? What are the implications of this? Problems of Google Maps? But also benefits given indigenous peoples' use of digital mapping
Contrasting mental maps are revealing of the differences of perspective on a place that exist and are tied up in their socio-economic positionality
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