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ScienceMarchDC and decolonization in academia Show more

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@thebestsophist I am loosely familiar with the term decolonize, but not in this context.


Color me Intrigued. In what ways is academia colonial? How would one go about decolonizing it? Enlighten me, please.

@creatrixtiara Thank you. I looked around, but found little.


This is very interesting. Thank you.

@creatrixtiara @NthTensor
I'm at the DC march but I don't consider decolonizing anything more than a niche issue explained by other societal problems.

@TheDistinction @NthTensor

A lot of communities who are still suffering from the effects of colonization and neo-imperialism would argue otherwise, I talked about a few of them in the original birdsite thread—and I’ve been in/around science advocacy/policy for almost a decade. But also:
harlot.media/articles/1058/we-
aaihs.org/race-history-and-the

@NthTensor
Some articles about decolonial education in general and inclusion in the science march in particular:
Race, History, and the Science March aaihs.org/race-history-and-the
We need a decolonized education harlot.media/articles/1058/we-
March for Science can’t figure out how to handle diversity latinorebels.com/2017/03/14/th