1st Edition

Colonising and Decolonising Concepts, Learnings, and Praxes

244 Pages
by Routledge

Colonising and Decolonising argues for a decolonised and ethicised curriculum. Grounded in an interdisciplinary approach, it draws upon the fields of history, sociology, education, anthropology, philosophy, indigenous studies, and more, to allow a nuanced and multifaceted exploration of the subject matter. Focusing on the concepts and practices of coloniality and decoloniality, it uses this... Read more

1. Introduction Part I: Colonisations  2. Epistemic Colonisation: Indigenous Peoples  3. Cultural Colonisation: The Indian Diaspora  4. Colonial Identities: Arab–Israeli Conflicts  5. Political and Economic Colonisation: Empire and Commerce  6. Taxonomic Colonisation: Rethinking Racism and Notions of Race in Global Educational Contexts  7. Colonial Institutions: Curricula, Pedagogies and Learnings  Part II: Decolonisations  8. Epistemic Decolonisation: Truth, Justification and Ethics  9. Feminist Decolonisations: The Women’s Rights Movement  10. The Gay Rights Movement: Decoloniality and Universality  11. Anti-Racist Strategies and Pedagogies: Taxonomic Decolonisation  12. Indigenous and Colonial Knowledge  13. Coloniality/Decoloniality

Biography

David Scott is an Emeritus Professor of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment at the UCL Institute of Education, UK.

Sandra Leaton Gray is an Associate Professor of Education at the UCL Institute of Education, UK, and Senior Member, Wolfson College, Cambridge University.

Rita Chawla-Duggan is Associate Professor of Education in the Department of Education at the University of Bath, UK.