Decolonization has presently turned into a new global trend. It involves not only the struggles of indigenous and colonized people and minorities for their survival, rights and autonomies, but also the students` and professors` fights for decolonizing the curriculum, and the battles of museums for decolonizing their collections and ways of representation. Feminists of the global South and the semi-periphery are actively involved in decolonization movement for their right to be heard and taken into account, and decolonial environmental activists argue for the rights of any and all forms of life on equal basis with human lives. All these aspects are reflected in decolonial thought which is firmly linked to activism and various artistic forms of expression.
- What is coloniality and how is it connected to modernity?
- Is gender a colonial concept?
- How universalism is different from pluriversality?
- Are deep coalitions among different others possible?
- Can museum, university or feminism be really decolonized?
If you are interested in these questions, take this online course taught by the leading researcher in decolonial gender thought. The course is designed as a lively discussion space and offers you the chance to tackle the main current debates on decolonization, resistance, and re-existence. Engaging the latest cutting-edge sources both in academic literature and in art, fiction and film media, the teaching is based on interactive creative methods such as memory work and automatic writing. This single subject course is taught and examined in English and aimed at the MA students.