Decolonial Theories in Comparison

Mendoza, Breny

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“…For over three centuries, colonisation has been experienced worldwide as the systemic imposition of particular, exclusive or definite ways of sensing, knowing, understanding and surmising that precludes or discredits all others (Mendoza, 2020; Santos, 2014; Césaire, 1950). Influenced by postcolonial and decolonial movements, African policymakers (from Thomas Sankara to Aminata Dramane Traoré) have denounced the economic and political implications of colonialism, and foreseen the consequences of systemic impoverishment and North–South interdependency (Boudet, 2021; Nubukpo, et al 2016; Mehmet, 1999).…”

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The future as a public good: decolonising the future through anticipatory participatory action research

Bourgeois

Karuri‐Sebina

Feukeu

2022

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to nurture reflections on the colonization of the future in the present with a particular focus on Africa. This paper aims at exploring how participatory research and particularly anticipatory action research can contribute to a decolonising process. Design/methodology/approach Considering the future as a public good, this paper develops a reflection on the colonization processes that can turn it into a club or a private good. This paper mobilizes the notions of participatory knowledge production and local action research as a way to decolonize the future and empower imagination. This paper revisits the tenets of participatory action research as a means to achieve this objective and discusses the main features of a non-colonial anticipatory action research in the context of African futures. Findings This paper highlights the challenges associated with connecting anticipatory endeavours focusing on action research, the creation of collective intelligence and co-design, with the intention of encouraging the decolonisation process. It includes design principles and anticipates a possible process of counter-decolonization. Research limitations/implications This is a conceptual paper, which does not provide field-tested evidence. Yet, the authors hope it serves as an input enabling to design methodologies that will prevent the colonisation of the future when engaging in future-oriented research activities in Africa and elsewhere. Originality/value This paper provides an integral approach to the colonisation of the future, as a renewed old question. This paper also connects this process with a reflection on the nature of what could be non-colonizing anticipatory action research.

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The future as a public good: decolonising the future through anticipatory participatory action research

Bourgeois

Karuri‐Sebina

Feukeu

2022

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“…One of its central concepts is the coloniality of power , introduced by Quijano (1999), and based on the theoretical junction of two concepts: ‘modernity’ and ‘coloniality’. ‘Coloniality’ is a deep-rooted cultural heritage of European colonialism that still defines power relations, both globally and locally (Mendoza, 2020). Colonialism (as a historical phenomenon) and coloniality (as a Eurocentric matrix of power) are not peripheral side-effects of Western modernity, but rather its pivotal elements that have structured several dimensions of the modern world-system.…”

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“…In this regard, the notion of coloniality of power helps us to understand why still today, within the development architecture that is based on the colonial division of the world, some contributions are considered professional and worthy to be waged, and others—like those of the receiving organizations of development volunteers—are not. Decolonial theory here, like post-colonial thinking, aims ‘to discover the historical continuity of the colonial logic in the configuration of power locally and globally in the present’ (Mendoza, 2020, p. 49).…”

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Weaving a Dense Web: A (Decolonial) Study into the Contributions of Host Organizations of Development Volunteers in Jalisco, Mexico

Jablonska-Bayro,

Haas

2024

Progress in Development Studies

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Despite increasing interest in the role played by global South receiving organizations of development volunteers, their agency and efforts are rarely investigated in detail. Our qualitative study explores the involvement of receiving partners in international volunteering spaces, using the German Weltwärts programme in Mexico as an example. By applying decolonial theory, and politics and ethics of care lens to our data, we explore how these organizations are ‘weaving’ a dense assistance and safety web around the volunteers. Such assistance is usually not monetized and mainly invisible in the discussion of volunteering for development. Our findings challenge the development discourse and the positionality of northern volunteers within the development architecture.

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“…Depuis plus de trois sie `cles, la colonialit e a et e v ecue dans le monde entier comme l'imposition syst emique de manie `res particulie `res, exclusives et arre ˆt ees de percevoir, de savoir, de comprendre et de pr esumer qui excluent ou discr editent toutes les autres (Mendoza, 2020;Santos, 2014;C esaire, 1950). Influenc es par les mouvements postcoloniaux et d ecoloniaux, des d ecideurs politiques africains (depuis Thomas Sankara jusqu' a Aminata Dramane Traor e) ont d enonc e les implications economiques et politiques du colonialisme et ont anticip e les cons equences de l'appauvrissement syst emique et de l'interd ependance Nords-Suds (Boudet, 2021;Nubukpo, 2016;Mehmet, 1999).…”

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Le futur comme bien public: décoloniser le futur par la recherche-action participative anticipatoire

Bourgeois¹,

Feukeu

Karuri‐Sebina

2022

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Objectif L'objectif visé est de nourrir les réflexions sur la colonisation du futur dans le présent en mettant particulièrement l’accent sur le continent africain. Nous visons à explorer comment la recherche participative, et plus particulièrement la recherche-action anticipatoire, peut contribuer au processus de décolonisation effective. Conception/méthodologie/approche Considérant le futur comme un bien public, nous mobilisons une réflexion sur les processus coloniaux qui l’ont transformé, à bien des égards, en bien de club ou en bien privé. Nous faisons ensuite appel aux notions de production participative de connaissances et de recherche-action locale comme moyens de décoloniser le futur et de libérer l'imagination. Nous revisitons ensuite les principes de la recherche-action participative pour atteindre cet objectif et nous examinons les principales caractéristiques d'une recherche-action anticipatoire non coloniale dans le contexte des futurs de l'Afrique. Résultats Nous mettons en évidence les défis issus de la relation entre les efforts d'anticipation axés sur la recherche-action, la création d'une intelligence collective et la co-conception (codesign), dans le but d'encourager le processus de décolonisation. Cette démarche inclut des principes de conception, établit les bases pour un processus anticipatoire, potentiellement décolonial et envisage une possible réaction du système dominant à l’encontre de ce processus de décolonisation. Implications/limitations Il s’agit d’un travail conceptuel, qui ne fournit pas d’éléments testés sur le terrain. Toutefois, nous espérons que cela constituera un apport permettant de concevoir des méthodologies qui préviendront la colonisation du futur lors de la participation à des activités de recherche tournées vers les futurs en Afrique et ailleurs. Originalité/valeur Nous proposons une approche intégrale de la colonisation du futur, comme renouvellement d’une question ancienne. Nous articulons également cette démarche autour d’une réflexion sur la nature de ce que pourrait être une recherche-action anticipatoire décoloniale.

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Decolonial Theories in Comparison

Cited by 17 publications

References 23 publications

The future as a public good: decolonising the future through anticipatory participatory action research

The future as a public good: decolonising the future through anticipatory participatory action research

Weaving a Dense Web: A (Decolonial) Study into the Contributions of Host Organizations of Development Volunteers in Jalisco, Mexico

Le futur comme bien public: décoloniser le futur par la recherche-action participative anticipatoire

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