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The Daily Mail & Telegraph have picked up the work done by a group of us at @SheffieldAPS on decolonising the curriculum - & painted it in a very unflattering light, unsurprisingly. (1/2) https://twitter.com/AdamRutherford/status/1391360827773624324
Our working group started in 2019 reading Decolonising the University by Bhambra, Gebrial & Nişancıoğlu ( https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25936) & came up with a handbook consolidating some of what we've learnt, with some eg on how to apply in teaching (2/?)
This handbook is updated periodically ( https://sites.google.com/sheffield.ac.uk/decolonisingecolevol/home; please share this link instead of the static pdf link that the newspapers used), & I'm really glad to have been able to be part of this working group. (3/?)
I'm proud to be at @sheffielduni where the student union @SheffieldSU has recently passed a motion to decolonise the curriculum, & recent updates to the Race Equality Strategy & Action Plan ( https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/students/news/race-equality-1.945782) (4/?)
includes, amongst other actions, a Decolonising the Curriculum working group & resource hub ( https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/staff/elevate/priorities/decolonising). Of course this doesn't mean decolonisation has been achieved, & it's argued that it can never really be, but is an ongoing process. (5/?)
Addressing power inequalities between global N & global S universities will be an enormous undertaking quite beyond the actions of an individual university, & there are many structural issues with the way academia is at present. But what's happening here's a good start (6/6)
