Combating Eurocentrism and Reinscribing Imperialist Cartography in African Scholarship
Clenched fists against postmodernism, poststructuralism and postcolonialism speaks more to the impossibility of remaking Africa than otherwise.
Postcolonialism, Feminism and the United Nations
Whereas most coverage of the United Nations paints it as a well-intentioned organisation, critical theories such as postcolonialism and feminism offer a more nuanced take.
The Paradox(es) of Diasporic Identity, Race and Belonging
Those working through processes of decolonization, migration, and the restitution of land in settler and postcolonial societies now have access to a body of practical academic and experiential work.
The Activist Origins of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay’s International Thought
Taking seriously the activist origins of anticolonial women’s international thought and in turn provincializing disciplinary binaries is essential to how we examine Third World activist women.
Interview – Swati Parashar
Swati Parashar discusses decolonising academia, intersectionality in IR, developments in feminist research and hopes for the future of postcolonial and feminist IR.
How are Textbooks in India Reproducing the Coloniality of Knowledge?
In India, textbooks create a postcolonial citizen with limited control over their own history and the Hindu narrative is deemed acceptable, with alternatives being ‘othered’.
Fluid Encounters Between ‘East and West’: Aurobindo and Mirra Alfassa in International Thought
The collaboration between Aurobindo and Mirra Alfassa symbolizes the conference of ‘East’ and ‘West’, categories which are neither exclusive nor static.
Decolonising Conservation: Towards a Postcolonial Conservation Regime
The post-2020 global biodiversity framework offers an opportunity to initiate a systemic change to endorse a right-based approach with Indigenous peoples as equal partners.
Postcolonialism
For postcolonial scholars, an important endeavour is to highlight the colonial legacies that created current global inequalities and the neocolonial power structures that reproduce them.
Interview – Pierre Englebert
Pierre Englebert discusses African statehood, and how it interacts with the concept of secessionism, as well as the impact of colonialism on the political study of Africa.
