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Decolonizing Academic Spaces: Engaging Intersectionality, Social Identities, Racial Consciousness, and Action Toward an Anticolonial Education

Sun, April 15, 2:45 to 4:15pm, Millennium Broadway New York Times Square, Floor: Fourth Floor, Room 4.02-4.03

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Decolonization necessitates engaging in a continuous examination and contestation of knowledge. As people of color with intersectional positionalities, we draw from our experiences as educators to problematize legacies of colonialism within educational settings, from curricula to classrooms to schools to education boards. The five talks will highlight the diversity of approaches and strategies through which students, teachers, and allies engage in the struggle for a decolonial educational praxis. Panelists will present findings from their research, as these relate to theme of decolonizing academic spaces toward anti-colonial pedagogies. Through these presentations, we contribute to the growing literature on decolonial pedagogies, specifically the practices through which students and educators are decolonizing educational spaces in order to challenge the coloniality of education.

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