Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni - Decolonization means re-creating the world
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Sabelo Ndlovu-Gathseni is a professor and Chair of Epistemologies of the Global South with a focus on Africa at the University of Bayreuth in Germany. Originally trained as a Historian in Zimbabwe he held various prestigious research positions and directorships at universities in South Africa. In this podcast he is speaking about the unfinished process of Decolonization, what is meant by the concepts of epistemic violence and of coloniality of power. He explains that it is important to question how and from where we acquire knowledge and how this is linked to our identities and also, how we can better grapple with the contested social construct of ‘race’. ► Follow Global Conflicts and Local Interactions► Do you like Crossroads? Support our work ► podcast was recorded at the studio Mr. Wombat► sound mix Ondřej Bělíček► sound design Ondřej Bělíček
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