Decolonising Westernised Solidarity through Epistemic Blackness (JIAS Seminar) In Februari 2020 I embarked on a stimulating Writing Fellowship at the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Studies (JIAS) in Johannesburg, South Africa. On 18 March 2020 I got the chance to present my work in progress – a monograph for the special book series Kilombo, of Rowman…
Category: Talks
[Video] Interview Zwijgen is Geen Optie
** now with English and Dutch subtitles** (massive thanks to Sam de Vocht). In September 2019 I was blessed to sit down with Anthony Bosschem and Tom Mahy from Zwijgen is geen optie (‘Not speaking up is not an option’) – I forgot how gratifying it is to sit across from people who actually want to…
Understanding epistemic diversity // decoloniality as research strategy
[text based on a talk at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, NL, originally published on July 4th 2018 on their blog] How do we make sure that our efforts to diversify knowledge production go beyond a window-dressing/Benetton operation? How can we move beyond merely adding some colour and other markers of ‘diversity’…
[Video] On Babies and Bathwater: Decolonising Development Studies
In this Sussex Development Lecture (7 December 2017), I offer a conversation between personal experiences, reflections and decolonial scholarship to reflect on the fundamental, practical, institutional and epistemological implications of recognising the coloniality in the international development project. When we seek to part with the coloniality but not with the desire and imperative of global…
(VIDEO) On Ethical Retreat and Humanitarian Crisis
speech and debate at the “Humanitarian Changes, Humanitarian Challenges and the Protection of Civilians”seminar organised by NUPI, Oslo on April 27th, 2016 with Kristin Bergtora Sandvik, Senior researcher at PRIO and the Director of the Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies; Alex de Waal, Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation and a Research Professor at…
[Radio Interview] #CharlestonSyllabus: Boekenlijst der verdraagzaamheid.
source: Bar du Matin op Radio1.be, link to interview: http://www.radio1.be/node/404514?seek=0&popup “De boekenlijst der verdraagzaamheid” (?) “Docent, onderzoekster en journaliste Olivia Rutazibwa over boeken die ons kunnen inspireren tot verdraagzaamheid.” In de wereldwijde schok na de laffe moordaanslag in Charleston, vorige week, ontstaan ook zeer interessante initiatieven. Zo is er een Amerikaanse professor die via de…
Afscheid van Integratie [Speech/TEXT] – Open Forum Dag
Keynote Speech tijdens de Open Forum Dag van het Minderheden Forum – 29 maart 2014, Vlaams Parlmenent, Brussel. Proloog Laat me beginnen met het volgende: ik ben heel blij dat ik het woord tot jullie mag richten vandaag, en dit op de hoogdag van het Minderhedenforum. Het is al even geleden dat ik in het…
Geloof in Antwerpen – debat
Fragment uit panelgesprek “Geloof in Mij” met Patrick Loobuyck, Mohamed Chatouani, Hendrik Hoet, gemodereerd door Joel de Ceulaer in Atlas, Antwerpen in op 13 juni 2013 over geloof in Antwerpen.
Naar een Dekolonisatie van de Westerse Geest [INTERVIEW]
(This TED speech was delivered on Sept 24th 2011 in the Flemish Opera of Antwerp, Belgium.) Naar een dekolonisatie van de Westerse geest Interview van Evelyne Verhaegen (Kifkif) op 21 februari 2013 In september 2011 riep Olivia Rutazibwa tijdens TEDX Flanders in de Antwerpse opera op tot de dekolonisatie van onze westerse geesten. De manier…
[IB Speech – TEXT] THE DECOLONIZATION OF OUR STORYTELLING
(Speech delivered at the International Baccalaureate (IB) Peterson Academic Symposium in The Hague, the Netherlands, July 5-6, 2012 for an international audience of educators and curriculum developers. http://www.ibo.org) Good morning everyone. It is a real pleasure to be here in this setting to reflect on what to teach young people and children, on what we…
Angela Davis on activism, prisons, Obama, Palestine,…[VIDEO]
Angela Davis in Brussels @ULB on May 14 2012 accepting her honourary doctorate and @ press conference in Hotel Metropole, Brussels on May 15 2012 speaking on: activism, prison industrial complex, gender, Palestine, racism, Occupy, Obama, civil rights movements, DSK, religious fundamentalism,… must watch! … on Obama … on the prison industrial complex 1 …
TEDxTalk: Decolonizing the Western Minds
TEDxFlanders Talk delivered at the Flemish Opera House in Antwerp, Belgium on 24 September 2011.
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