Gurminder K. Bhambra, Kerem Nisancioglu, D. Gebrial
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Abstract
In 2015, students at the University of Cape Town demanded the removal of a statue of Cecil Rhodes, the imperialist, racist business magnate, from their campus. The battle cry '#RhodesMustFall' sparked an international movement calling for the decolonisation of the world's universities.
Today, as this movement grows, how will it radically transform the terms upon which universities exist? In this book, students, activists and scholars discuss the possibilities and the pitfalls of doing decolonial work in the home of the coloniser, in the heart of the establishment. Subverting curricula, enforcing diversity, and destroying old boundaries, this is a radical call for a new era of education.
Offering resources for students and academics to challenge and resist coloniality inside and outside the classroom, Decolonising the University provides the tools for radical pedagogical, disciplinary and institutional change.
2015年,开普敦大学(University of Cape Town)的学生要求从校园中移除帝国主义、种族主义的商业大亨塞西尔·罗兹(Cecil Rhodes)的雕像。“罗德斯必须下台”的口号引发了一场呼吁世界大学非殖民化的国际运动。今天,随着这一运动的发展,它将如何从根本上改变大学存在的条件?在这本书中,学生、活动家和学者们讨论了在殖民者的家中、在建制派的中心进行非殖民化工作的可能性和陷阱。颠覆课程,加强多样性,打破旧的界限,这是对教育新时代的激进呼吁。为学生和学者在课堂内外挑战和抵制殖民主义提供资源,非殖民化大学为激进的教学,学科和制度变革提供了工具。