What models of love and support get lost if we cling to a linear model of family life? Leighan Renaud calls for a model of genealogical enquiry rooted in a decolonised, expansive and ‘matrifocal’ understanding of the Caribbean family.
Tag: decolonisation
Archiving Insurgency
What can official sources tell us about mass movements for liberation in colonial India? Pragya Dhital introduces a special feature on “Insurgency in the Archives”, in issue 89 of History Workshop Journal.
“Power in the Telling”: Community-Engaged Histories of Black Britain
Meleisa Ono-George introduces her new feature for HWO on community-engaged histories of Black Britain – “Power in the Telling” – which explores how history is not just about what is known, but also about the process and politics of its production.
S2, E5: The Violence of Empire
How was violence essential to sustaining the British Empire, and why is teaching this imperative in today’s world? Listen to the latest episode History Workshop Podcast.
What does it mean to decolonise History teaching and research at SOAS?
Decolonising History teaching and research at SOAS, a London based institution that uniquely teaches only non-Western histories requires an approach that is non-eurocentric but at the same time ensures that local communities and organisations are active partners in knowledge production and dissemination.
Event: ‘After Multiculturalism? Conversations between History and Sociology’
At a moment when pundits continue to pronounce that multiculturalism has ‘failed’ in Britain and across Europe, this symposium will explore the role and responsibilities of anti-racist scholarship.
Imperial History Wars
As popular ideas of British empire become a battleground in Brexit Britain, Charlotte Lydia Riley examines the emergence of imperial history wars
