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SUMMARY:The (in)animation of coloniality: resistance to decolonising initi
 atives in environmental and geographical disciplines  - Dr Laura Loyola-He
 rnandez and Dr Arjan Gosal 
DTSTART:20221109T124500Z
DTEND:20221109T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Over the past years there have been conversations around decol
 onising Higher Education which have tended to focus on social science. We 
 wanted to understand the type of impact decolonising initiatives were havi
 ng in more science-based disciplines such as physical geography and enviro
 nmental sciences. We carried out an online survey which received over 100 
 responses from the Faculty of Environment at the University of Leeds. We h
 ave written a report based on the survey results which you can access here
 . Our findings show there is reluctance to acknowledge how research is inf
 luenced by ongoing colonial relations. A high percentage of respondents fe
 lt decolonisation didn’t apply to their disciplines because of the natur
 e of them which involve a “rigorous” scientific process. They argued d
 ecolonisation did not need to happen in their field given they focus on ex
 periments\, working in labs and/or with inanimate objects versus human rel
 ations. During this seminar\, we will explore in detail these challenges a
 s well as recommendations in thinking how we can overcome these obstacles 
 in decolonising our teaching and research.   
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Department of Geography
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