About
Research for this curated collection began in 2022 to respond in part, to renewed discussions within and outside of universities about decolonising education, colonialism in the present and becoming open to and engaging with First Peoples knowledges and knowledges from the so called global south, and listening to student led protests and First Nations questions which include 'why is our curriculum (still) so white'. To also address epistemic injustices and climate racism and continued eurocentrism, this site brings together transnational scholars and knowledges and has been created for subject coordinators and students use in research, assessments, seminars and curricula renewal, and to make more readily available First Peoples, decolonial and global south or south to south, thinkers and knowledges.
This incomplete archive of thinkers and practitioners has been researched and curated by Dr Liz Dean with Dr Mar Quiroga (Melbourne Data Analytics Platform, MDAP). Dr Mar Quiroga designed this Omeka site and translated the clusters of thinkers with meticulous care, generosity and knowledge. I am indebted. Many research assistants contributed when funds enabled this: Hannah Harrison, Prue Rutter, Jo Daffy, Connor Brett, Pavit Bakshi and Chabel Din Khan, and Ary Hermawan who created the digital 'cluster-of-thinkers' (with UniMelb's digital studio internship program guided by Dr Mar Quiroga (MDAP). Funding from the School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne, also made this site possible.
The site is not an exhaustive list of scholars, their works and knowledges. The focus is also intentionally more on the area I am located, now called Australia, while also including an array of regions as collection clusters. Limitation of this site include its privileging of the English language. There is also a contribution button made available for omissions, and people engaging with this site are invited to add the 'missing people'.
Thanks again to everyone who contributed to this site including the authors who spent time sending their photographs, providing photographers attributions or 'selfies' and granting permissions for their use.
Regards
Liz