Decolonial, Anticolonial, Global South and First Nations Archives, Blogs, Essays and Reading Lists

Decolonial, Anticolonial, Global South and First Nations Archives, Blogs, Essays and Reading Lists

Transnational Decolonial sites, Archives, Essays, Reading Lists and Websites:
The Alternative Reading List Project: WordPress, colonialism, postcolonialism. Accessed January 22, 2023. https://thealternativereadinglistproject. wordpress.com/colonialism-post-colonialism/

Theory from the Margins (n.d.). Archive. Accessed 24 November, 2025. https://theoryfromthemargins.com/archive/

Analú María López, Guachichil/Xi’úi,  (2020) “Decolonial” reading list: Decolonizing Knowledge and the Question of the Archive. 3 Mar., Accessed January 22, 2023. https://www.analulopez. com/decolonial-reading-list/

Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society, blog: Open Access journal, Accessed January 20 2023. https://decolonization.wordpress.com/about/

Decolonising Global Health Archive , homepage Kings College London, Accessed August 21, 2025

Green Libraries Week: Connecting with the Land, Institute of International Visual Artists, News, Accessed January 20 2023. https://iniva.org/green-libraries-week-connecting-with-the-land/

Institute of International Visual Artists, Articles, Accessed January 20, 2024
https://iniva.org/about/news/ 

Indigeneity in a settler colonial present (2022) , episteme, 8, Political Positions, Katsuya Hirano editor, Accessed January 20, 2024 https://positionspolitics.org/episteme-8/

Race Place Space: Essays on Global Blackness & Questions of Freedom, Accessed January 22, 2023, https://racespaceplace.com/
Features -  Messages from Exile

 The Land That Remembers: Agrarian Extractivism and the Struggle for Peatland Life

Disarming the National Canon (and Questioning
the Price of Independence) New Narratif: Accessed Aug 14 2025 https://newnaratif.com/feature/

Stamina for Decolonizing Higher Education –
Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures In Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures, Accessed Mar 14 2025, https://decolonialfutures.net/ 

The Transnational Colonial Institute. WordPress. Accessed Jan 22, 2023.
https://transnationaldecolonialinstitute.wordpress.com/

'Africa':
The African Archives, Accessed March 26, 2023. https://theafricanarchives.org/

Africa Knows! Blogs. Accessed Jan 22, 2023. https://www.africaknows.eu/3.htm

Black Cultural Archives. Accessed 9 June 2023. https://blackculturalarchives.org/

Decolonising the Archive: Correcting our Collecting: An Introduction to African-Centered Archiving, https://www.decolonisingthearchive.com/correcting-our-collecting

'Asia':
Critical Asia Archive: Events and Theories, Accessed Aug 15, 2025. rhttps://caarchives.org/ 

Melbourne Asia Review | A research-based publication | Asia Institute, Accessed Aug 15, 2025. Managing Editor, Vedi Hadiz

Political Positions: on 'Asia' and its Global Significance, Accessed January 20, 2024. https://positionspolitics.org/about-us/https://positionspolitics.org/about-us/

South East Asia
New Mandala, New perspectives on South East Asia https://www.newmandala.org/about/

Sapna South Asian Climate Solidarity. (n.d.). Books that unpack South Asian climate justice. Accessed April 9, 2026.https://sapnasolidarity.org/media-resources/books/

Australia:
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Stait Islander: AIATSIS Blog  Accessed December 4, 2023 https://aiatsis.gov.au/whats-new/blogs

Anti-Colonial Research Library developed by Caroline Lenette at UNSW, Accessed May 27, 2024 https://www.anticolonialresearchlibrary.org/.

O'Sullivan, S. (June, 2020). 101 Links to Black Writers and Voices. AustLit. Accessed April 9, 2026. https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/19577014

Allam, L. (2020, October 12). 'Devastated' Indigenous owners say Rio Tinto misled them ahead of Juukan Gorge blast. The Guardian.  Accessed October 13, 2020  https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/oct/12/devastated-indigenous-owners-say-rio-tinto-misled-them-ahead-of-juukan-gorge-blast

Indigenous Archives Collective – Connecting people working with Indigenous knowledge sources in Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums. Homepage, University of Technology and Monash University. Accessed May 9, 2024. https://indigenousarchives.net/

Zevallos, Z. (2018)  Indigenous Sociology for Social Impact. Blog, January 6. Other Sociologist.  Accessed September 20, 2023. https://othersociologist.com/2018/01/06/indigenous-sociology-for-social-impact/

Britain:
The Project, The Making African Connections Digital Archive, Accessed May 20, 2024
https://makingafricanconnections.org/s/archive/page/about 

University College London 'British compensation for ending enslavement' online database Accessed 31 Mar 2025.

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database.  Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History, 2025 Accessed 31 Mar 2025

Caribbean:
Caribbean Studies Association, Accessed May 20, 2024,  https://www.caribbeanstudiesassociation.org/decolonial-political-ecologies-in-mesoamerica-and-the-caribbean/

2017, Decolonise the Caribbean, Angel “Monxo” López Santiago, Accessed May 20, 2024, Nacla: reporting on the Americas, https://nacla.org/news/ 2017/10/19/decolonize-caribbean

Chile
Decolonizing Mapuche History "Let's Talk about Mapuche History" https://www.decolonizarlahistoria.com/

"This webpage has pedagogical materials based on the original documents written by or focused on Mapuche leaders from the first half of the 20^th century. The website offers materials for teachers and for students. The materials are in English, Spanish and Mapuzugun (the Mapuche language). The webpage itself is in Spanish.  Materials are co-created with teachers in Mapuche ancestral territory, southern Chile, some of whom self-identify as Mapuche and others who identify as Chilean, and Allison Boise Ramay, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile,  Joanna Crow, Bristol University and Roberto Marivil, Mapuche researcher, academic and teacher. 

Mapping Intercultural Conversations: http://interculturalconversations.com/#/ This webpage is in Spanish and English.  Access original documents, visualize and interact with the networks of three of the most prominent Mapuche leaders, Manuel Manquilef, Venancio Coñuepan and Manuel Aburto Panguilef, of the first half of the 20^th century. Created by Allison Boise Ramay, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Joanna Crow, Bristol University. 

Europe:
Found in Translation. Magazine. The Baffler. Accessed May 9, 2024. https://thebaffler.com/found-in-translation

Indonesia:
Tammi, Ratu, (2025, 4 Sept.,) The Land That Remembers: Agrarian Extractivism 
and the Struggle for Peatland Life
Accessed Sept 20, 2025, New Naratif

Japan:
Aniu, Wajin 和人 
Penwell, C. (2020) Blog, the
Ainu and Ezochi Rare Collection, June 18, 4 corners of the world, International Collections, Library of Congress, ISSN 2692-2088. Accessed Mar 26, 2025

Matsushima, Y (2023) The struggle for the return of Ryukyuan ancestral remains, 6 May IWGIA Accessed 16 Nov. 2024 https://www.iwgia.org/en/news/5197-the-struggle-for-the-return-of-ryukyuan-ancestral-remains.html 

Turtle Island Canada:
BIG_Review journal homepage: https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/bigreview

Blog:  Borders in Globalization homepage: https://biglobalization.org

Indigenous Feminist Collective: reading List, Accessed May 10 2024, https://indigenousfeminisms.wordpress.com/reading-list

Mediterranean:
Warscapes | Mediterranean Migrant Crossings. Magazine/Print Volume. Accessed May 9, 2024. https://en.we-refugees-archive.org/network/warscapes-mediterranean-migrant-crossings/

Middle East Archive: "a publishing platform dedicated to reimagining and celebrating the visual narratives of the Middle East and Maghreb".  https://middleastarchive.com/about/ Accessed Mar 26, 2025

Palestine:
The Palestine reading list. Decolonize Palestine. Accessed October 12, 2023. https://decolonizepalestine.com/reading-list/

Scotland
Accessed Mar 14 2025
Scotland and the slave trade: resources at the National Library of Scotland 

Slavery, the transatlantic slave trade and Scotland: National Archives of Scotland

Turtle Island
Blogs: 
Jimmy, M., (2025) Nov., 27, Respecting Data Sovereignty Starts with the Stories We Tell About the Past, Blog, Active History: History Matters,  https://activehistory.ca/blog/2025/11/27/respecting-indigenous-data-sovereignty-history/

Burnett, K., and Stettner, S., (2025) Nov 24 Holding Ourselves Accountable: Reconciliation and Truth Telling in a Post Truth World,    https://activehistory.ca/blog/2025/11/24/holding-ourselves-accountable-reconciliation-and-truth-telling-in-a-post-truth-world/

United States of America
American Indian Records in the National Archives (2020/07) Accessed Nov., 17 2025.


American Indian Records in the National Archives (2020/07) Accessed Nov 4, 2025

American Indian Digital History Project, Accessed Nov 4, 2025, https://aidhp.com/

Native Northeast Portal https://nativenortheastportal.com/includes:
The Native Northeast Research Collaborative's "contains primary source materials by, on, or about Northeast Indians from repositories around the world" such asCommon Unities: Possession, Dispossession, & Community in Tunxis Land Records, 1640-1841 a Digital Humanities Project. Accessed 11 July 2024.