This article, by India’s most eminent mathematician, is a pleasure to read:
http://theconversation.com/to-decolonise-maths-stand-up-to-its-false-history-and-bad-philosophy-67385
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South-South dialogues: Situated perspectives in decolonial epistemologies
Thursday 5 November – Friday 6 November 2015
Gordon Greenwood Building, Union Rd, St Lucia Campus
Brought to you by the UQ Latin American Studies Forum and the Postcoloniality/Decoloniality Collective
According to Boaventura de Sousa Santos “a massive epistemicide has been under way for the past five centuries, whereby an immense wealth of cognitive experiences has been wasted”. One of the ubiquitous legacies of colonialism is that there now exists a dominant intellectual tradition that is based upon an “abstract universalism grounding Western-centric general theories”. This global cognitive injustice, contends Sousa Santos, must be addressed through “an intercultural dialogue and translation among different critical knowledges and practices: South-centric and North-centric, popular and scientific religious and secular, female and male, urban and rural…” (Epistemologies of the South: Justice against epistemicide, 2014)
The aim of this symposium is to bring together researchers, scholars and intellectuals who are actively engaged in developing critical thinking situated in the South. The focus therefore of this symposium is to open a space and a conversation with traditional and contemporary critical thinking in Australia and Latin America in order to find pathways toward developing decolonial epistemologies and practices from a Southern perspective. Some of the questions that may be addressed are: What does it mean to view and understand the world from the South? How can South knowledges engage with each other? Are there commonalities and contrasts in South critical perspectives? How are South critical knowledges situated within and in contrast to overbearing, ubiquitous Western universalist critical traditions?
Call for papers
We encourage submissions exploring any of the following themes:
- Epistemologies of the South or Alternative epistemologies?
- Critical interculturality
- Decolonial studies
- Indigenous knowledges
- Intellectual histories
- Literary studies
We are happy to consider other topics which engage with themes of South – South dialogues.
We welcome proposals for standard paper presentations (20 minutes) and for thematic panels comprising three presenters. Proposals should include an abstract in English of no more than 250 words, 3 – 4 keywords, the speaker’s full name, title, contact details, institutional affiliation as well as a short biography of no more than 150 words. Panel submissions should include a short description of the panel theme in addition to abstracts and speakers’ details. Paper presentations may be made in English, Spanish or Portuguese.
All submissions should be emailed to southsouthdialogues@uq.edu.au by the 4th of September 2015. Acceptances will be notified by the 4th of October 2015.
The convenors are actively negotiating a special issue of a journal on the symposium theme. Presenters are invited to submit a written version of their paper by the 4th of November 2015. Submission of a manuscript does not guarantee inclusion in the special issue: a limited number of articles will be selected through a rigorous peer review process.
Program
The preliminary program will be available shortly.
Registration
Registration to attend the symposium will open shortly.
Professional Registration – $70
Student – $50
Registration will include morning tea and afternoon tea.
Please note: Refunds will only be issued for cancellations advised up to one week prior to the event. Bookings are not transferable to another event, however you may wish to send someone in your place.
Enquiries
If you are between 16 and 25, and ready to plan and carry out your own self-education and learning, here’s the best place to start:
The Valley School is planning to start a post school program at its campus in south India. Ashutosh Kalsi will be the coordinator for this program.
In this connection, KFI will be having a retreat in June for the students in the age group of 17-25. To apply for this program, please send an email to ashutosh@thevalleyschool.info or call at 9591799107.
The details of the program: Retreat for Mature Students.
The focal theme of this year’s Congress – with which Multiversity is associated – will be “Knowledge Systems, Scientific Temper and the Indian People.”
The Congress will be held from March 29-April 02, 2015 at Visakhapatnam. It is organised by the Indian Academy of Social Sciences and Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, AP, India.
Please download the comprehensive brochure of the Congress.
Multiversity’s 7th Decolonisation Conference
Venue: University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
Jalan Broga, Semenyih, 43500 Selangor DE
Malaysia
Dates of the conference: 24th-27th January 2015
The conference is being held in collaboration with Nottingham University Malaysia Campus (NUMC) and USIM. It is proposed for funding by AKEPT of the Ministry of Education, Malaysia which has funded earlier “decolonisation” conferences.
Over the past decade, Multiversity has organised 6 international conferences on its Decolonisation Project. The 4th Conference was held in association with USIM, Penang; the 5th and 6th Conferences were held at AIU, Alor Setar, Kedah.
Biodatas of the persons attending the conference can be seen below:
For more information, look under “Conference” on this website’s home page.
Multiversity announces with pleasure the publication in English of the new title by Boaventura de Sousa Santos, “Epistemologies of the South: Justice against Epistemicide”. A rare treat for those pursuing decolonising agendas in academia. Boaventura is one of few European social scientists who take social movements seriously. Order the book from:
