Heloise Weber explores the role of native elites and their complicity in colonial knowledge production, especially through the reproduction of modernization theory in development studies 8/ www.duckofminerva.com/2024/04/on-t...
International institutional policy, shaped by a globally entrenched explanatory framework of development and underdevelopment, perpetuates the suppression of knowledge production aimed at challengiā¦
Patrick Quinton-Brown considers the challenges of state-centrism and intra-elite discourse, which still persist even with a 'decentering' approach towards a more global IR 7/ www.duckofminerva.com/2024/04/a-re...
Intra-elite, state-centric society is a strategic front, and ought to be defended and put to use in the continued development of a global and decolonial turn in IR.
"Race & Imperialism in IR" - New symposium marking 2 yrs since our centenary special issue in International Affairs. Thanks to hosts Duck of Minerva & to the contributors for their thoughtful interventions (posted in thread below š§µ). Here is our intro 1/ www.duckofminerva.com/2024/04/intr... polisky
The International Affairs Centenary Special Issue on āRace and Imperialism in International Relations: Theory and Practiceā was published two years ago in the aftermath of the global Black Lives Maā¦
New symposium pieces published today: Patricia Nabuco Martuscelli explores the colonial roots of epistemic erasures of Latin American knowledge production. 6/ www.duckofminerva.com/2024/04/is-l...
Even when Latin Americans are allowed to speak, IR scholars and practitioners do not listen to them due to the language in which they produce knowledge, epistemic violence and access barriers.
Inderjeet Parmer warns against 'faddism' in his piece, and cautions against institutions seeking 'decolonisation' asa form of branding. 5/ www.duckofminerva.com/2024/04/land...
The special issueās concerns could easily be a passing āfadā as the forces of the status quo bide their time. A focal point on race, necessary as it is, could elide class and material factorsā inflā¦
In her contribution on 'the problem of literacy', @linabenabdallah.bsky.socialwww.duckofminerva.com/2024/04/inte...
There is no shortage of knowledge produced in various traditions and diverse scholarly communities. There is no lack of theoretical traditions and political thought that come from non-Euro-Americanā¦
Next piece by @mjbayly.bsky.socialwww.duckofminerva.com/2024/04/on-t...
Decolonial methods, and the bringing of attention to race in knowledge production is necessarily historical. It demands a close re-reading of archives, forgotten texts, and sometimes ācanonicalā woā¦
First contributor piece by Oumar Ba reflects on the historical relationship between academics and policy makers, and the role of think tanks at the heart of imperial administration 2/ www.duckofminerva.com/2024/04/now-...
Now that the myth of ātheory-practice gapā has been largely refuted what role might IR and journals like International Affairs play in crafting a āreparative praxisā?
"Race & Imperialism in IR" - New symposium marking 2 yrs since our centenary special issue in International Affairs. Thanks to hosts Duck of Minerva & to the contributors for their thoughtful interventions (posted in thread below š§µ). Here is our intro 1/ www.duckofminerva.com/2024/04/intr... polisky
The International Affairs Centenary Special Issue on āRace and Imperialism in International Relations: Theory and Practiceā was published two years ago in the aftermath of the global Black Lives Maā¦
Toward an Intellectual History of Genocide in Gaza thebaffler.com/latest/towar...
On the university as a tool of colonial domination, or a site of resistance.