Decolonising Research Partnerships
In this first episode of the Decolonising Development Research Podcast, Joseph is joined by three distinguished speakers for a round-table discussion on the themes of decolonising research partnerships.
Established research practices can lead to partnerships between the Global North and Global South being imbalanced and even exploitative. In this episode we ask: how can partnerships be made more equal? What do equitable partnerships look like in practice? And what are some of the challenges to decolonising research partnerships?
The episode's contributors are:
Dr Divine Fuh, Director of the Institute for Humanities Africa and lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Cape Town
Dr Brent Elder, Associate Professor of Inclusive Education at Rowan University, with experience working alongside USAID, UNICEF, and Inclusive Development Partners on education policies in developing states.
And
Emilie Flower, freelance filmmaker based at Pica artist-led studios in York. Also an associate at the University of York's Centre for Applied Human Rights and co-investigator on the Arts Rights Truth project, investigating how collaborations between artists and activists can create new human rights languages and practices.
The podcast is created by the Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre at the University of York and is supported by the University's Enhancing Research Culture Fund. It is engineered with Creativity Lab and is produced by Kitty Turner.
Further resources:
Brent Elder and Kenneth Odoyo, "Multiple methodologies: using community-based participatory research and decolonizing methodologies in Kenya", International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education 31, no. 1 (2018).
The Africa Charter for Transformative Research Collaborations.
Arts Rights Truth project.