by Peter Taylor Director of Research, Crystal Tremblay Crystal Tremblay University of Victoria
2021
“ In many ways and in many countries we seem to be witnessing greater social divides driven by race, gender, class and financial inequities. Powerful evidence of these were brought into sharp focus by the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements. Throughout 2020 we also saw the Covid-19 pandemic exacerbating inequalities and how it is having its greatest impacts where social divides are greatest. A key issue to examine is the role of colonial power. Why is decolonising knowledge so important if social divides are to be bridged?… “
https://www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/bridging-social-divides-how-can-decolonising-knowledge-help/