What does it mean to decolonize a curriculum? How can both students and teachers get involved? And how does it impact the studying experience? Marc joins in conversation with Shivalika Madgulkar, student environmental sciences; and Gaila Jehoel, assistant professor in art history. How are they involved? And what does it mean to them, to work on decolonizing the curriculum?
Shivalika Madgulkar studies Global Environmental Change and Policy at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Gaila Jehoel is art historian, and specializes in the contemporary art market.
Marc Lamain is a programme maker at NEWConnective, and host of the podcast. The Connective is a production of NEWConnective and VU Campusradio. The song you hear is by Jacob Montague, and is called 'Winter Tropics'; we've acquired the necessary music license at MusicBed.
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Below you find a reading list, for those who want to dive into the topic further. These are foundational sources for this episode, specifically.
- Delgado, Lisenne and Lianne Mulder, "Eliminating racism, decolonizing education and building an inclusive society: The Role of universities in the Kingdom of the Netherlands," Race Equality Teaching 2017, Vol. 34 (II): pp. 15-20.
- Dennis, Carol Azumah, "Decolonising Education," Decolonising the University, Gurminder K. Bhambra, Dalia Gebrial and Kerem Nişancıoğlu (eds.), (London: Pluto Press, 2018): pp. 190-207.
- Jones, Steven, "Racism and Decolonisation," Universities Under Fire: Hostile Discourses and Integrity Deficits in Higher Education (London: Palgrave Macmillan Cham, 2022): pp. 168-175.
- Mbembe, Achille Joseph, "Decolonizing the university: New Directions," Arts & Humanities in Higher Education 2016, Vol 15 (I): pp. 29-45.
- Tuck, Eve and K. Wayne Yang, "Decolonization is not a metaphor," Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society 2012, Vol. 1 (I): pp. 1-40.
- Waldring, Ismintha, Amel Labeab, Mirthe van den Hee, Maurice Crul and Marieke Slootman, Belonging@VU (Amsterdam: Vrije Universiteit, 2020).
