Decoloniality & Social Science Research Methods Part 2: Workshop 1

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This is the first in a series of three workshops, which extend last term's teaching on 'Decoloniality in Research Methods'. In each session, participants will be presented with a range of theoretical concepts as well as case studies from a variety of scholars who mobilise these concepts to shape their methodologies. At least half of each session will be dedicated to practical application – participants will be encouraged to engage in a range of individual and group reflections, discussions and exercises.

Participants will be encouraged to reflect on how decolonial thought affects each stage of their research project. Beginning with initial research design and literature reviews, and ending with dissemination and research impact, each session focuses on a different stage in the research cycle, bringing a range of decolonial thought and scholar-activism into conversation with our research methods.

Please note: Participants can choose whether to attend a single session or multiple sessions, as each will be a 'stand alone' workshop. However, each workshop must be booked sepaarately.

Workshop 1: Research design and the impact of (de)coloniality on our research projects

In this session we’ll place our disciplines in the historic context of their emergence and ask what implications this historicization has on our research in the present. We’ll then discuss a number of scholars who propose decoloniality and/or decolonisation as theoretical frames through which we can approach our research. In terms of practical skills, we’ll look to the emerging field of citational justice, asking how who and what we cite impacts the work we produce. We’ll also examine our research questions and explore their potential contributions to the reproduction of or resistance to deeper structures of power.

University postgraduate students from participating Departments. Further details regarding eligibility criteria are available here: https://www.training.cam.ac.uk/jsss/info/eligibility

The course is suitable for participants at any stage of a research project, with all levels of knowledge/experience of decolonial scholarship. Participants who did not attend last term's intro module ‘Decoloniality in Research Methods’ are encouraged to familiarise themselves with a small number of lecture slides that will be shared ahead of each workshop.

Number of sessions: 1

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