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Reclaiming Narrative Sovereignty: A Lesson in Challenging Epistemic Erasure
How do Palestinian classrooms counter dominant narratives in the media? Hussein AlAhmad, an Associate Professor of Strategic Communication at Arab American University in Palestine, asks this question in an article recently published in Third World Quarterly. This blog reflects the heart of his research: how can education become an epistemic infrastructure for narrative sovereignty? In Palestine,…
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Understanding Inequalities Through a New Dataset on UN Trusteeship Council Debates
What can historic UN deliberations teach us about the roots of today’s global conflicts and inequalities? In this blog, Philipp Lottholz shares a new text analysis dataset that traces Cold War contestations over colonialism, development, and independence in the UN Trusteeship Council, offering fresh insights into the making of global order. Understanding today’s rapidly shifting…
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Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni: Why Decolonisation Matters More Than Ever
Decolonisation, says Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni (University of Calgary in Canada), is not a slogan but an ongoing unfinished struggle rooted in centuries of resistance. In this interview with Zara Qadir for the Global Souths Hub, Sabelo calls for “ecologies of knowledges” that move beyond silos of disciplines in Western universities to embrace knowledges from the…
