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Pedagogies for Social Justice

Pedagogies for Social Justice

By Student Partnership

The ‘Pedagogies for Social Justice’ podcast is a platform for students and educators to share and co-produce knowledge about the current challenges facing higher education. Brought to you by a student-staff partnership at the University of Westminster, the podcast aims to centre discussions on topics such as anti-racism and decolonisation as a means of exchanging and generating pedagogical practices and remedies.
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Moonisah Usman: Student partnership, anti-racist approaches to Biomedical research and decolonising the Life Sciences

Pedagogies for Social JusticeNov 16, 2021

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Heidi Safia Mirza: Ethnic inequalities in the UK, doing intersectional social research and decolonising British universities
Nov 28, 202342:47
Lucy Bond: Decolonising Memory and Trauma studies
Nov 14, 202334:59
Delso Batista: The coloniality of knowledge and decolonising psychotherapy

Delso Batista: The coloniality of knowledge and decolonising psychotherapy

In this episode of the podcast our host Kyra Araneta is joined by psychotherapist and PhD researcher, Delso Batista. Delso’s PhD at Nottingham Trent University is focused on the lived experiences of Black, Brown and immigrant Psychology students in Portugal, specifically looking at the violence that is generated in higher education. From experiences of racism to the act of denying racism as a systemic problem, Delso’s study draws from the work of Indigenous and Black scholars, as well as ancestral knowledges to understand how the higher education system perpetuates coloniality in various forms. Towards the end of the episode, we also consider what it means to decolonise psychotherapy as a practice, as well as the role of storytelling. 


In order of mentioned, the texts referred to in this episode were:

Chilisa, B. (2019). Indigenous research methodologies. Sage publications.

Mignolo, W. D. (2007). 'Epistemic Disobedience': the de-colonial option and the meaning of identity in politics. Gragoatá, 12(22).

Kilomba, G. (2021). Plantation memories: episodes of everyday racism. Between the Lines.

Bell, D. (2022). Occupy the classroom radically. Third World Quarterly, 43(8), 2063-2074.

Hooks, B. (2014). Teaching to transgress. Routledge.

Freire, P. (2018). Pedagogy of the oppressed. Bloomsbury publishing USA.

Freyre, G. (2019). Casa-grande & senzala. Global Editora e Distribuidora Ltda.

Smith, L. T. (2021). Decolonizing methodologies: Research and indigenous peoples. Bloomsbury Publishing.

Evaristo, C. (2020). A escrevivência e seus subtextos. Escrevivência: a escrita de nós: reflexões sobre a obra de Conceição Evaristo, 1, 26-46.

Gomez-Ordonez, L., Adams, G., Ratele, K., Suffla, S., Stevens, G., & Reddy, G. (2021). Decolonising psychological science: Encounters and cartographies of resistance. PSYCHOLOGIST, 34, 54-57.



To find out more about our project and engage with our tools, visit our website at: https://blog.westminster.ac.uk/psj/

You can also keep up and chat with us via Twitter: @PSJproject

Oct 31, 202357:47
Huanyu Huang: Researching feminist movements in China and decolonising the media
Oct 17, 202339:15
Amber and Zelia: Decolonising Social Work Education and Practice
Oct 03, 202358:57
Maisha Islam: Rethinking academic research culture and decolonial approaches to student-staff partnership
Sep 19, 202301:03:48
Takeover: The Decolonial Voyageurs (Part 2)
Jul 18, 202351:28
Takeover: The Decolonial Voyageurs (Part 1)
Jul 04, 202301:11:01
Himalaya Gohel: Exploring the myths and histories of Dalit communities and decolonising Anthropology as a discipline
Jun 20, 202332:18
Pasi Ahonen: Can we decolonise Business Management and Marketing?
Jun 06, 202301:15:20
rashné limki: Can we decolonise Organisation Studies?
May 23, 202341:03
Suhraiya Jivraj and Ahmed Memon: 'Carving out decolonial spaces in higher education through student-staff partnership'
May 09, 202301:24:35
Jo Krishnakumar: 'Moving Towards Radical Love in Organising Spaces'
Apr 25, 202301:09:14
Sharon Stein: 'Unsettling the University: Confronting the Colonial Foundations of US Higher Education'
Apr 11, 202350:57
Annapurna Menon: Understanding the coloniality of postcolonial nation-states and 'Debunking Hindutva Appropriation of Decolonial Thought'
Mar 28, 202347:41
Nayyar Hussain: Growing up in London, gentrification and the effects on working-class youth
Mar 07, 202301:27:56
Decolonising Fashion Society: Addressing coloniality in the fashion industry and fashion pedagogies

Decolonising Fashion Society: Addressing coloniality in the fashion industry and fashion pedagogies

The Decolonising Fashion Society is a community of fashion students and creatives committed to raising questions about coloniality in the context of fashion and creating safe spaces where these conversations can be held. The society is based at Central Saint Martins, a college at the University of the Arts London. In this episode of the podcast, our host Kyra Araneta is in conversation with some of the society's members to discuss their upbringings and academic background, the society itself and what it means for them, and what it means to decolonise Fashion as a colonial discipline.

The members we interviewed:

Melody: Melody is a Scottish-Mongolian creative and postgraduate student on the MA Fashion Image course at Central Saint Martins. Melody is the founder of the Decolonising Fashion Society and strives to create safe-spaces and opportunities for marginalized people working in fashion.

Sahara (she/her): With a academic background of Area Studies in South and Southeast Asia with a minor in African society and infrastructure at Leiden University, The Netherlands and Fashion Critical Studies at CSM, Sahara’s MA research looks at nomadic dress lineage through photography in various time periods of the Banjara and Romani people. She is keen to create new approaches to understanding fashion that are less reliant on fixed perceptions of geography and time.

Alex (she/her): As a recent graduate from BA Fashion History & Theory at Central Saint Martins and a current student in MA Global & Comparative History at Warwick, Alex’s research is interested in how fashion exploits colonial trade encounters. The key themes of Alex’s research include Empire, fashion, gender and consumption, all investigated through a decolonial lens. Alex hopes to contribute some insight from her experiences of decolonial thinking in higher education, however as a white researcher, she acknowledges that her contribution will only be relevant to some aspects of the conversation.

Carmen (she/her): Carmen is a Spanish, London-based fashion curator, researcher and writer with a previous experience in fashion styling and a background in Art History. Her experience in fashion curation has been developed in public and private institutions, from assisting at the Department of Contemporary Fashion at the Museo del Traje. CIPE, until recently curated "Madrid Shines: 100 años de Moda en Madrid", an online exhibition. As a researcher and writer, she recently published "Virgil Abloh: An Academic Approach to His Communication Strategies", presented at FACTUM 2021 and published by Springer. Since the podcast recording, she has completed her MA in Fashion Critical Studies at CSM. Her MA dissertation questions Spanish Fashion Designer Miguel Adrover's appropriation of Middle Eastern clothing, such as the veil and, in particular, the burqa, in a filmed interview. 

Yiling (she/her): Yiling is a visual communications student studying at Central Saint Martins, in her industry placement year. In her own practice, she is an image maker specialising in photography and direction. A hobby researcher of the latest theoretical science and technology, and a community curator. She loves telescopes, ancient civilization, and food.


You can keep up with the Decolonising Fashion Society via Instagram at : @decolonising_fashion

To find out more about our project and engage with our tools, visit our website at: https://blog.westminster.ac.uk/psj/

You can also keep up and chat with us via Twitter: @PSJproject

Feb 21, 202301:23:26
Drea Asibey: The Black experience at PWIs, student organising and youth activism
Feb 07, 202301:12:12
Stephanie Davis: Critical Psychology, queer activism and "Intersectional Richness"
Jan 24, 202356:58
Christopher Newfield: American schooling, Critical University Studies and decolonising university funding

Christopher Newfield: American schooling, Critical University Studies and decolonising university funding

In this episode of the podcast our host Kyra Araneta is joined by the Director of Research at the Independent Social Research Foundation in London and the newly appointed President of the Modern Language Association, Christopher Newfield. With a background in English Literature, his central interests also include critical university studies, management theory, fiscal control and more. In this episode, we discuss his academic journey, Critical University Studies as a school of thought, and the ways in which university funding sustains coloniality.


To find out more about our project and engage with our tools, visit our website at: https://blog.westminster.ac.uk/psj/

You can also keep up and chat with us via Twitter: @PSJproject

Jun 14, 202201:04:55
Kate M. Graham: Black History Year, white allyship and decolonial pedagogy in English Literature (Part 2)
May 31, 202249:56
Kate M. Graham: Black History Year, white allyship and decolonial pedagogy in English Literature (Part 1)
May 17, 202240:24
Fatima Maatwk: Student-staff partnership in the university and decolonising Business studies
May 10, 202239:24
Ipshita Basu: "Politics of a New Normal", decolonial storytelling and academics in social justice work
May 03, 202201:06:13
Lola Olufemi: Feminism Interrupted, PhD research and thinking about higher education through a feminist lens
Mar 22, 202255:33
Tino Rwodzi: Identity work, Black women in STEM and dismantling racist assumptions in Biomedical science
Mar 15, 202240:57
Remi-Joseph Salisbury: Critical Race Theory in the UK, decriminalising the classroom and decolonising educational research
Mar 08, 202201:02:03
Derin Fadina: "Unsettled Subjects" and decolonising Architecture
Mar 01, 202237:18
Séagh Kehoe: The media as a colonial force, online politics of representation and decolonising Chinese studies
Feb 15, 202246:40
Zahra Butt: Student Unions, political activism and decolonising the curriculum
Feb 08, 202245:26
Eddie Bruce-Jones: Research on race in higher education and decolonising Law curricula
Feb 01, 202201:05:53
Kyra Araneta: Sociology to International Relations, decolonising the social sciences and working in partnership
Jan 25, 202234:57
Aishwarya Tiku: The British curriculum in an African context and decolonising Business management studies
Dec 14, 202131:56
Samir Pandya: 'Equity', Diversity and Inclusion and decolonising Architecture curricula
Dec 07, 202158:48
Tamara Naouri: “All the spaces within counselling Psychology have been colonised”
Nov 30, 202142:37
Cheyenne Holborough: Creative writing as a tool for activism and decolonising English Literature
Nov 23, 202134:26
Moonisah Usman: Student partnership, anti-racist approaches to Biomedical research and decolonising the Life Sciences
Nov 16, 202138:05
Catherine Charrett: Settler colonialism, sovereignty and decolonising International Relations
Nov 09, 202148:03
Raidat Suleiman: The "angry Black woman" stereotype, attacks on Critical Race Theory and decolonising Sociology
Nov 02, 202151:55
Mrinalini Greedharry: 'The limits of literature as liberation' and Decolonising English Literature curricula
Oct 26, 202101:12:09
Tamara Reid: Inclusion, student partnership and decolonial work in higher education
Oct 19, 202159:04
Olimpia Burchiellaro: LGBTQ studies, queer politics and coloniality
Oct 12, 202136:51
Dibyesh Anand: Colonial rule in China, securitization and Decolonising International Relations
Oct 05, 202141:19
Lubna Bin Zayyad: Representations in the media and decolonising Journalism
Sep 28, 202138:49
Tanveer Ahmed: Decolonising Fashion Design and shifting the Western canon
Sep 21, 202101:01:55
Deanne Bell: Decolonial atmospheres, retrospective autoethnography and decolonising Psychology

Deanne Bell: Decolonial atmospheres, retrospective autoethnography and decolonising Psychology

In this episode of the podcast our host Kyra Araneta is joined by Deanne Bell, Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at Nottingham Trent University - with specialities in liberation psychology and decolonisation. Some of her most recent work focuses on building decolonial atmospheres and developing imaginings of a new university that exists outside of the colonial forms of knowing and being that are still deeply entrenched in the system. In this interview, we delve deeper into Deanne’s upbringing in Jamaica and how she came to understand her identity and positionality, her recent paper on retrospective autoethnography and what she thinks can be done to decolonise psychology as a discipline.

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Lubaba Khalid: Multiraciality, the attainment gap and student unions

Lubaba Khalid: Multiraciality, the attainment gap and student unions

In this episode of the podcast, our host Kyra Araneta is joined by Lubaba Khalid. Lubaba has been involved in numerous projects during her time at Westminster, from being a co-author on the “What is the attainment gap?” report as a student, a BAME representation officer, and her most recent position as former Vice President of Welfare in the Student Union. In this interview, we delve deeper into her background and identity, as well her journey into becoming the leader, activist and role model she is today. 

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Yahlnaaw: Indigenous worldviews, language revitalisation and Psychology as a colonial discipline
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