Decolonising the University

Edited by Gurminder K. Bhambra, Dalia Gebrial, Kerem Nişancıolu

Ebook (VitalSource) - £9.99

Publication date:

20 August 2018

Length of book:

272 pages

Publisher

Pluto Press

ISBN-13: 9781786803160

In 2015, students at the University of Cape Town demanded the removal of a statue of Cecil Rhodes, the imperialist, racist business magnate, from their campus. The battle cry '#RhodesMustFall' sparked an international movement calling for the decolonisation of the world's universities.

Today, as this movement grows, how will it radically transform the terms upon which universities exist? In this book, students, activists and scholars discuss the possibilities and the pitfalls of doing decolonial work in the home of the coloniser, in the heart of the establishment. Subverting curricula, enforcing diversity, and destroying old boundaries, this is a radical call for a new era of education.

Offering resources for students and academics to challenge and resist coloniality inside and outside the classroom, Decolonising the University provides the tools for radical pedagogical, disciplinary and institutional change.

'A very well-researched and highly readable book that I feel compelled to highly recommend'