Demarcation and Definition: Explicating the Meaning and Scope of ‘Decolonisation’ in the Social and Political Sciences

Saini, Rima; Begum, Neema

Abstract

Decolonisation of the curriculum is a burgeoning yet controversial project of radical change, gaining slow but steady traction in higher education politics departments across the country. At its heart is the acknowledgement and systematic unravelling of colonial and imperial practices in the UK university system. This article pins down what decolonisation is and is not, highlighting the barriers and tentative opportunities to effective decolonisation work. This is discussed in the context of the structural constraints that critical scholars of race—particularly those at the intersection of marginalised racial and gender identities—work against in the academy.

Citation

Saini, R., & Begum, N. (2020). Demarcation and Definition: Explicating the Meaning and Scope of ‘Decolonisation’ in the Social and Political Sciences. Political Quarterly, 91(1), 217-221. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-923X.12797

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 1, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Mar 30, 2020
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2020
• Deposit Date: Jun 2, 2024
• Journal: Political Quarterly
• Print ISSN: 0032-3179
• Electronic ISSN: 1467-923X
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 91
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 217-221
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-923X.12797
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/35641911
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-923X.12797