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Decentring knowledge
Decolonising knowledge production on South-South migration
In this blog, we interrogate the significance of the historical framing of knowledge on South – South migration and how by remaining steeped in asymmetrical relations of power, this has marginalised knowledge production from the Global South and Africa in particular.
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Decentring knowledge
Decentring knowledge production
Many assumptions are made about migration worldwide. Discourse and narrative relating to migration is often pernicious, erroneous and uses stock concepts. It is also based on partial knowledge filtered through the knowledge regimes of the Global North and the media of the Global North. This blog seeks to lay bare the normative assumptions in research and discourse about migration and to open up a stream of work whereby the causes and effects of these discourses and inequalities in knowledge production relating to migration and development in the South and in the North, can be interrogated.
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Decentring knowledge
Decolonising gender and migration research through collaborative thinking and practice
A two-day virtual workshop brought together researchers working on gender from across MIDEQ to explore key concepts on gender, migration and inequality as well as approaches to collaborating across Northern and Southern institutions in ways that decentre and decolonise research on gender and migration.
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Decentring knowledge
The peripheries as territories of potencies
Perceptions of peripheries and those who live in them are often defined by negative stereotypes and stigma. These perceptions shape public policies and opinions, yet they do not accurately reflect the experiences of people living in the peripheries. This blog argues that in order to understand these communities, we must recognise their voices to shape their own narratives.
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