#DOASummit2024 #socialjustice #decolonization #demarginalization #kasturibeharileak identifies as an #activistscholar that deconstructs outdated academic traditions. Disrupting entrenched knowledge systems remains undervalued in #peerreview leaving individuals scholars to shoulder the burden.
#DOASummit2024 #socialjustice #decolonization #demarginalization #kasturibeharileak Most global research disseminated in English reinforces epistemic borders. These sources now populating web search, AI training, and social media further reinscribe these inequities.
#DOASummit2024 #socialjustice #decolonization #demarginalization #kasturibeharileak Indians arrived to SA in 1880s as indentured servants. Financial, educational, social limitations were countered by a exhortations to GO TO SCHOOL as a means to upward mobility.
#DOASummit2024 #socialjustice #decolonization #demarginalization #kasturibeharileak knowledge is NOT a commodity to be bought and sold to highest bidder.
#DOASummit2024 #socialjustice advancing #inclusivity #decolonization #demarginalization #kasturibeharileak in Africa we're asking "What does it mean to be African?" #ontologicalquestions
Day 2 #DOASummit2024 - #socialjustice advancing #inclusivity #decolonization #demarginalization #kasturibeharileak #livingarchive needs intentionality to re-present, re-center, remember the version of truth that supports a more holistic rendition of how ppl are positioned. #academicsky
Day 2 #DOASummit2024 - #socialjustice advancing #inclusivity #decolonization #demarginalization #kasturibeharileak focuses on representation, archives and curation - not neutral - reflects priorities/power structures of the curators - #livingarchive
Day 2 #DOASummit2024 - #socialjustice advancing #inclusivity #decolonization #demarginalization #kasturibeharileak warmth collaboration creative spirit = Africa (see yesterday's amazing opening events)
Day 2 #DOASummit2024 - #socialjustice advancing #inclusivity #decolonization #demarginalization #kasturibeharileak reminds us that a greeting is not a rhetorical exercise 😆😆😆
