An Interdisciplinary Doctoral Seminar to share decolonial experiences

Over the past few decades, the social sciences and humanities have increasingly engaged with the so-called decolonial turn, understood as an epistemic stance that critically challenges the Western tradition and its values, especially those related to power, gender, race, reason, and univocity. The goal is to understand coloniality as a form of domination through patriarchy, racism, sexism, and classism, known as a ‘colonial horizon’ that influences every aspect of life and society. Drawing from the critical tradition, Indigenous epistemologies, and the experiences of social movements, decolonial thought challenges the idea of a ‘universal paradigm’ that shapes existence, sociability, and knowledge creation. Such a turn requires a commitment to include alternative paradigms that affirm the legitimacy of multiple ways of thinking and being, promoting inclusion, diversity, and interdisciplinarity. This seminar adopts a workshop methodology to discuss and share experiences on applying decolonial methodologies for conducting research and practicing science differently by integrating knowledge, methods, and values rooted in diverse cosmologies and intellectual traditions.

L'affiche : Decoloniality in the SSH : a pending challenge