Decolonising SOAS: Student perspectives
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- SOAS University of London is currently celebrating it's centenary year: this marks 100 years since SOAS was founded as a colonial establishment in 1916. British Imperialist and politician Lord Curzon discussed the idea of founding an institution to aid the British Imperial Mission to city bankers at the time as a "necessary furniture of Empire." As such
Decolonising Our Minds produced a film to interrogate the colonial history of the university as part of a wider campaign called "Decolonising SOAS". This campaign aims to push SOAS to acknowledge and make reparations for its colonial history.
In the SOAS Students' Union priorities, students voted "Decolonising the curriculum" as the number one priority for the next three years. The School subsequently set up a "Decolonising the University" working group consisting of students, management and academic and non-academic staff to discuss what this could look like.
This short film gathers the holistic experiences and perspectives of students of colour at SOAS. The film was funded by the Andrew Wainwright Reform Trust and produced by Andre Sanganoo-Dixon, Dhelia Snoussi and Mohamed-Zain Dada.
If you would like to get involved or give us your experiences of SOAS or offer your perspective on the film, please email us at Decolonisingourminds@gmail.com
This is not only a fantastic intro to SOAS as a whole, but one of the only videos I've seen that not only gives critical agency to the students, but especially highlights the deep multilayered ironies of the university.
I agree, the hatred of Europe and people of European descent at SOAS made me feel right at home.
I'll be attending SOAS in the fall and I truly appreciate this video and previous students experiences. Thank you!
This is really very good. One thing I always admired about SOAS, was the student body's willingness to critique and self-analyse the university. It is a privilege to go to an institution, whatever its quirks and inadequacies, that has a mission to de-mystify the world for everyone. And where individual students embody that. For those who engaged in that on a big or small scale, I don't think that ever leaves you.
Please keep in mind you are listening to the extremely privileged of our civilization.
Seems to be a group of students who are absolutely determined to remain in their comfort zones and expects university teaching to be about them.
yes the great black African thinkers......
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@@startmakingsense2071 his french and west indies that's not African.
great stuff. was their a reason for the jump editing?
Leigh Blackall Yes, the students were unable to articulate themselves efficiently
Very disturbing, hope that the idea of Meritocracy and Individual Treatment suffers in Western culture. Although it is looking less and less likely.
Abeera Khan: MA (Gender studies) LOL
This is a very bad idea and will lead to much unfortunate action in the future if pursued.
On the one hand, universities position themselves as bastions of equality and diversity, liberal in their outlook and at the forefront of instigating change in their contributions to knowledge and adding to the experiences of students. Yet, on the other hand, they fail to represent the communities they serve; they continue to be dominated by those from white, middle class backgrounds to the exclusion of others. There are only 80 black professors in the UK compared to 13295 who are white (ECU, 2017).
Africa was decolonised way too soon. The societies there are not advanced enough for the most part to operate successfully. Hence Rhodesia was stable, successful and civilised, but Zimbabwe has gone to the dogs.
Well, we won't have needed to be stabilized if we were not destablized by land grabbing, slavery and genocide all perpetrated by white colonisers.