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Re-thinking Impact through Epistemologies of Ignorance

Cross-posted from the Royal Society of Edinburgh, – blog post by Nasar Meer, University of Glasgow, UK Social scientists probably agree that approaches to policy impact stressing only supply side research, incentivised action, or that which overlooks political dynamics, are insufficient. If we begin from this position and explore policy impact concerning racial equality, we …

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Your Jesus is my Devil: transversal perspectives in travel photography

Update / By RACE.ED

The exact place, I don’t know. But I took this picture on a corner near Nivia Uchoa’s house, a photographer from Ceará(Brazil) that I met through Ruth Sousa, an artist and teacher that I met back in college – relationships that transcend institutions. We were traveling by car and photographing the landscapes between Brasilia and …

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Advancing Racial Equality in Higher Education: launch of edited collection

Update / By RACE.ED

RACE.ED and Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power have published a new collection of essays exploring racial justice work in higher education, titled Advancing Racial Equality in Higher Education. The collection follows on from the event “Racial Equity Work in the University and Beyond: The Race Equality Charter in Context”, which explored what racial equality means in higher education and was organized following publication of the report of a large-scale review of the Race Equality Charter.

White HBCU students

Update / By RACE.ED

In this current moment where so many white individuals are contending with the implications of their racial privilege in the wake of the #BlackLivesMatter movement, it is important to understand the nuances of white identities.

The 21st century university: source of dystopia or decoloniality?

Update / By RACE.ED

Recent calls to decolonise the university in South Africa culminated in the removal of the statue of Cecil John Rhodes at the University of Cape Town and breathed new life into student-led campaigns around the world to rethink the curriculum.