WAN Decolonisation Part 1 Understanding Colonisation

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The need for decolonising our thinking in both colonial powers and former colonies is increasingly being talked about in a diversity of contexts. There are calls to decolonise education, theology, financial relationships, government structures and even more importantly, our thinking. But what do we mean by ‘decolonisation’, what are its implications and what are the consequences of ignoring such calls? • And hasn’t decolonisation already taken place? Didn’t this happen when colonial powers finally lowered their flags over far away nations and grant them independence? If not, how does colonialisation still endure in both the colonial powers and the former colonies, and what are its consequences? • In Part 1 of this series, we focussed on understanding colonisation before considering the need for dismantling it. Drawing from an excellent online resource posted by Andrewism, we explored four types of colonisation that have occurred over history. After the video, WAN Council of Reference Member, Neil Charlton, helped us to unpack the issue with some powerful additional facts and figures and helped us see that colonial structures and colonial thinking are still having a devastating impact today. • For copyright reasons, we could not include Andrewism's video resource within the recording, but you can access it on his channel here: 'Do we still need to decolonise?' • Do We Still Need To Decolonise? • Timings • 0-13 mins - Intro Racism in the News • (Do we need to Colonise Video [20 mins] not included in this recording) • 13-38 Mins - Neil unpacks the subject • 38-63 mins - Large Group discussion on three questions • 63-69 mins - Notices and close

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