The Festival of Decolonial Learning

In June 2023, The Pedagogies for Social Justice project held its first Festival of Decolonial Learning. This three-day public event was co-created to bring people together to learn about how we build decolonial and anti-racist atmospheres in our learning and teaching spaces. Each day featured a series of interactive workshops and keynotes, held by activists, academics, students and community groups from across the UK, and colonially known Australia and Canada. 

The Festival programme can be viewed here.

We commissioned independent artist, Raquel Durán, to illustrate the conversations, ideas and connections that happened across the three days. Swipe the gallery below to view:  

We have also been fortunate to share the presentation slides of some of the sessions: 

Workshops:

• Decolonial joy in Learning: Dreams and Reflections using Play-Doh

Facilitated by Dr Fatima Maatwk, University of Westminster

• Towards Liberatory Futures

Facilitated by Drea Asibey

• Kicking Down Doors: Closets, Disciplines and the University

Facilitated by Jo Krishnakumar, SOAS 

• Podcasting 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Podcasting for Social Justice

Facilitated by Kyra Araneta, University of Westminster

• Education Through and For Social Justice: Developing Anti-Racist Practices in the Life Sciences Curriculum

Facilitated by Dr Moonisah Usman, Dr Amy MacLatchy, Olorunlogbon (Lado) Olulanke and Lara Pownall, University of Westminster

Keynotes:

• This is for Us: On-doing Undoing and How we Endure (reflective questions only)

Keynote by Dr Barby Asante

• Critical Pedagogies Group Annual Lecture

Keynote by Dr Tanveer Ahmed, Central Saint Martins UAL

The project would like to thank the University of Westminster’s Centre For Social Justice Research, the QHT Learning and Teaching Fund and the QHT EDI fund for their generous support for the Festival.