Decolonising Research
m y / y o u r / o u r
C o l l a b o r a t i v e S t u d e n t Z i n e V O L . 1
Fo re w a rd
T h i s z i n e i s a p ro d u c t i o n b y s t u d e n t s o f FA S S 6 5 2 :
D e co l o n i s i n g H i g h e r E d u c a t i o n , a n d a t te n d e e s o f
a z i n e - m a k i n g wo r k s h op s u pp o r te d b y FA S S
D e co l o n i s a t i o n a t L a n c a s te r U n i ve rs i t y .
S o m e z i n e s a n d z i n e p a g e s we re m a d e i n fo u r
h o u rs , o t h e rs i n t we n t y m i n u te s . A l l re f e c t o n
t h e top i c o f d e co l o n i s a t i o n a n d w h a t i t co u l d o r
d o e s m e a n to t h e i r re s e a rc h a n d s t u d i e s .
C o l l e c te d a n d c u ra te d b y M e g R i tc h i e .
P r i n te d a n d p u b l i s h e d M ay 2 0 2 5 .
‘ W h a t k n o w l e d g e h a s
b e e n m a d e p a r t o f
a c a d e m i c a g e n d a s ? A n d
w h a t k n o w l e d g e h a s n o t ?
W h o s e k n o w l e d g e i s
t h i s ? W h o i s
a c k n o w l e d g e d t o h a v e
t h e k n o w l e d g e ? A n d
w h o i s n o t ? ’
( K i l o m b a , 2 0 0 8 , p . 2 7 )
Consider what ‘underlying assumptions, motivations and values [...] inform [our] research practices’
( S m i t h , 2 0 2 1 , p . 2 2 )
‘What needs to change in academia? What does academia need to unlearn?’
( T h a m b i n a t h a n a n d K i n s e l l a , 2 0 2 1 , p . 6 )
A ‘ r e s u l t o f p a s s i o n . . . . . . r a t h e r t h a n t h e d e s i r e f o r p r o f i t ’
( B a r t e l , 2 0 0 5 , p . 1 )