As part of the”connecting the dots” project, glokal designed the traveling exhibition “OurVoices! Resistant alternatives to the development myth”. The…
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In 2017, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party began publicly threatening teachers with so-called “reporting platforms” on which students and parents were to point out their alleged “non-compliance(s)” with a supposed “school neutrality requirement.”
The development policy network for women’s rights and feminist perspectives works on the topic of “Gender & Development” and is based in Vienna.
Although Germany was one of the central colonial powers in Africa and is today the second largest donor of development aid, there is a lack of comprehensive work on the postcolonial constitution of contemporary German development policy.
There are countless blanks in the hegemonic historiography. Many stories that are important for shaping our present and imagining possible futures have not even been written yet.
This animated video illustrates a 2010 presentation by education and creativity researcher Ken Robinson on structural and conceptual ills in teaching, learning, and knowledge production.
In her lecture “Solidarity under Postcolonial Conditions. Dealing with ambiguous realities in a globalized world”, Astrid Messerschmidt uses a historical…
The online journal Critical Literacy: Theories and Practices is edited by Lynn Mario T.M. de Souza and Vanessa de Olivereira…
Unreflective handling of one’s own colonial history reproduces racism. Colonial ideas are carried into society through the institution of school. Textbook analyses show that an image of Africa is created that perpetuates racist ideology.
This text by Chandra-Milena Danielzik deals with reproductions of racism and exclusions in the field of global learning or education…
These “Suggestions for educational work critical of racism on global issues” are divided into three parts. Part A addresses the…
Astrid Messerschmidt suggests”changing our perspective and refusing the illusion of global learning. Instead, it might be worth trying to reflect…