An inquiry into de/colonising educational relationships in higher education : An inquiry report

Pirbhai-Illich, Fatmakhanu (Fatima); Martin, Fran; Iorga, Willow; Richards, Malcolm; Mustafee, Reema

Abstract

This document reports on an 18 month inquiry into "de/colonising educational relationships in higher education" an element of which was a seminar series run for faculty, administrative staff and doctoral students at the University of Exeter. We led a series of nine seminars, one a month, from October 2020 - July 2021, drawing on the findings of longitudinal research conducted in Canada between 2007 - 2019 (Pirbhai-Illich, 2013; Pirbhai-Illich & Martin, 2020). Our work is primarily intended for those who are racialized as white. Our intention is to unpack how the education profession in what some refer to as the Global North, has been influenced by coloniality – a profession that is predominantly made up of teachers of white, Euro western heritage. All educators, whatever their racialized position, will have been influenced by
coloniality, but the work to be done to understand how one embodies colonial forms of education, and to begin de/colonising those habits of being, will be different for those racialized as black and brown.

• Report Type: Research Report
• Online Publication Date: Jul 1, 2022
• Publication Date: Jul 1, 2022
• Deposit Date: Oct 5, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 6, 2022
• ISBN: 978-0-902746-73-2
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.31006.41281
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10015609
• Publisher URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361799379_AN_INQUIRY_INTO_DECOLONISING_EDUCATIONAL_RELATIONSHIPS_IN_HIGHER_EDUCATION_Inquiry_Report
• Additional Information: Authors and affiliations: ; Fatmakhanu (fatima) Pirbhai-Illich (University of Regina) ; Fran Martin (University of Exeter); Willow Iorga (University of Regina) ; Malcolm Richards (University of Exeter); Reema Mustafee (University of Exeter)