Please join us for the first Decolonise Sociology working group meeting of term on Wednesday 18 October, 4-6 pm, in the Sociology Seminar Room.
We would like to invite all interested members of our community, undergraduates, postgraduates, postdocs, lecturers and researchers to join the Decolonise Sociology working group. It is an important space to create community and push our sociological imagination and craft.
In this first session, we will present a brief overview of the history of decolonising sociology at Cambridge, particularly to provide context for newcomers, before proposing two key themes to develop throughout this academic year.
The first theme is to update our stance in relation to the climate crisis, in terms of teaching but also in locating our sociological work in the face of one of the biggest challenges of our times. Please read our statement on the climate crisis before the session to help inform this discussion.
The second theme is to think about decolonising our writing practices as sociologists, and to investigate other forms of communicating knowledge. This discussion will aim to uncover possibilities for creative writing and other forms of generating and communicating accessible understandings of the social.
We’re looking forward to seeing many of you on Wednesday 18 October for our first meeting. Our second meeting will be on Wednesday 22 November.
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