Welcome to the website for the Decolonise Sociology working group!
This group was established on 31st October 2017 to pursue the decolonisation of the Cambridge Sociology Department. The working group consists of student and faculty members, and the original remit formulated by the group is as follows:
- To collect suggestions and input about ways to decolonise the department by:
- Maintaining a register of feedback about specific areas of concern
- Recording complaints (including anonymised complaints)
- To implement practical measures to decolonise all aspects of departmental life, including:
- Teaching, supervisions and exams
- Classrooms and curricula
- Other departmental activities
- To assess the effectiveness of those measures, by:
- Monitoring and auditing measures
- Identifying priority measures for change
- Providing updates on decolonisation efforts, including an annual report
- To represent the department in activities related to decolonisation (at Cambridge and elsewhere)
- To collaborate with other decolonisation initiatives and the wider scholarly community (at Cambridge and elsewhere)
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A reflection on Decolonizing Sociology
The past few months in Britain have seen a growing ridiculing of calls to decolonize the curriculum. However, these criticisms have failed to understand what decolonizing the curriculum…
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Decolonising Sociology Panel
At the “50 Years of Sociology at Cambridge” conference, this panel focused upon the question of what decolonising sociology means; attending to the historical ‘colonisation’ of sociology, as…
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Areas of focus
Our six areas of focus are: Classroom & Curriculum Training & Teaching Essays & Exams Supervisors & Supervisions Reporting & Feedback Whiteness & Culture Change [read more →]
Decolonise Sociology @ Cambridge 