Screenshot from the TalkTV interview with Dr. Mustafa Barghouti. Sometimes it’s good to understand something by knowing what it is not. The interview TalkTV’s Julia Hartley-Brewer did with Palestinian Dr. Mustafa Barghouti is an example of what Complicating the Narrative… is not. The method was introduced by journalist Amanda Ripley in the eponymously titled article … Continue reading Julia Hartley-Brewer’s Interview with Dr. Barghouti Highlights Journalism’s Need for Complicating the Narrative
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What is decoloniality, actually?
Once in a while, I do a Google search with the word ‘decoloniality’. I learned the word one and a half years ago when I studied at the Maria Lugones Decolonial Summer School for three weeks. I believe it was Walter Mignolo who explained to us in one of his lectures why they - they … Continue reading What is decoloniality, actually?
Your New Year’s resolution can be to live a decolonial life. Here are 5 steps to start with.
New Year’s resolutions, some people love them, some people hate them, and the rest of the world doesn’t really care. I’m not sure where the tradition of making resolutions exactly comes from, but it’s most common in the Western world. The need to commit to something in order to change a part of our life … Continue reading Your New Year’s resolution can be to live a decolonial life. Here are 5 steps to start with.
When you just discovered your blind spots, what to do?
(This article is written as a result of the serious debate on Twitter (in The Netherlands) about the new book of anthropologist, writer and journalist Joris Luyendijk. Read more about that here). Credits: Usman Yousaf for Unsplash. Dear Joris and everyone who just discovered their blind spots, As a white woman who has been through … Continue reading When you just discovered your blind spots, what to do?
Why should we decolonize journalism? Here are 8 reasons.
The word 'decolonization' has become widespread since last year, at least to my perception. There are calls on social media to decolonize our education system, our traveling, our yoga, our food and so on. What does it actually mean to decolonize?The term is used when we’re talking about a country that withdraws from its colony, … Continue reading Why should we decolonize journalism? Here are 8 reasons.
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