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Summary of the Discussion
This month’s episode features two professional experts in the field of international development, Dr. Maïka Sondarjee from University of Ottawa and Dr. Nathan Andrews from McMaster University. The topic of discussion centered on ‘Decolonizing Global Development Theory: What's in a Buzzword?
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Maïka Sond-ar-jee is an assistant professor at the School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa. She obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Toronto and has been a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Montreal. Her first book, Perdre le Sud. Décoloniser la solidarité internationale (2020), addresses systemic sexism, colonialism and inequalities in North-South relations. Her current projects look at white saviorism, epistemic inequalities in communities of practices, as well as feminist approaches of international relations.
ABOUT THE MODERATOR
Dr. Jason J. McSparren is an educator, researcher, and administrator with a PhD. in Global Governance and Human Security from Massachusetts Boston.He is also a Pre-Doctoral Fellow (2017-18) for the West African Research Association (WARA).
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nathan Andrews is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at McMaster University. One aspect of Dr. Andrews’ research focuses on the global political economy/ecology of natural resource extraction and development. His peer-reviewed publications on this topic have appeared in journals such as International Affairs, Resources Policy, World Development, Energy Research & Social Science, Africa Today, Business & Society Review, and Journal of International Relations & Development, among others.
Favourite Quote
“To decolonize would be to flip the coin so to speak and look at how other people from other parts of the world could be looking at the same world that you’re looking about from a totally different perspective.”
“We have to value all kinds of knowledge .”
“we have to deconstruct this idea that the only people with knowledge are Scholars with PhDs from Western universities.”