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THE GREEN ROOM (Episode 19): Maika Sondarjee and Nathan Andrews on Decolonizing Global Development Theory: What's in a Buzzword?

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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.



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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.
— Dr. Nathan Andrews
We have to value all kinds of knowledge .
— Dr. Maïka Sondarjee
we have to deconstruct this idea that the only people with knowledge are Scholars with PhDs from Western universities.
— Dr. Maïka Sondarjee

THE GREEN ROOM (Episode 16): Alberto Saldamando on Indigenous Activism for Better Climate and Global Environmental Justice

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Summary of the Discussion

This month’s episode focuses on Indigenous People's involvement in the achievement of a greener planet. the topic of discussion was Indigenous Activism for Better Climate and Global Environmental Justice. Our guest, Alberto Saldamando a legal activist for the Indigenous Environmental Network and an internationally acknowledged expert on human rights discusses extensively the marginalization of the indigenous community in decision making that affects their homeland. He further stated his active participation in the negotiations leading to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous peoples.


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ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Alberto Saldamando (Xicano/Zapoteca) is an internationally acknowledged expert on human rights/Indigenous rights and has represented Indigenous Peoples, organizations and communities from various countries from most regions of the world, before United Nations human rights mechanisms, as well as the International Labor Organization, the Interamerican Commission on Human Rights, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

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).



Favourite Quote

Silence does not protect anybody from the state
— Alberto Saldamando