Panel @ KU Festival: Decolonising Knowledge

Panel

Who gets to produce, own, and share knowledge?

Universities have been a part of colonisation processes, and the University of Copenhagen is no exception.

Who is holding knowledge and power in the university? What kind of knowledge is produced within its walls? How do we decolonise the university? What does it even mean to decolonise, and how is the university complicit in past and present colonial projects? How can academic actors including researchers, staff, students and social movements help transform the university into an institution that works towards redressing and dismantling these ongoing injustices?

This panel will delve into the numerous challenging and uncomfortable questions that arise when discussing the ‘decolonial university’.

Panel:

  • Natacha Klein Kafer
  • Maansi Parpiani
  • Thibault Adrien Capelle
  • Anja Simonsen
  • Moderated by Kavishya Umendri Kulatunga and Fernando Racimo.

Find a map of the Ku Festival here.