Decoloniality, Childism and Interculturality

Hosted by: Global Childhoods, dep. of pedagogy, communication and learning, University of Gothenburg, in cooperation with the Childism Institute (Rutgers University – University of Stavanger – University of Roskilde), The Portuguese Society for Educational Research and The Centre for Research and Intervention in Education (CIIE), University of Porto

The notion of decoloniality has recently garnered significant attention in educational sciences globally. Scholars and educators have primarily used the notion to problematize the fact that content, course literature and forms of teaching have been steeped in Eurocentric structures and Western epistemologies, thereby excluding other ways of thinking and performing education. In relation to the less well-known notion of childism (a radical focus on children’s perspectives), and the more well-known notion of interculturality (a processual understanding of diversity), new ideas and new knowledge may be produced about decoloniality, children, childhoods and early childhood education. The aim of this workshop is to further develop a critical interdisciplinary understanding of these notions and their potential to further the understanding of contemporary global childhoods, as well as to be a starting point for a journal special issue.

Call for abstracts

Please send in your expressions of interest in the form of an abstract (300 words, excluding references) by October 4, 2024 to andreas.jacobsson@gu.se with cc. tanu.biswas@uis.no and dalilacoelho@fpce.up.pt

** For submitting in languages other than English, please send us a request for consideration **

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