#redefining knowledge: A Decolonising the Curriculum Campaign
Redefining Knowledge is a campaign that seeks to promote a more inclusive, diverse, and culturally responsive curriculum at the University of Bristol that acknowledges the contributions and experiences of historically marginalised groups.
Colonialism impacted how we learn and what we learn, shaping the knowledge systems we have today. Hence, our academic knowledge systems are arguably not neutral and are products of colonial thinking that excluded indigenous and other historically marginalised groups' experiences, methodologies, and perspectives. The 2015 Rhodes Must Fall Campaign where Decolonising the Curriculum was born, argued just this and explained the movement as not about erasing existing knowledge but embracing non-western, non-eurocentric knowledge systems that were once excluded from the curriculum. The fundamental purpose of education is to inform us about the world, and different lived experiences in order to use what we learn to influence those around us and the world in its entirety. Therefore, if our current source of enlightenment is exclusionary, flawed, and singular, it is essential that we seek to fix this to ensure inclusion and equality. Further, educating students with a decolonised curriculum can prepare them to be truly global citizens who are able to engage in critical and inclusive thinking with cultural competency, in order to understand the complex world we live in today.
How can you get involved?
For information on events and the survey please see our main page on the SU website or our Instagram (@bsnbristol)
- Read our campaign information book here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Jo3zQmw5ZmjWODJKM9PasLk9Ai7kzAT0/view?usp=share_link
- Follow us on Instagram for key facts, current university decolonisation work and much more.
- Attend our guest speaker session
- Fill out our Redefining Knowledge survey: https://forms.office.com/e/i9HQh7tFJt
- Sign up for our focus group (stay tuned for sign up link)
- Attend our student-staff conversation session
We encourage you to support us in this campaign as we seek to bring awareness to this cause and ensure that the decolonising the curriculum agenda at the University of Bristol is on the right track and continues to positively push forward.
Let's REDEFINE KNOWLEDGE for equality, inclusion, and liberty!
