#decolonialization — Public Fediverse posts

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„More than 60 years after the UN launched its formal decolonization drive, Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday urged renewed commitment to completing the unfinished business of ending colonial rule.“

See also:

„Non-Self-Governing Territories“
https://www.un.org/dppa/decolonization/en/nsgt

https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/02/1166971

"Huge swathes of human knowledge are missing from the internet. By definition, generative AI is shockingly ignorant too"

https://aeon.co/essays/generative-ai-has-access-to-a-small-slice-of-human-knowledge

#GenAI #LLM #decolonialization #knowledge

"Huge swathes of human knowledge are missing from the internet. By definition, generative AI is shockingly ignorant too"

https://aeon.co/essays/generative-ai-has-access-to-a-small-slice-of-human-knowledge

#GenAI #LLM #decolonialization #knowledge

Detesting the Myth of “Biology is Destiny”

Although society has often expected stereotypical paths to result from every interaction, numerous communities across the United States, Canada, and possibly other countries and regions are developing violations of these societal stereotypes, expectations, and scripted rules in every possible way. Within the United States, all six of the New England states and certain portions of New England are no longer discriminating based on numerous characteristics that may or may not be identified as […]

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2025/09/06/detesting-the-myth-of-biology-is-destiny/

Does anyone know of any discords or GCs I can join about decolonising and developing a decolonising mindset? I have a few things I want to improve at when it comes to dealing with family members who have strongly instilled white coloniser mindsets 🫠 #decolonialization #SocialJustice #Activism #politics

Does anyone know of any discords or GCs I can join about decolonising and developing a decolonising mindset? I have a few things I want to improve at when it comes to dealing with family members who have strongly instilled white coloniser mindsets 🫠 #decolonialization #SocialJustice #Activism #politics

"Recently, the notion of artificial intelligence for development (AI4D) has been mobilized by various actors in the global South and North. We identify five analytical categories to help us understand the different and often contested perspectives on AI4D. They are (a) a developmentalist framework that emphasizes discourses around modernity and progress through a technoliberal lens of ‘catching up’; (b) an economic development framework taken up by African states, private sector and civil society, highlighting a positive and more future-looking outlook on AI's potential for development; (c) an international policy framework tied to globally agreed on policies such as the Sustainable Development Goals; (d) a colonial and extractivist framework that articulates how AI4D reinforces old processes of oppression in new ways; and (e) decolonial AI discourses grounded in Latin American, African and Indigenous approaches. Our critical review of literature on AI4D and related expressions shows that while the notion applies broadly to the global South, the majority of publications use the term in reference to AI development on the African continent. This commentary enriches our understanding of the plurality of meanings, where they come from, what they do, and what they leave unaddressed."

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20539517241304678

#AI #AI4D #GlobalSouth #Africa #Developmentalism #Decolonialization #SustainableDevelopment #Extractivism

"Recently, the notion of artificial intelligence for development (AI4D) has been mobilized by various actors in the global South and North. We identify five analytical categories to help us understand the different and often contested perspectives on AI4D. They are (a) a developmentalist framework that emphasizes discourses around modernity and progress through a technoliberal lens of ‘catching up’; (b) an economic development framework taken up by African states, private sector and civil society, highlighting a positive and more future-looking outlook on AI's potential for development; (c) an international policy framework tied to globally agreed on policies such as the Sustainable Development Goals; (d) a colonial and extractivist framework that articulates how AI4D reinforces old processes of oppression in new ways; and (e) decolonial AI discourses grounded in Latin American, African and Indigenous approaches. Our critical review of literature on AI4D and related expressions shows that while the notion applies broadly to the global South, the majority of publications use the term in reference to AI development on the African continent. This commentary enriches our understanding of the plurality of meanings, where they come from, what they do, and what they leave unaddressed."

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20539517241304678

#AI #AI4D #GlobalSouth #Africa #Developmentalism #Decolonialization #SustainableDevelopment #Extractivism

Join "Towards a Decolonized #ArtificialIntelligence" 🤖, an online seminar series hosted by the Università degli Studi di Milano. This series critically examines how biased data, unequal power dynamics, and exploitative practices amplify structural discrimination and colonial logics. The seminars will explore strategies to rethink technologies through alternative approaches. 💡 https://philtech.unimi.it/2025/03/09/towards-a-decolonized-artificial-intelligence-online-seminar-seriers
#AI #Decolonialization #DigitalAutonomy #SocialJustice ✊ #EthicalTech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsLLgKDfaOo

Possibly a minor audience for this but Sami Abu Shamays talking about #decolonialization of #musicology with heavy reference to #Arabic #music. Well worth the time if you've got your foot in music as a well as #politics

@GreenFire

(2/2)

...never be owned by private citizens or companies.

#NativeAmericans had the correct concept regarding this before the #European colonists arrived.

(And even there, it is a huge problem in some countries that did privatize, e.g. the #UK:

https://news.sky.com/story/from-privatisation-to-profits-how-providing-clean-water-became-a-murky-business-12910794

"UK water sector faces biggest crisis since #Thatcher’s 1989 #privatisation"

https://www.ft.com/content/43ab72de-c8c9-4088-bc20-d0301f5b2cfb

#decolonialization

@GreenFire

(2/2)

...never be owned by private citizens or companies.

#NativeAmericans had the correct concept regarding this before the #European colonists arrived.

(And even there, it is a huge problem in some countries that did privatize, e.g. the #UK:

https://news.sky.com/story/from-privatisation-to-profits-how-providing-clean-water-became-a-murky-business-12910794

"UK water sector faces biggest crisis since #Thatcher’s 1989 #privatisation"

https://www.ft.com/content/43ab72de-c8c9-4088-bc20-d0301f5b2cfb

#decolonialization

@lucp

Brilliant #decolonialization. 😀

https://toot.re/@lucp/110515182152677366

@lucp

Brilliant #decolonialization. 😀

https://toot.re/@lucp/110515182152677366

@yamainu @[email protected]

...The generally well-minded people in the #Fediverse, who are mostly white so far, or #Asian, but using their own language for a big part, so you will not reach many of them.

As I explained in a yhread yesterday, #denazification worked *comparatively* well in Western #Europe. But #decolonialization is, in comparison to pre 2016 #USA, in its infancy. "#Diversity" is being embraced by #European companies, as they ran..

@yamainu @[email protected]

...The generally well-minded people in the #Fediverse, who are mostly white so far, or #Asian, but using their own language for a big part, so you will not reach many of them.

As I explained in a yhread yesterday, #denazification worked *comparatively* well in Western #Europe. But #decolonialization is, in comparison to pre 2016 #USA, in its infancy. "#Diversity" is being embraced by #European companies, as they ran..

Deconstructing ‘Canadian Cuisine’: Towards decolonial food futurities on Turtle Island

Hana Mustapha
Sharai Masanganise

#SettlerColonialism #Neoliberalism #FoodSovereignty #Decolonialization

Dig into #Cuisine #FoodCulture and #CriticalFoodScholarship without paywalls!

CFS is proud to be #OpenAccess #OpenScholarship #KnowledgeSharing

https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/563

Deconstructing ‘Canadian Cuisine’: Towards decolonial food futurities on Turtle Island

Hana Mustapha
Sharai Masanganise

#SettlerColonialism #Neoliberalism #FoodSovereignty #Decolonialization

Dig into #Cuisine #FoodCulture and #CriticalFoodScholarship without paywalls!

CFS is proud to be #OpenAccess #OpenScholarship #KnowledgeSharing

https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/563

Deconstructing ‘Canadian Cuisine’: Towards decolonial food futurities on Turtle Island

Hana Mustapha
Sharai Masanganise

#SettlerColonialism #Neoliberalism #FoodSovereignty #Decolonialization #CanadianCuisine #Food

CFS is proud to be an #OpenAccessJournal #KnowledgeSharing #OpenAccess #OpenScholarship

Please boost!

https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/563

Deconstructing ‘Canadian Cuisine’: Towards decolonial food futurities on Turtle Island

Hana Mustapha
Sharai Masanganise

#SettlerColonialism #Neoliberalism #FoodSovereignty #Decolonialization #CanadianCuisine #Food

CFS is proud to be an #OpenAccessJournal #KnowledgeSharing #OpenAccess #OpenScholarship

Please boost!

https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/563

First was an excellent event from The Africa I Know, covering topics from #AIEthics and #entrepreneurship to #decolonialization. The entire event was great, but I particularly recommend the panel on #AI in #Africa and the discussion with Souleymane Bachir Diagne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PLsjbOoMjE (2/4)

First was an excellent event from The Africa I Know, covering topics from #AIEthics and #entrepreneurship to #decolonialization. The entire event was great, but I particularly recommend the panel on #AI in #Africa and the discussion with Souleymane Bachir Diagne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PLsjbOoMjE (2/4)

Last was a deep talk by Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni on African decolonial intellectual movements at #Yale. This talk gets at how and why centering African thought in epistemological development on the continent is essential for breaking free from colonial injustices https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0LYKgCPfXg (5/5) #decolonialization #Africa

Last was a deep talk by Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni on African decolonial intellectual movements at #Yale. This talk gets at how and why centering African thought in epistemological development on the continent is essential for breaking free from colonial injustices https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0LYKgCPfXg (5/5) #decolonialization #Africa