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Decentring knowledge
Decolonising African costume and textile – naming, symbols and meaning in the Ghanaian context
This digital exhibition is based on practice led research over several years culminating in MIDEQ Researcher Naa Densua’s work in WP11 and with textiles in the Ghana-China, Malaysia-Nepal corridors, as well as for the UNESCO Chair at University of Glasgow.
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Decentring knowledge
Youth on the Move: Views from Below on Ethiopian International Migration
Released by Hurst Publishers, this volume is a study of young Ethiopian migrants, that goes beyond the usual host-dominated narratives surrounding such upheaval to uncover the motivations of migrants themselves.
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Decentring knowledge
Artistic approaches to migration research
MIDEQ Co-I in South Africa, Faisal Garba, reflects on his experience of artistic approaches to migration research based on his involvement in creative arts intervention work facilitated by Gameli Tordzro in Cape Town August 2023
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Decentring knowledge
Decolonising gender and migration research through collaborative thinking and practice
A two-day virtual workshop brought together researchers working on gender from across MIDEQ to explore key concepts on gender, migration and inequality as well as approaches to collaborating across Northern and Southern institutions in ways that decentre and decolonise research on gender and migration.
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