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SUMMARY:Against Research–Decolonizing Research / RIOT doctoral seminar
DTSTART:20261117T130000
DTEND:20261118T180000
DTSTAMP:20261109T170129Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:ிந்துஜன் வரதராஜா (Sinthujan Vara
 tharajah)\, Claudia Tomateo\, Doris Bacalzo and Beatriz Lorente of Studiy
 o Filipino\, and Salim Umar \nAgainst Research–Decolonizing Research\nA
 R-693\, 2 Credits\n17 - 18 November 2023\n9:00 CET\; BP4234 - 4th Floor BP
 \, Blue City Lab\n\nChaired by Charlotte Malterre-Barthes with Kathlyn Kao
 \n\n"The academy needs the figure of the black: we are the analytical site
 s\, the data\, the experiment\, the security guards\, the cleaners\, the a
 dministrative assistants\, the nonnormative teachers\, through which so mu
 ch scholarship moves.” Katherine McKittrick. Dear Science and Other Stor
 ies. Durham\, N.C.: Duke University Press\, 2021.\n\n'Decolonizing’\, a 
 term fashionably peppered across curricula\, is a contested concept\, weap
 onized and instrumentalized in political battles across global academia—
 and beyond. What does doing decolonized research actually entail? Can one 
 decolonize one's own approach? Where do the signs of a decolonized researc
 h methodology surface? Can the academy be decolonized from within? Organiz
 ed into three sessions\, the seminar will explore diverse dimensions of ci
 tation practices:T. \n\nThis seminar will interrogate the far-fetched cla
 im of neutrality in research at large\, and of doctoral research in partic
 ular\, through the lens of decolonial research discourse. Together we will
  explore precedents and methodologies\, understanding how decolonized appr
 oaches fundamentally change the nature of conventional academic research. 
 The seminar is articulated around four sessions/roundtables that problemat
 ize/address:\n\n1) Positioning\n2) Data \n3) Tracking\n4) Subject & Inter
 sections\n\nEach of the sessions will be organized as a roundtable discuss
 ion\, including doctoral students\, masters students\, EPFL scholars and r
 esearchers\, and external guests\, providing a platform for critical refle
 ction\, dialogue\, and collaboration on navigating the complexities of fie
 ldwork across diverse research environments. This seminar should provide a
  rare platform for critical reflection\, sustained dialogue\, and collabor
 ative reimagining - an opportunity to collectively navigate and challenge 
 the complexities of conducting research across diverse environments while 
 actively working toward decolonized methodologies.\n\nProgram:\nNovember 1
 7th\, 2026\n\n13:00 Introduction\n14:00 Session 1\, Positioning\nThe Viole
 nce of Legibility\nwith சிந்துஜன் வரதராஜா 
 (Sinthujan Varatharajah)\n14:45 Roundtable Discussion\n\n15:30 Break\n\n16
 :00 Session 2\, Data\nData Against 'Data'\nwith Claudia Tomateo\n16:45 Rou
 ndtable Discussion\n\n17:30 Apéro\nNovember 18th\, 2026\n\n10:00 Peer-to-
 Peer Workshop\n\n12:00 Lunch\n\n13:30 Session 3\, Tracking\nThe Politics o
 f Data: Collections and the Unequal Making of Knowledge\nwith Doris Bacalz
 o & Beatriz Lorente of Studiyo Filipino\n14:15 Roundtable Discussion\n\n15
 :00 Break\n\n15:30 Session 4\, Subject/Intersections\nOrigin (and other im
 probable things) \nwith Salim Umar\n16:15 Roundtable Discussion\n\n17:00 
 Closing Remarks\n\n18:00 Suggested Event: Neighbors Lecture with Lucia All
 ais
LOCATION:Blue City Room\, BP 4232
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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