“Resilience” is a coping strategy, not a virtue. Celebrating resilience without interrogating the challenges, problems, and structural issues folks are routinely forced to confront runs the risk of idealizing the capacity to suffer.

It’s terrifying to live in a country where any revelation about how the former president tried to abolish democracy can only dominate the news cycle for about 12 hours because the multi-level reactionary assault on the civil rights order is continuing with such brutal speed.

Ominous but probably prescient timeline pairing that seem worth sharing together.

“Let this radicalize you rather than lead you to despair.” — Mariame Kaba

Hey, I made a zine for people in Wisconsin who want to know more abt where to get abortions, local abortion funds & home abortions. You can download & print doublesided to giveaway yourself. Instructions on how to assemble in comments. Will be avail at Room tmo. ABORTION 4EVER

this isn't sharia, by the way. islam doesn't forbid abortion. islam doesn't even forbid contraception. the west needs to reckon with its own demons. this isn't just like some bad thing from some imagined foreign place. this is your own bad thing you're dealing with, here.

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Recent research from Ryan Ziols & Abhinav Ghosh (Abhinav Ghosh): "Health, hygiene, and the formation of school subjects" tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

My book review for Critical Inquiry of Seb Franklin's "The Digitally Disposed," a major contribution to theorising colonial and racialised underpinnings of digital infrastructures, is online here: bit.ly/3y3SASr

Submit proposals to the Decolonial, Postcolonial, and Anticolonial Studies in Education SIG by July 27, 2022! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out!

A friendly reminder that we are getting closer to AERA proposals' due date (July 27). We really want to see you in Chicago in 2023! Please submit to our SIG and share broadly! (See the CfP for the De/Post/Anti-Colonial SIG below).

We're happy to announce that the De/post/ Anticolonial Studies in Education SIG has submitted a petition to create The Frantz Fanon Dissertation Award! If you're interested in forming part of the Awards Committee or want to know more about this award, feel free to reach out!

ANNOUNCEMENT! We are inviting your nominations for the upcoming Decolonial, Postcolonial, and Anti-Colonial Studies in Education SIG board election for 2023–24. forms.gle/QntXhF1pVaAJFo…

More exciting news! Drs. Zeus Leonardo and Michael V. Singh will deliver a keynote presentation at our SIG’s business meeting at AERA in April. Please mark your calendars for 4/15 at 8am–9:30am CDT in the Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor: Level 4, Sheraton Ballroom I.

And still more exciting news! Please join us for a Zoom webinar on 3/21 at 2pm CDT: “Unthinking ‘Western’ Gazes in Education” with Drs. Khalil Johnson, Bayley Marquez, Derek Taira, and Matt Villeneuve. This conversation, moderated by SIG Chair, Dr. Chris Kirchgasler.

Can't wait to take part in this—what an outstanding group of scholars working at the intersections of coloniality, history, and education. Hope you will join us!

We are pleased to announce the newly created Frantz Fanon Dissertation Award. This award aims to advance scholarship that is politically and theoretically committed to unsettling modernity, colonialism/coloniality, racial capitalism, & heteropatriarchy. App. period: Fall 2023

Thank you to everyone who joined us for yesterday's webinar, in particular our outstanding panelists! In case you missed it, you can NOW watch a FULL recording of the webinar here: vimeo.com/manage/videos/… Wondering what happened? We share some highlights in this thread.

This webinar was a delight to moderate and learn from. Big thanks to Bayley, Derek, Khalil, and Matt for graciously sharing their insights with us in their presentations and conversation. The full webinar is uploaded now for anyone who missed it. Check it out below!