So sorry Gabriel Scheidecker. Very ridiculous. So it only funds programs that pretend to decolonize!! This raises doubts on that funding organisation. In this way, colonialism persists.

😰 the forum has been cancelled at the last minute because the funder suspects that we would 'seriously push for the decolonization of early childhood research and intervention.'
Thanks Nandita Chaudhary, Catherine Draper, S. Koller, heidikeller, S. Oppong (†) for your efforts

The prestige economy of academia — which rewards you for publishing books or articles read by several dozen people, but not public books or articles read by thousands or tens of thousands — is part of the crisis of the humanities. It’s both an intellectual AND a labor issue. 1/

scientific colonialism, 'a process whereby the centre of gravity for the acquisition of knowledge about thr nation is located outside thr nation itself.'

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I'm delighted to have now officially finished my PhD! Last Friday was the culmination of years of hard work and dedication. I am grateful for the support of my mentors Paola Ivanov Jonas Bens & Kai Kresse, friends Freie Universität Affective Societies Gabriel Scheidecker and family who stood by me.

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Die Dschungelmethode – verhätschelt eure Kinder nicht!

👉 Die Runa im Amazonasgebiet von Ecuador stimmen nichts auf die Bedürfnisse ihrer Kinder ab. Und trotzdem gedeihen sie.

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Our new publication continuing vital discourse on decolonising #globalhealth propose 10 foci for action for earlycareer researchers. We call for more candid & compassionate conversations,to build an international decolonial network, representing diversity. gh.bmj.com/content/bmjgh/…

Very apt Gabriel Scheidecker. Not just ECD, I see this approach with GH too.

'To merely complement basic minority world research with applied majority world research perpetuates epistemic exclusion rather than works against it:

“There’s something scary about the degree of power that Western academics can exercise over poor people... if a foreign researcher wants to carry out an unethical RCT in a place like Kenya, they can.”

But the real problem is there aren’t sufficient ethical safeguards in place.

How did four children survive in the Amazon jungle for over a month? Their story offers valuable lessons for how to support community-centered child development: bit.ly/3FxUuyP Caroline Cassidy Rachel Carson Center Learning Natures Pilar Peralta-Ardila #IndigenousChildren

Early childhood researchers, policy makers, and practitioners, please read this article⏬

“Rather than the discourse revolving around decentring power and resources in the Global North, we must pursue models of self-determination that centre the Global South in the primary role, as is the true notion of decolonisation” ⁦Muneera A Rasheed⁩ bmj.com/content/383/bm…

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This is really gratifying to see! Thanks Muneera A Rasheed for sharing. Congrats to the new Ph.D. & respect for considering these concerns despite their complicating nature.

Fresh conversations on infant feeding ... Dr Ruth Ann Harpur interviews anthropologist, @TiukayuW, about her Amazonian in-laws reaction to her western parenting & the impact cultural ideologies about motherhood have on public policies across the world

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